Fall to the Rising Sun Trip • Acadia National Park • September 21, 2016 This was our first time to ever visit Maine. Something about the furthest Northeastern state just seemed so mysterious and romantic. What hidden beauties would we find within the state? Visiting Maine, and even more specifically Acadia National Park, had been on my…
Fall to the Rising Sun Trip 2016 • Full Vacation Itinerary Due to the nature of Curtis’ training, we have known all along that there would be several chances that we would have a lot of down time. We decided that if any of those opportunities presented themselves, we would take advantage of it and go do…
Hiking in the Catskills / Hunter Mountain, NY / September 17, 2016 Back in New York after a week away, we decided it was time to branch out of the Adirondack Mountains and try something new – the Catskills! The Catskills are further South of us and take a bit more driving to reach. To…
Vermont and New Hampshire Adventure, Day 7 | September 12, 2016 | Visiting Quechee Gorge and Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historic Site; Driving home through the Southern Green Mountains of VT On our last day of vacation, we left White River Junction in the morning and set off for home — with a few stops along the…
Vermont and New Hampshire Adventure, Day 6 | September 11, 2016 | Driving from the White Mountains of NH to White River Junction, VT; visiting Saint Gaudens National Historic Site and other attractions along the way Throughout the night on Sunday, the wind picked up and howled through the night. When I lay awake in…
Vermont and New Hampshire Adventure, Day 4 | September 9, 2016 | Hiking Mount Washington, New Hampshire’s highest peak The evening before hiking to Mount Washington, I confessed to Curtis that I was really nervous about it. He agreed, but also said it was probably good for us to have a healthy respect for it….