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mount lafayette of the white mountains

Posted on July 20, 2023August 6, 2023by sarah

for our last hurrah in the white mountains and our 2023 summer road trip, anna and i embarked upon the mount lafayette and franconia ridge loop, an 8.6 mile “challenging” trail with 3800+ feet of elevation gain, and three different summits. with several new england hikes under my belt at this point, i knew that […]

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mount willard of the white mountains.

Posted on July 19, 2023August 6, 2023by sarah

there’s a zillion hikes in the white mountain wilderness. but a lot of them are no joke. long. steep. brutal. but, derek researched and discovered mount willard, a popular hike that gives a great bang for your buck. it’s only about three miles out and back, with 900′ elevation gain. and, i sound like a […]

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from the adk to the whites.

Posted on July 16, 2023August 5, 2023by sarah

for the last week of our great northeastern summer adventure, we had a week booked in lincoln, new hampshire at a time share resort gifted to us by the grandlidboms for christmas. but i’m getting ahead of myself. first, we had to get there, with some stops along the way. we woke up bright and […]

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the wild center.
ADK adventure #4.

Posted on July 13, 2023August 5, 2023by sarah

after a couple of absolutely beautiful days, the scattered rains started back up again, so on our fourth day in the adirondacks, we opted for an indoor-ish activity. but first. before any folks in either of our respective families were even awake, this road life mom friend and i snuck out for a coffee, and […]

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ithaca and utica pit stops.

Posted on July 9, 2023August 4, 2023by sarah

as we traveled from the homeland of batavia to our next big desination (the adirondacks), we made two overnight stops, ithaca and utica. both places near and dear to my heart. first up. ithaca. on our way in from batavia, we first stopped in corning to check out the museum of glass. after that, we […]

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2023 summer road trip.
week one. batavia.

Posted on July 6, 2023August 3, 2023by sarah

summer in north carolina is super dumb. hot. humid. and dumb. this year, we escaped much of said dumbness by heading north for most of july. our first stop on the road trip took us to my homeland of batavia, new york. we piled into the subaru, which feels smaller and smaller each summer, but […]

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juney things.

Posted on June 30, 2023August 2, 2023by sarah

june was a blur. the end of school for all three kids. anna at summer camp. some cakes. lots of work shifts. some sewing. play dates. still the gym. and getting ready to be gone for most of july. here’s what happened, according to the photos i took. (some other stuff probably happened, but i […]

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may of twenty twenty three.

Posted on May 31, 2023June 17, 2023by sarah

may has come and gone, so here’s the monthly update of happenings in lidkid land that don’t require a full blog post. here we go. (warning. this one is all over the place and weird and maybe boring). first of all. derek has continued to work on our deck, when the weather and his time […]

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hanging rock with ruby dooby.

Posted on May 10, 2023June 11, 2023by sarah

one spring day, the stars perfectly aligned, and my day off from all responsibilities coincided with a day of beautiful weather, and i really had no choice but to oad up the world’s best dog and ride up to hanging rock to hit the trail. we opted for the moore’s knob loop, taking the counterclockwise […]

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a ridiculously long post about april ’23.

Posted on May 1, 2023May 2, 2023by sarah

well. you would think a post about april would be super short, considering we spent the first week on spring break, and all of that was detailed in previous posts. but, alas, sometimes when there’s not much excitement going on, these miscellaneous monthly posts get a lot more attention. or so it is in this […]

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