Travel & Excursions

We made plans for our annual blackberry picking outing, but it seems Mother Nature had other plans for us. When we arrived at our usual berry picking spot, we had discovered many of the blackberries were still green and not ready picking. Usually, by mid-August, this is primetime for berry picking. I’m not sure why, […]

Last weekend, we decided to get into the car and go for a Sunday drive. We have been experiencing a bit of cabin fever due to this month’s several rainstorms and having to avoid the bites of the annoying mosquitoes (Culicidae) and blackflies (Simuliidae). It ended up being a partly sunny day with some wind […]

The Spring Mountains National Recreation Area is part of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. This area is better known to locals as the Mount Charleston Wilderness Area and located thirty-five miles northwest of downtown Las Vegas, Nevada. In forty-five minutes, visitors can escape to the mountains and enjoy cooler weather and panoramic views that provide a […]

You may have been wondering where I have been…or not. I recently took a trip out to Las Vegas, Nevada for business, with a small amount of pleasure mixed in as well. I stayed at the Suncoast and Casino located on Alta Drive. From Suncoast, you can take in the breathtaking views of the mountains, […]

Spring is upon us once again here in Maine and along with the season comes the statewide celebration of Maine Maple Sunday. Maine takes the production of maple syrup very seriously and this event gives Maine’s maple syrup producers the opportunity to showcase their maple syrup products. Maine Maple Sunday is always held on the […]

On Monday morning we woke up to a beautiful sunshine-filled day and we decided to go for a hike in the snow. We decided to head up to our go-to place, Maine Huts & Trails in Carrabassett Valley, Maine. We haven’t been up there since November to take photographs of Poplar Stream Falls and hike […]

Over the weekend, we wanted to get out and finish some last minute Christmas shopping, locally. For these types of shopping trips, our go-to place always seems to be Kingfield, Maine. We feel right at home in Kingfield and we can usually accomplish whatever task we have at hand. Perhaps this is because Kingfield reminds […]

After leaving the beautiful state of New Hampshire, we decided to take a detour during our road trip after we got back into Maine. This entailed taking a short visit to the town of Bethel, Maine. While we were living in Florida, the town of Bethel sort of became the catalyst for us moving to […]

There is nothing more rewarding than visiting a quintessential New England covered bridge. We have visited a few of these types of bridges during our travels in Connecticut and Vermont in the past. The first of these bridges that we visited was called Bull’s Bridge. Bull’s Bridge is a single-lane vehicular wooden covered bridge over […]

Our last stop in North Conway entailed a visit to the Christmas Loft located on 2028 White Mountain Highway, New Hampshire. There are two of these stores in New Hampshire. The other store is located in North Woodstock. If you are one of those people filled with the Christmas spirit all year, this is the […]