Tuesday, July 23, 2013

{Road Trip} Day Thirteen - Niagara Falls & Making Our Way HOME

We got just a little off track with our Canadian detour, dipping into a little bit more of Canada than we had originally planned, but we made the last stop on our grand road trip this morning, Niagara Falls...


I had originally planned to spend most of a day there, but Hubby & I agreed that all we really wanted to hit with the kids was the Maid of the Mist boat tour...


and now it's time to dry off and head HOME!


More {Road Trip} 2013 Fun

Sunday, July 21, 2013

{Road Trip} Day Eleven - From Maine to Montreal...

Today turned out to be a big travel day with the only "must-do" being a trip to Ben & Jerry's factory in Vermont...
The little ones did great in the car, and we ended up being able to make a quick stop at the early home of Franklin Pierce (the one we had to cut out from our original plan)...


 


before hitting our main destination for dinner...

After staging a few cheesy photos...


{it's the Flavor Graveyard ~ final resting place for retired flavors}

we took the factory tour and enjoyed a sample of Salted Caramel ice cream ~ yum ~ in the original test kitchen!




Lastly, we settled on our choices of flavors and enjoyed ice cream for dinner!




After all, it is National Ice Cream Day, you know, and believe it or not, I actually did not plan our stop to coincide so well!

Now, one of the things that I've always loved so much about Hubby is his sense of adventure.  I mean, who else could keep up with (and would put up with) this c-r-a-z-y road trip schedule that I planned???  Good thing that he likes to travel as much as I do, and good thing we are both up for almost anything (almost) when it comes to said travelling...

You now that song, "Our Kind of Love" by Lady Antebellum?




Yep, that about sums it up...

Sooo, on a whim we decided to change up the plan just a bit...  Think of it as this year's "Alamo" (the unplanned portion of our trip)...

Let's just say, "Have passports.  Will travel."

Stay tuned...

More {Road Trip} 2013 Fun

Saturday, July 20, 2013

{Road Trip} Day Ten - More Parks ~ State, National & International...

...in both MAINE and NEW BRUNSWICK!

We began our day with a visit to Acadia National Park...




What a beautiful place!

We drove to the top of Cadillac Mountain to admire the view...




and spent some time playing in the frigid, and fiesty, surf on Sand Beach...




before heading east to West Quoddy Head Lighthouse, the easternmost point in the continental United States!


 


B now has a couple of "extreme points" under his belt!




From Lubec, we took the bridge over to Campobello Island in New Brunswick, Canada...


{in New Brunswick ~ the bridge is in the background}



to visit Roosevelt's (Summer) Cottage ~ probably my favorite Presidential stop on this trip...



We just had to take a peek at East Quoddy Head Lighthouse before leaving the island...


 


and crossing back over the border to Maine.

More {Road Trip} 2013 Fun