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Gloucester Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Gloucester, United States
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12 days in Virginia!
We have come to really like Virginia. There is so much history here. Sadly, we had to curtail some of our sightseeing due to bad weather. We did manage to get in a local festival along with trips to a couple of museums and historic ...
Parked by the Piankatank!
... , reminding us how close we are to the Port of Norfolk. We're settled into our site here in Gloucester, Virginia at the Thousand Trails Chesapeake Bay Preserve, The campground is along the banks of the Piankatank River, but the sites ...
Gloucester and Holland America Eurodam
... can be used. Small is relative by the way as the Holland America ones used for tendering can hold 110 passengers. Bar Harbor, Gloucester, and Newport are all tender ports on this voyage. It really was handled very efficiently and we never had to wait more ...
A visit to Gloucester
... Wives's Memorial and they were raising a bridge across the street to let a boat get through. I ran and got the pictures. After Gloucester, we went back to the rest area, got our Motor Home and drove to on to Foxboro, ...
In My Footsteps: Trip 31: Gloucester, Mass.
... is what fishing is to Gloucester. It is what defines this incredible North Shore village. America's oldest seaport, Gloucester houses many beautiful landscapes along its shore and some memorable statues and of course lighthouses. Only a ...
Hands to Work, Hearts to God
... , speaking in tongues, and revelatory praying. Sabbathday Lake was the eleventh community founded by Shakers, who came to the United States from England just after the American Revolution. They kept a low profile due to their “Britishness” and ...
Two Drink Max Is A Guidline In Gloucester
... nbsp; Rebbecca was an absolute doll. I hope we stay friends. They gave me quite an education about the real Gloucester. This morning I had quite a hangover. This is why I have the two drink guidline. Captain Joe called me and ...
Pleasant, rainy and...
Pleasant, a bit rainy, great 'fresh' seafood and a bit depressed (commercially ...
The Perfect Storm's Boat was out of Glocester
... Haddock chowder which was excellent and mum had Haddock dinner. The fish just melted in your mouth... So if you ever go to Gloucester... stop by Charlie's restaurant... On our way up to the laundry this lady slowed down and asked us if we were from ...
Planes and trains and boats .........
... lift and saved us another 5 km walk. We have been overwhelmed with the friendliness and helpfulness of Americans. The next was Gloucester just down from Rockport. Once again it was a tender port. The ship was anchored out further and the tenders run ...
Gloucester
On the way to Foxboro, the Kasper's and we decided to take a side trip to Gloucester to find the Crow's Nest bar, where the Perfect Storm movie takes place. When you look at the pictures of the outside of the bar, you will notice the bar ...
The Longing Calls From Other Lands
... always been. The longing to return has without fail always manifested itself every time in my consciousness whenever I have come back to the United States, no later than I begin to realize that my plane will touch down in New York or Boston and I will be ...
Day 18 ~ August 22 ~ Coastal Vacationland
... state!), through Portsmouth, NH and ended up in Gloucester, MA. For those of you who like little factoids, Gloucester sits on Cape Ann, is american's oldest seaport, and is also where the movie The Perfect Storm was set and ...
The Gift of Life
We find out this morning that the twins were not delivered last night after all, so Jonathan and I decide to make the trip to the hospital in Newport News to visit Ashley. The miracle was that we walked into the door of the maternity ward just as they ...
Down by the SeaSide
We are still wending our way home and our destination today was Gloucester, Massachusetts. We left Bangor under gray skies once again with rain threatening. As we approached I-95 in Bangor, we had to stop to let a turkey cross the road. The ...
The Clan Gathers
Another four hours drive takes us from Lexington to Gloucester, Virginia, where Jonathan's brother Jeff lives. Jeff and Lisa have a cute house with about an acre of land on which there is a fire pit, a badminton / volleyball area, a garden, an ...
Day 21: Whale watching!!!
... fall scenery and what looked like very well-to-do seaside towns such as Manchester with beautiful wooden summer homes, very New England. Gloucester is the oldest seaport in the US, it was settled in 1623 and from then has had a strong history as a ...
Trip to Rhode Island
... in Lowell, MA. I left in the morning and drove out to meet Melissa, my then-fiancee and now-wife, at her apartment in Gloucester. We packed our bags up, and then we drove South on I-95 and headed out towards Providence, RI. Traffic was light on this ...
A Whale of a Tale
Today we drove to Gloucester for a whale watching excursion with Captain Bill's. We had a great time at sea. Saw lots of whales. I did feel a bit of seasickness coming on one time but I went inside and ate something and felt much better. We finished ...
Thar She Blows
... the bottom often showing their flukes as they dove. They are fun creatures to watch as they work to survive. After returning to Gloucester, we traveled to the tip of Cape Ann to take a quick run through Rockport. Once again we had to dodge turkeys. ...
Hula Hooping With The Seagulls
... to me as I walked. At my quaint but clean room I got to talking to the in-law of the owners, Brian. A real Gloucester character. He told me the history of my hotel, His mom was the bartender that was featured in the movie The Perfect ...
Training "hike"
... shoes. The hiking portion itself was probably only five or so miles, but the climbing was pretty spectacular. We shot up to Gloucester to practice placing gear at Stage Fort Park, and good ol' toproping at Red Rocks. Also noteworthy: we saw a garter ...
Race Day pics
I sailed aboard one of the boats on Race Day. It was a gorgeous day to see these magnificent boats underway. ...
Whale Watching
... all got $5 Red Sox shirts for Sunday's game. We stopped for lunch at a bagel shop and then went to the whale watch in Gloucester. We got on the boat about 1:45. The first hour of the whale watch was just going out into the ocean where ...
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