During our 3,300 mile driving trip to and from Wisconsin, we discovered:

A Valentine radar detector is a good investment.

There are *no* bugs in Newport, Rhode Island.

In New England, any geographical area having at least two commercial structures within ½ mile of each other is required to have a statue of a Civil War soldier.

Cape Cod has the highest per capita ratio of Donut Shops in the U.S.

Mystic Pizza is *really really* good pizza.

For some odd reason a tourbus full of HL collectors does not make a lighthouse more photogenic.

Every third car in Connecticut is a Volvo.

Maine ain't cheap.

The town of Amsterdam, New York is built on a 45 degree angle and its easy to get lost there at night.

If you built a restaurant in Freeport that served breakfast you could make a mint.

Puffins are really lobsters with wings.

Rgds,
__
/im