I’m a bit behind on blogs so I’ll lump them into one.

Monday

We continued our coastal drive, visiting the town of Gloucester. If really feels like we’re in England with all the English names.

We decided we needed to spend more money in lobster, this time as Bobs lobster shack. This one has a lemon and tarragon sauce and was quite nice.

There was not a lot of choice for camping or even free car parks. Plus we’ve decided to get away from the seaside as it’s just too busy.

We found a campground at Cape Ann, which is near the beach. Except you need to buy a permit to park at the beach, although you can go after 5pm for free. we didn’t bother.You

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

We headed inland and found a nice state park only 45 mins from our housesit. It’s only $7.50 to camp so we’ve stayed here for 3 days.

There are plenty of walks to do but because Mike needs to stay out of the sun we decided to rest. I caught up on some video editing and we tidied the van a bit.

We had a fire in our second night and cooked potatoes, corn and garlic mushrooms on it, followed by marshmallows.

Our last night we went to the Irish pub in town for dinner and it was delicious. We shared a giant pretzel to start which had a hot cheese dip, kinda like fondue.

Mike had fish and chips but the batter was all wrong. They’d put egg in the batter! I had a Gyros with a large Greek salad and it was yummy. we had leftovers.

The great thing about the USA is doggie bags. I’d feel embarrassed asking for one in NZ but here everyone takes their food with them if they can’t finish it. They even ask you if you want a container.

Tomorrow we start our house sit.