Everybody loves them. Gab does. Michael does. We bet you read them too, even if you don’t admit it. Top Ten lists. The Best of. The Worst of. The Most this. The Least that. Well here is our contribution to the genre. A summary of our first month on the road. This one is a little late. The next one will be more timely.
We are already working on the next 30 days. So if there is a category you would like to see, drop us a line at gabandmichael@usa-c2c.com.
March 21, 2004 – April 30, 2004
Miles Traveled 4955
Best Weather Day April 17-19 Patriots Day weekend, Boston, MA
Best Opportunity to Test Michael’s “Jacket of the Year” (Worst Weather Day) Newport, RI
Ugliest Capitol Trenton, NJ
Most Beautiful Capitol Harrisburg, PA
Biggest Disappointment Tie
New Bedford NHP, New Bedford, MA
Numerous Sites open only Memorial Day to Labor Day
Most Pleasant Surprise
Efficiency and Speed of the Security Check going to Statue of Liberty NHS and Ellis Island NHS
Cheapest Ballgame Ticket $8 box seats – Portland Sea Dogs vs. Trenton Thunder, Portland, ME
Most Expensive Ballgame Ticket $90 (not spent) offered in the 6th inning by a scalper – Boston Red Sox vs. New York Yankees, Fenway Park, Patriot’s Day, Boston, MA
Best Sporting Experience Patriots Day, Boston, MA
Longest Day 317 miles. Driving from Bar Harbor, ME to Roosevelt Campobello Intl Park, NB; getting detained for 45 minutes by U.S. Customs in Lubec, ME; driving to Saint Croix Island International Historic Site and then back to Bar Harbor, ME.
Most Beautiful View View from the Circle Island Ferry en route to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island
Ugliest Park Site Surroundings Tie
Mount Vernon Industrial Park surrounding Saint Paul’s Church NHS
King of Prussia Mall surrounding Valley Forge NHP
Most Beautiful Park Site Surroundings Weir Farm NHS, Wilton, CT
Liveliest City Center (Towns) Harrisburg PA
Dullest City Center (Towns) Bar Harbor, ME
Worst Hotel Experience Hilton, East Brunswick, NJ. Site of a statewide leadership convention of high school students. They woke us up at 3:00 a.m. with a knock on the door and three phone calls to our room.
Most Scenic Drive Bar Harbor, ME to Calais, ME. Maine Route 1.
Highest Price for Gas $1.88 on April 23 – Mobil Oil, Trumbull, CT
Lowest Price for Gas Tie
$1.64 on March 25 – Getty Oil, Paramus, NJ (Full Serve)
$1.64 on April 20 – Haffner Gas, Lowell, MA (Full Serve)
Most Out of the Way Site Saint Croix Island International Historic Site, Calais, ME
Best Pizza Barcelona’s – Garfield, NJ
Best Local Cuisine Philly Cheese Steak – Pat’s, Philadelphia, PA
Worst Acting in a National Park Service Film Jockey Hollow re-enactment film at Morristown NHP, Morristown, NJ
Best Name for a Food Product Don Mattingly Onion Rings at the Baseball Bar nearby Fenway Park, Boston MA The reason behind the name is that Don Mattingly never won a World Series Ring for the Yankees.
Most Unexpected Local Pronunciation Calais, ME (pronounced CAL-is)
Albany, NY • Augusta, ME • Bar Harbor, ME • Boston, MA • Bridgeport, CT • Concord, MA • Conshohocken, PA • Cooperstown, NY • East Brunswick, NJ • East Providence, RI • Eastham, MA • Fairfield, CT • Garfield, NJ • Harrisburg, PA • Hartford, CT • Hyde Park, NY • Lexington, MA • Lowell, MA • Lubec, ME • Madison, CT • Mashantucket, CT • Morristown, NJ • New Bedford, MA • New York, NY • Newport, RI • Northampton, MA • Oyster Bay, NY • Pawtucket, RI • Philadelphia, PA • Portland, ME • Providence, RI • Provincetown, MA • Quincy, MA • Salem, MA • Saratoga Springs, NY • Saugus, MA • South Norwalk, CT • Springfield, MA • Trenton, NJ • Uncasville, CT • Westport, CT • Williamsburg, NY
Acadia NP • Adams NHS • Benjamin Franklin NMEM • Boston African American NHS • Boston NHP • Castle Clinton NM • Edgar Allen Poe NHS • Eleanor Roosevelt NHS • Ellis Island NHS • Essex NHA • Federal Hall NMEM • General Grant NMEM • Gloria Dei (Old Swede’s) Church NHS • Hamilton Grange NMEM • Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt NHS • Hopewell Furnace NHS • Independence NHP • John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley NHC • Lowell NHP • Minute Man NHP • Morristown NHP • New Bedford Whaling NHP • Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley NHC • Roger Williams NMEM • Roosevelt Campobello IP • Sagamore Hill NHS • Saint Croix Island IHS • Saint Paul’s Church NHS • Salem Maritime NHS • Saratoga NHP • Saugus Iron Works NHS • Springfield Armory NHS • Statue of Liberty NM • Thaddeus Kosciuszko NMEM • Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace NHS • Touro Synagogue NHS • Valley Forge NHP • Vanderbilt Mansion NHS • Weir Farm NHS
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