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Oct 22-24, 2021 Statue of Liberty!

We returned to New York once again, this time we walked down to Battery Park where we got tickets to go to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island  It was a nice short boat ride to Liberty Island…

Oct 20-21, 2021 Broadway!

We had packed an overnight backpack and got a ride with my Aunt and Uncle, this time to their office in Brooklyn which was also located in Chinatown  It seems that New York has three Chinatowns,…

Oct 18-19, 2021 New York City!

We got up early so we could ride with my Aunt and Uncle into New York where they worked in Chinatown  This was perfect since our first stop in any city with a Chinatown is Chinatown!  We…

Oct 16-17, 2021 Giant Crab!

Connecticut is a small state so we had just one stop, Louis Lunch in New Haven  In 1900 Louis Lassen invented the hamburger in this extremely small restaurant by broiling a ground beef patty and…

Oct 14-15, 2021 All You Can Lobster!

A couple days of slow travel had brought us back to Boston and Holly wanted to visit Harvard University  No sense waiting when you can start scouting out Universities for your 8-year-old…

Oct 11-13, 2021 Apple Picking

We completed our tour of route 100 by going through the Smuggler’s Notch pass which was actually used to smuggle freed slaves before the Civil War to Canada, alcohol from Canada to the US during…

Oct 9-10, 2021 Enjoying the Vermont Foliage

We woke among the trees and continued our drive  It would have been nice to stay in our hidden nook for an extra day but our fresh water was getting low and we needed to keep moving  It was…

Oct 7-8, 2021 Vermont!

One of the main reasons we were in New England was to see the fall foliage and we had been carefully monitoring the weather and status of the color change   Go too early and everything is…

Oct 5-6, 2021 Of Witches and Rebels

When we awoke, it was still cloudy but no sign of rain so we drove into central Salem and found a parking spot on the street before going out to look for some witches in Salem town  We…

Oct 3-4, 2021 The Freedom Trail

We actually got up at a reasonable hour and took an Uber to the USS Constitution  Built in 1797 the USS Constitution is the oldest active naval ship still afloat and it is one of the original…

Oct 1-2, 2021 BOSTON!

After our usual morning homeschooling we drove to the nearby Susan’s Fish & Chips for our final meal in Maine  This is an unpretentious seafood place in a former garage  Holly wanted…

Sept 29-30, 2021 Birthday!

The day dawned lovely and bright and we were going to try to visit Acadia National Park again and hopefully enjoy the sights of the park in good weather  We drove into the park and found it…

Sept 28, 2021 Back in the USA

On our first full day back in the US we went into Acadia National Park  It was a rather cold, dark and overcast day and the fall foliage was just starting to come in  It really was not a…

Sept 25-27, 2021 Minister’s Island

We got up early in the morning and rushed to St Martin to visit the St Martin Sea Caves  The Sea Caves are only accessible during low tide which happened to be at 9:15 AM and it is an hour’s…

Sept 23-24, 2021 Tidal Bore Rafting!

We spent most of the day driving back to the Fundy Discovery Center, stopping for lunch at a scenic park along the shore  This would be our third time visiting the Fundy Discovery Center which…

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