The national parks give us all sorts of great science activities on the road. However, those activities don't usually involve the branch of science closest to my heart: Chemistry. (Yes, I know it's supposed to be physics, such is life)....

I've never been so excited.... so giddy... to hang out at a truck stop.  To the uninitiated (read: me), I thought they were "gross".  No more thought beyond "gross", just "gross".  All that nonsense stops today.  These places are fascinating....

We dropped by Hapgood Campground on our way west out of New England. We needed a cheap or free place to sop for one night while it rained and stormed over us. Hapgood fit just what we were looking for....