We woke up in Concord, New Hampshire, drove through Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and are now in Connecticut.  It was not a long drive.  Being from North Carolina, I expect the states to be much larger than some up here.  Of course, some are larger than NC, but few are as long.

The little villages were all interesting in their own way and yet so alike.  It is really difficult for us to know the differences in the states.  All the houses, the water, the towns, and the vegetation seem so similar and so much like parts of North Carolina.  All up and down the Atlantic seaboard we are more alike than different.  Even the trees in our area are found here.  If you looked out our window here in this motel in Connecticut, I am not sure that you would not believe that you are in NC.  There is an Oak tree with a squirrel’s nest in it, maples, and other vegetation just like ours.  I did find a tree or two that was different, but most reminded me of home.