Beginning Again

Green Lake State Park outside of Utica, New York is a five star campground. It has two glacial lakes, products of the last ice age. As recently as 14,000 years ago, an ice sheet several thousand feet thick covered this area. The apparent color of the lake is due to a number of factors: light…

First day of Fall. We travelled from NH to NY- Cumberland state park. Long trip because we took the scenic route and avoided the Ferry. The highlight of the trip was going to a Maple Farm in Vermont called Sillloway Maple Farm. We got a tour and did tastings to settled on the syrup to…

Franconia Notch State Park- Flume Gorge- a true treasure, especially after a day of rain. Waterfall after waterfall. This area is a must see. There are several places to see along the road.

Rain, reading, relaxing, hiking Sleeper Island, eating homemade meals… a great way to spend the day.

Headed to Lake Winnipesaukee to Scot Bradstreet’s lake house on Sleeper Island. On the way we picked up Lobster for dinner. We can’t help but feel like you are escaping civilization when you retreat to an island where there is nothing but houses along the shore. It is peaceful and cozy and intimate. Scot showed…

Fun to be at Dan’s cousins house helping her get ready for her party and meeting new people in Edgecomb, Maine.

Todays goal before we leave Acadia- ride the carriage roads on our e-bikes. It was pretty smooth to drive to the visitor center, park and hop on the carriage road. It was a very special experience. It felt like being in the inner guts of the park. The views of the lakes was spectacular. Our…

My favorite hiking day because we were along the coast the whole time. We did the Great Head Trail/ Sand Beach Trail. Views were incredible, sky was blue and clear. Then we did the trail along the coast from sand Beach to Otter point. This morning we learned that the free shuttle won’t transport e-bikes…

Cadillac Mountain hike today. 6.8 miles. 1400 ft elevation gain = 104 flights of stairs! The payoff was a 360 view of Acadia National Park! We caught the shuttle in time to get into town for authentic fish and chips and a cold blueberry beer.

We left at 8:55 am from the bus stop in our campground to travel to the visitor center- long ride. We proceeded to ride the loop trail getting on and off to see points of interest. Did a hike. Beautiful view but we sure had to climb to see them. Our favorite place was the…