Visiting Lowell National Historic Site | Lowell, MA | Manchester, NH | April 2023 Our one full day in Manchester, NH also happened to be Easter Sunday, and Curtis’ 30th birthday! This wasn’t the way we had imagined we’d be celebrating, but we were still going to make the most of the day. We planned…
Rutland, VT to Manchester, NH | Buttermilk Falls in Ludlow, VT | Hiking Pitcher Mountain | April 2023 After a week in Rutland, it was time to check out of our Airbnb and move on. We had been experiencing much more difficulty in finding affordable rentals in the Northeast compared to when we were in…
Plattsburgh, NY to Rutland, VT | Visiting Crown Point State Historic Site | April 2023 The morning after Charlotte’s appointment in Burlington was honestly really difficult. We woke up in our hotel room in Plattsburgh, and it was clear that Charlie was in a lot of pain. She snapped at us when we tried to…
Oswego to Tupper Lake, NY | Death Brook Falls | Buttermilk Falls | Goodman Mountain | March 2023 One of the things that we have to deal with in my new job is that, just like in the Navy, sometimes we stay longer at places than we initially planned – like in Illinois where we…
Driving from Ottawa, IL to Oswego, NY | Fallen Timbers National Historic Site | Cuyahoga Valley National Park | March 2023 Our time in Ottawa finally wrapped up, but not without an unexpected extension. Our original plan had us traveling all the way to New York over a day and a half, which we planned…
Visiting Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site | Last Day of Vacation | A Week in Iowa | January 2023 Curtis: Since visiting mounds along the Natchez Trace last year, we’ve been slowly learning more about the pre-historic cultures of the Eastern United States and visiting more and more mounds, piecing together the academic history with…