We finally felt like we had reached “the west” when we arrived in western South Dakota. It took several long days to get here from Milwaukee but the drive was well worth it. We even…
Category: Travel
Across the Upper Midwest
We left Ohio to strike out across the midwest without much of an agenda or an idea what to expect. Our only planned stop was to see some friends from Richmond who had moved to…
Cuyahoga Valley
We didn’t really know what to think about the next stop on our trip, Ohio. We originally decided to stop in Ohio because, frankly, it was between the Northeast and the West and there was…
Niagara Falls
The next step on our journey westward was Niagara Falls. I remembered seeing Niagara Falls as a kid and what an impression it made on me. The immense amount of power in the rivers and…
Side Trip to Philadelphia
In a couple other posts on this blog, I have mentioned our cousin, Rowan, and her battle with a rare form of Leukemia, AML M7. AML is a really tough cancer, but Rowan is tougher….
The Adirondacks
Our next stop as we start to make our way west was Lake Placid in the Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York. While the drive from Burlington to Lake Placid was a beautiful one, it…
Vermont
When we left New Hampshire to drive to Vermont, I completely expected the two to pretty much look and feel the same. I mean look at them on a map… Vermont is New Hampshire just…
New Hampshire
The White Mountains of New Hampshire are big and wild. And, that’s why I loved it there… While in New Hampshire, we stayed at a campground right outside of the town of North Conway. North…
Acadia and Airstreams
The National Park Service refers to Acadia as the “Crown Jewel of the North American Coast” and with good reason. The mountains touch the sea here on Mount Desert Island. This is such a unique…
Southern Maine and Homeschooling
We decided to have our “official” first day of homeschooling on the day we drove from Cape Cod to Wells in southern Maine. Archer was excited to get going so she had already started working…
