Visiting Downtown Hartford • Talcott Mountain State Park • Stratton Brook State Park • Salmon River State Forest • July 29, 2017 • Written by Curtis & Jess The weekend after visiting Rhode Island’s state capitol, we thought it was about time we visit Connecticut’s. We got up early and hit the road on Saturday, driving North directly into the…
Road Trip around Rhode Island • July 22, 2017 If you’ve been reading this blog for very long, you’ll know there are a number of goals we have of things to see or do in each state. The main ones are, in no particular order: hike to the highest point, see Peter Toth’s Whispering Giant statue,…
Newport & Jamestown, RI • July 3, 2017 On Monday, July 3rd, we tried to reason with ourselves that less people would be out and about and we could get away with going to some more touristy New England attractions. We had originally intended on going to Block Island, RI, but the night before, we realized…
Visiting Downtown Albany, NY | New York State Museum | New York State Capitol Building | January 2017 A few weeks ago, we went on a little afternoon trip to explore Albany. As Curtis was transitioning to a night schedule, we only had a few hours to enjoy a short weekend adventure, and the skies were…
Thanksgiving Weekend in Montreal • Exploring Mont Royal & Driving Home • November 26, 2016 Once we were finished with our walk around downtown Montreal, we wanted to walk to a place that seemed more “us” — Mont Royal, the mountain that sits in the center of the island. It was on the way back to our apartment,…
Thanksgiving Weekend in Montreal • Exploring Downtown Montreal • November 25, 2016 We awoke on the morning of Black Friday to see that a thick fog had engulfed the quiet street of the neighborhood where we were staying. I checked the forecast for the day and saw that the rain they had been predicting all week looked…