August 29, 2021
Day 12, Part 2 – Maine to Massachusetts
We returned to our van and faced about 4 hours of driving to our next…
August 29, 2021
Day 12, Part 1 – Seguin Island
Alarms were set early on our Sunday morning, as we were set to depart on…
August 28, 2021
Day 11 – Return to Popham Beach
We’d originally planned to make the five-plus hour round trip to Acadia National Park, perhaps…
August 27, 2021
Day 10 – Portland, Maine
My trip from Maine to Iowa took more than 20 hours including an unplanned overnight…
August 24, 2021
Day 7 – Arrival in Maine
Our sleep was interrupted at 5:15 when a fire alarm went off and woke up…
August 23, 2021
Day 6 – Manchester, Vermont
Despite an ominous forecast, we made it through our first two days in Vermont with…
August 22, 2021
Day 5 – Maple Syrup and More
Amanda, Emmie, Eilidh, and I started our Sunday morning at The Vermont Country Store, an…
August 21, 2021
Day 4 – Pottery and an Alpine Coaster
We had an early alarm for our first morning in Vermont, as we had an…
August 20, 2021
Day 3 – Buffalo to Vermont
Our first stop on Friday was in Syracuse, where Amanda was able to meet one…
August 19, 2021
Day 2 – Chicago to Buffalo
The second day of our vacation was mostly driving, with a mundane 535-mile Interstate route…
August 18, 2021
Day 1 – Chicago
Our three-week east coast excursion began a couple of hours east of Des Moines in…
November 6, 2019
Day 10 – Return to Fuerteventura
After four nights in our Lanzarote home, we checked out Wednesday morning to make the…