on our fifth day in acadia (thursday), we took the bus to sand beach to walk along the ocean path trail. our first stop was to see the beach that we went to earlier in the week in the dark. not too shabby. we started our journey, stopping to climb down to the rocky areas […]
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acadia, day three. (jordan pond)
on day three, i was prepared. i checked the maps. the bus schedule. read trail reviews. and had a plan. firstly, we took the bus from our campsite to the visitor center. we had 15 minutes until the next bus would take us to jordan pond, so we decided to make a dash in and […]
bigelow hollow state park
our second week at sturbridge was a busy one. we only had one down/lazy day. i am not blogging these in order, mostly due to our terrible internet and i’m waiting to get some pictures from derek’s phone and it’s taking a million cyber light years. so, i’ll begin with a trip we took on […]
watkins glen gorge.
as previously mentioned in the last post, the kids, derek’s mom, and i hiked the gorge on our first full day in watkins glen. derek’s dad drove us to the top and we hiked down where he picked us up later, which made it so much easier, especially with my forty pounds of precious cargo. […]
letchworth. week 2.
our second week at letchworth was a little more low-key than the first. after all of the weekend campers cleared out, we took over the bathroom to get this grubby kid all cleaned up. since the showers only blast scalding hot water, we opted for the sink. we went to warsaw, to laurie’s diner or […]
west virginia. mountain mama.
the first leg of the official official lidbom rambling road show was to a little spot in west virginia, about ten minutes north of charleston. we arrived late at night and had to navigate some super windy, dark, narrow country roads. but we survived. this was what we were dealing with, only in daylight. and […]
family easter mountain trip
during our time “home”, we took a trip up to the boone/blowing rock/banner elk mountain region over easter with derek’s parents. our first stop, as usual, was the mast general store… on the way home, we decided to have some bbq at the peddlin’ pig. so good. then, it was time for an easter egg […]
lake louisa state park
our campsite is about 5 miles down the road from lake louisa state park, which is the number one rated “thing to do” on trip advisor for the clermont area. we had also heard good things about it from some camp neighbors, so on friday, with cool temps, we decided to give it a go. […]
from savannah to saint augustine.
so, we had originally planned to make a few stops on our way to orlando, and dry camp for all of them. but, since we were leaving at 9am instead of 5pm, we weren’t sure about finding a spot to stay for the entire day. (the places that usually let you dry camp are mostly […]
pilot mountain hike.
a couple of weeks ago, as part of our “homeschool”, on a particularly beautiful december day in north carolina, i loaded up the three lid kids for a quick hike around pilot mountain. we packed some snacks, toys and art supplies and were on our way. we were so excited to see pilot mountain rise […]