The History of Lake George • Lake George, New York Jess: After our hike last weekend to Prospect Mountain, we went on a little tour of the touristy town of Lake George, NY. We focused our time around walking along the side of the lake, admiring the mountains surrounding the area, and checking out the sites…
Acadian Culture and History • Fall to the Rising Sun Trip Due to the nature of our trip, it being so long and extensive, it just didn’t seem right to throw bits of disjointed history at you over the span of several posts. History should be read linearly (or so some believe). So instead I’m…
Fall to the Rising Sun Trip • The Other Acadia (Schoodic Point and Petit Manan NWR) • September 22 & 23, 2016 So Acadia National Park wasn’t our favorite National Park (however much better than our least favorite), but that had more to do with the number of people than anything else. The area itself is beautiful…
Vermont and New Hampshire Adventure, Day 5 | September 10, 2016 | Hiking in Crawford Notch State Park to Arethusa Falls Following our grand hike of Mount Washington the day before, we were really torn on what we wanted to do for the remainder of our time in the White Mountains. On one hand, the…
Vermont and New Hampshire Adventure, Day 2 | September 7, 2016 | Hiking Mount Mansfield and visiting Vermont’s State Capitol Wednesday we woke up earlier than one normally would on vacation. We had plans for the day, and those plans weren’t going to do themselves. We were going to reach the highest point in…
Moving to New York, Part 3 | MI to NY, by way of the Ontario Peninsula | August 19, 2016 On Friday the 19th, we said our goodbyes to my family and headed across Michigan to St. Clair to visit my grandparents. This was very reminiscent of our honeymoon trip a little over three years…