Biak - Battleship Cove - Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

Username: Biak
Postmark: 2 August, 2024
Arrived: 6 August, 2024
From: Battleship Cove - Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

Biak checks in with the Rogues from the well known Battleship Cove in Massachusetts. I'd love to make a visit myself next time I'm in the area. There aren't too many Battleships around anymore, and even fewer one is able to explore.

The postmark says Minneapolis, Minnesota, so it appears Biak may have bent the postcard rules a bit, but I'd much rather have a postcard sent in that not, especially from locations we don't yet have field reports.




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In my Defense :
Driving anywhere East of Ohio you're taking a chance ! That's not to say the Midwest is that much different but I'm use to buzzing through our nearby mini-tropolis and if I have to stop at two of the four lights it's a lot of traffic. East of Youngstown Ohio all He'll breaks loose. Who every decided that six or seven lanes of traffic heading in one direction on an Interstate (which by the way becomes a 'Toll-way'' immediately AFTER you see the warning) is obviously a Government appointee ! After driving through Indiana & Ohio in Monsoon conditions and once clear of that hitting the Pennsylvania (it may have been the New York border (?) I was was too busy concentrating on the traffic and ignoring both my Wife and the damn GPS) my main concern was to make it to the next Motel. As soon as possible.
Funny thing about the Eastern quarter of the U.S., The Interstate/Tollway roads are lined with Forests but the Population must've been hiding - can't see a town or building but like Trolls under a bridge once you take an Exit the two lane roads are filled bumper-bumper. Add in a Amish buggy now and then. Which was Cool. Anyway once I actually found a postcard I was bound and determined I was not going to drive around searching for a USPS office to purchase a stamp!
Having said that little : I will say the day of the 21st and morning of the 22nd I was able to reclaim some of the sanity I had left! Spending the Afternoon & Evening and watching tbe Moon rise plus watching the Sunrise come up over the Atlantic Ocean the next morning kindled a Serenity I haven't felt in a long time.
When we headed for Home I found a route back Home that had neither 'toll-ways' nor half the traffic. Suggestion : buy yourself a Rand/McNally atlas and plot your own routes.
As for how the postmark was from Minneapolis ? I bought Post card stamps from my local USPS here in Bigfork (see above disclosure), and Minneapolis/St. Paul is a four hour drive ??

Here's a pic of me and my 'little friends'

 

Absolutely no defense required, especially when you are the one putting in the effort. The postmark is of more interest to me when it is being sent internationally, but that's the deltiologist in me. I'm still mildly upset about the poor postmark on Bobby's postcard from Iceland.

Love the photo. Your friends look like they can be rowdy when disturbed.