{"id":259,"date":"2010-08-31T06:37:08","date_gmt":"2010-08-31T13:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/?p=259"},"modified":"2010-08-31T20:06:58","modified_gmt":"2010-09-01T03:06:58","slug":"day-30-clams-and-getting-ready-to-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/2010\/08\/31\/day-30-clams-and-getting-ready-to-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 30 &#8211; Clams and getting ready to go"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aug 30 &#8211; Not much going on today.\u00a0 Everyone is just kicking back and getting ready to leave.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 I asked for advice from people on the <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a title=\"GMCnet\" href=\"http:\/\/gmc.mybirdfeeder.net\/GMCforum\/index.php?t=index&amp;rid=1659\" target=\"_blank\">GMCnet <\/a><\/span>for camping sites and for suggested activities and so far have some good ones.<\/p>\n<p>Now for the clams.\u00a0 Whenever I come to the East Coast I want to have some of the local seafood.\u00a0 That is because I grew up in Western Massachusetts and we got seafood from the\u00a0 Boston area all the time.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 So far this trip I have not hat much of my favorite dish: clams.\u00a0 These clams must be local to the New England Coast because everywhere else they are unavailable.\u00a0 The type of clams that I am talking about are Ipswich Clams as opposed to Littleneck Clams which are more common &#8211; they go by other names too but they are not available anywhere else.\u00a0 They are great steamed or fried but I have had the fried version twice now but no steamers.<\/p>\n<p>Diane bought about 4 pounds of clams and cooked them just perfectly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"facebook\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share.php?u=http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/2010\/08\/31\/day-30-clams-and-getting-ready-to-go\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-facebook-plugin\/facebook_share_icon.gif\" alt=\"Share on Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share.php?u=http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/2010\/08\/31\/day-30-clams-and-getting-ready-to-go\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share on Facebook\">Share on Facebook<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aug 30 &#8211; Not much going on today.\u00a0 Everyone is just kicking back and getting ready to leave.\u00a0 Davin left today for Massachusetts and Diane will be following in a couple of days. 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