WE GOT OUR RV BACK!

September 9 – After a quick breakfast in the motel we headed back on the road to NH.  We

Grey Towers

hit upon a National Historic Site that we didn’t know was on our way, so of course we had to stop and visit.  It was the Grey Towers.  It was back in off the road and up a hill.  Signage wasn’t the best and we came to a parking lot on the back side of the house.  I thought we might be too early to visit and Bill stayed in the car with Molly while I got out to at least get some photos.  As I walked around the place I found the Entrance but it had a sign posted if this door was locked to ring the buzzer on the

Another view

other side of the house for assistance.  I photoed as I walked around and found the door and it said not to use this entrance.  Geez!  I went the next one and buzzed and the lady there said maybe someone would be in at 11.  It’s a joint office for the National Park Service and the US Department of Agriculture.  I did manage to get a brochure to read about it.  It’s a beautiful home and grounds.  When it was built in 1886 by James Pinchot there were no trees around.  He encouraged his 3 children to be concerned citizens for the welfare of their country and its people.  One of his sons, Gilford became head of the Division of Forestry in 1898 and a close friend to Teddy Roosevelt who named him Chief Forester of the newly created US Forest Service.  Later he conflicted with Taft who was not a conservationist and was fired and became governor of Pennsylvania.  The property was donated to the USDA in 1963 by the grandson of James Pinchot with 102 acres.

We arrived at the freightliner place at 3, later than we had hope, but it just took a signature and there was no deductible so we were happy about that!  We drove to a vacant store parking lot and unloaded the car into the RV and while I put most of it away Bill went to the grocery store to get our 2 bags of frozen items and a rotisserie chicken for dinner.  We didn’t get on the road until 4:30 and still needed to fill up the tank before really leaving.

We drove a couple of hours or so and stopped in Sturbridge, MA at a Yogi Bear Campground.  Everything up this way is for seasonal campers to leave their RV’s all summer and come out on the weekends.  They are mostly on rivers and in woods and on lakes way off the main roads.  This was 12 miles off but the closest I could find.  It was OK but not terribly level.

Once we got settled we had our chicken and some raw vegetables and called it a day!