Road Trip to the Mason-Dixon Line, Part 1 • Gettysburg National Battlefield • March 17, 2017 “We travel because we need to, because distance and difference are the secret tonic of creativity. When we get home, home is still the same, but something in our minds has changed, and that changes everything.” — Jonah Lehrer That quote…
Cold Climbing in Cat Creek, Day 3 • Visiting Attractions in the Hudson Valley • January 8, 2017 Our initial goal for the weekend was to finish hiking the five fire towers in the Catskills for the Fire Tower Challenge. We had previously hiked Hunter Mountain back in September and the first two days of our trip…
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…
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…
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…