Washington, DC, -- Azores-- Maine & Mass.
We have a new granddaughter in Washington, DC; it is time to plan a visit there. And, as long as we are going that far, might as well make a trip out of it. Dawn has been wanting to visit the Northeast: Cape Cod, Boston, Martha's Vineyard, the Maine coast. I have been wanting to see more of the Azores islands; Boston is the gateway for flights from the US to Azores. Thus, we have the outline for our next trip.
Washington is familiar; we visit about twice a year and I previously lived there for two years; that is not new territory. We have an apartment rented there for a few days. Then we fly to Boston where we pick up an overnight flight to Ponta Delgada, San Miguel island, Azores. We have been to Ponta Delgada before; greatly enjoyed it and want to see more of the Azores now. Thus, we take a connecting flight to Terceira island for a few days; fly onward to Flores island (only 4000 residents) for a several-day stay; then hop back to Ponta Delgada and connect homeward to visit Boston.
Only one airline, SATA, provides inter-island flights and those may only happen 3-4 days per week. Azores Airlines provides the majority of flights to Azores. TAP Airlines provides flights from Portugal. Delta provides seasonal summer flights from the US. Thus, this trip had to be planned around the flight schedule. Due to changeable weather and other factors, Azores/SATA flights frequently run late. Don't book close connections.
The last time we stopped in Boston, other than to change flights, was 1972. At that time, Dawn & I had both quit our jobs in Oregon and were on a 3-month road trip. We had stopped at Boston harbor where I interviewed a yacht designer about possibly becoming a naval architect. Meanwhile, as Dawn toured the pier, she was invited to join the crew of a yacht headed for the Caribbean. But we had our own adventure: we had been traveling up the East Coast from Florida, and from Boston we headed for Quebec- Montreal- Niagara Falls, then back west.
On our 1972 trip, we put up a pup tent in a Maine farmer's field for an overnight on our way to Quebec. This coming trip, after spending a couple days near Boston, we stay in a nice B&B near Bath while exploring the Maine coast on day trips: then return south to visit Cape Cod before flying back to Denver.
Twenty days, eight flights, six accommodations; somewhat shorter than our previous trips, but there is always the next one as long as we stay healthy. Our son suggested we next plan an around-the-world trip, but, after considering it, we decided that after a period of time the travel would seem more like a job than a vacation.
Washington is familiar; we visit about twice a year and I previously lived there for two years; that is not new territory. We have an apartment rented there for a few days. Then we fly to Boston where we pick up an overnight flight to Ponta Delgada, San Miguel island, Azores. We have been to Ponta Delgada before; greatly enjoyed it and want to see more of the Azores now. Thus, we take a connecting flight to Terceira island for a few days; fly onward to Flores island (only 4000 residents) for a several-day stay; then hop back to Ponta Delgada and connect homeward to visit Boston.
Only one airline, SATA, provides inter-island flights and those may only happen 3-4 days per week. Azores Airlines provides the majority of flights to Azores. TAP Airlines provides flights from Portugal. Delta provides seasonal summer flights from the US. Thus, this trip had to be planned around the flight schedule. Due to changeable weather and other factors, Azores/SATA flights frequently run late. Don't book close connections.
The last time we stopped in Boston, other than to change flights, was 1972. At that time, Dawn & I had both quit our jobs in Oregon and were on a 3-month road trip. We had stopped at Boston harbor where I interviewed a yacht designer about possibly becoming a naval architect. Meanwhile, as Dawn toured the pier, she was invited to join the crew of a yacht headed for the Caribbean. But we had our own adventure: we had been traveling up the East Coast from Florida, and from Boston we headed for Quebec- Montreal- Niagara Falls, then back west.
On our 1972 trip, we put up a pup tent in a Maine farmer's field for an overnight on our way to Quebec. This coming trip, after spending a couple days near Boston, we stay in a nice B&B near Bath while exploring the Maine coast on day trips: then return south to visit Cape Cod before flying back to Denver.
Twenty days, eight flights, six accommodations; somewhat shorter than our previous trips, but there is always the next one as long as we stay healthy. Our son suggested we next plan an around-the-world trip, but, after considering it, we decided that after a period of time the travel would seem more like a job than a vacation.
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