Aug 30 – Not much going on today.  Everyone is just kicking back and getting ready to leave.  Davin left today for Massachusetts and Diane will be following in a couple of days. We could stay here and just kick back but I think we are anxious to see more of the country and Canada and Carol is wanting to get to Niagra Falls.  We took a look at the map and what Streets and Trips says is a good route and we should be able to easily get to Quebec City in one day.  I asked for advice from people on the GMCnet for camping sites and for suggested activities and so far have some good ones.

Now for the clams.  Whenever I come to the East Coast I want to have some of the local seafood.  That is because I grew up in Western Massachusetts and we got seafood from the  Boston area all the time.  Having lived on the West Coast and the Southwest for 31 years I know that there is no fresh seafood available there and I miss it.  So far this trip I have not hat much of my favorite dish: clams.  These clams must be local to the New England Coast because everywhere else they are unavailable.  The type of clams that I am talking about are Ipswich Clams as opposed to Littleneck Clams which are more common – they go by other names too but they are not available anywhere else.  They are great steamed or fried but I have had the fried version twice now but no steamers.

Diane bought about 4 pounds of clams and cooked them just perfectly.