New England 2019

This morning we breakfasted and loaded the car for our day’s adventure. Brooke arrived (having spent the night with a friend in the area) and we took off for a drive down the coast to Portland (about 20 minutes). I’m told the views along this stretch of the drive were amazing. Personally I couldn’t see […]

We were up, breakfasted, packed, and out of the camp by 9:04 (four minutes late – but that’s still pretty good). Our first destination was the Pemaquid Point Lighthouse – a short 3:15 jaunt down the coast. The map above doesn’t show the actual route we took. The listed path down US 1 is actually

The da started out fairl quickly. We had a lot of ground to cover today. After breakfast we loaded the car and drove to Acadia National Park. We checked in at Thompson Island Information Center (Nana and Papa used our Lifetime Senior passes) to register both cars (Brooke had her own car, more on that

This camp is a truly great testament to the creative arts. Built in 1940 it has been remodeled a couple of times since 1980. But rather than looking like what it is – a basic small cabin with add-ons, the finished product presents a unified whole trimmed in real barn-wood and tastefully decorated with unique

Today was the day to explore Bar Harbor (spelled phonetically in the heading). We started at a leisurly time, taking the half-hour drive (we’re told that in mid-summer the drive can take as much as 2 hours.), and arriving in town in time for a quick lunch before the main event of the day. After

This morning we packed up and left Vermont. We made pretty good time, getting on the road by 9:15. There is no direct way to cross upper New England so we got familiar with back roads and state highways. I was the navigator for the first two legs. My task was basically to mediate between

Today it rained. Lots. So we started the day with a conflab about how to structure the day to get most of the scheduled items in, and still stay nominally dry. Obviously the hike to Bingham Falls was not going to happen. The falls will just have to remain undiscovered and unnamed until another Bingham

The plan for the day was to accomplish 3 things: Visit a Granite Quary, Visit a Maple Syrup farm, and take a nap. We managed (most of us) to do all 3. We were out the door in time to catch the 10:30 tour at the Rock of Ages Granite Quarry down the road a

The morning started as we delayed packing up and checking out until the last possible moment. I read and had a post-breakfast nap. Cheryl actually went back to bed. The boys spent some screen time. Chris wasn’t up yet and Kim sat on the couch with a cup of coffee gazing out as the fog

We started this morning a bit late. I have succeeded in giving my cold to Kim so she and Chris were grateful for the opportunity to sleep in while Cheryl and I took the kids to breakfast, then took them back to our room to watch cartoons. (Last night was a one-night stay at a