June 2016 – You Me and the Dock

Tony Scopel Posted onJune 27, 2016August 20, 2022 Comments are off

Upstate New York’s picturesque Lake George is one of my favorite destination in this part of the country. The mountain town – Lake George Village makes for a great family vacation, couples getaway, long weekend, or just a day of fun and activities. Lake George NY is approximately 32 miles long and varies from 1…

Tony Scopel Posted onJune 22, 2016October 29, 2019 Comments are off

Continuing on from the previous article, we finished lunch and are now ready to resume experiencing Boston and all its has to offer. I hope you are ready for a bit of early American History. We decided to follow the Freedom Trail. This particular trail is approximately two and half miles long and takes us…

Tony Scopel Posted onJune 20, 2016June 22, 2019 Comments are off

Here is where it all starts. We bought our tickets and waited at the Allterboro, MA train station (pictured left). We will be taking the train that is heading for downtown Boston. This will be another new experience for me and can’t wait for it to start. Once the train arrived and we boarded, the adventure…

Tony Scopel Posted onJune 13, 2016May 4, 2017 Comments are off

After touring some of the beautiful coastline that surrounds the island, we headed inland to explore the picturesque streets that tell a lot about Newport’s history. If you’re not being guided around this nostalgic community by a lifetime resident, then you might want to consider taking a trolley to see the sites. The driver will provide a brief,…

Tony Scopel Posted onJune 7, 2016May 4, 2017 Comments are off

Rhode Island is the smallest state in the union and the eighth least populated. But on the other side of the statistics, it is the second most densely populated given its small geographical area. Rhode Island has more than its fare share of early American history. It is one of the original Thirteen Colonies and has a long…