Destinations

Tucked away in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Blowing Rock, North Carolina is a bustling mountain town that is known for its outdoor opportunities, quaint dining and shopping, and beautiful scenery. It’s also…

Herkimer, New York is a sleepy little town along the Mohawk River, with just under 8,000 residents. It boasts an abundance of natural beauty that has attracted city slickers from Manhattan for…

What budget adventure has the primitive solitude of backpacking without having to carry everything on your back? Where can you camp somewhere new every night, bask in the glory of breathtaking, wilderness…

Ready to pay a visit to the shores of America’s largest, deepest, and coldest lake? Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore encompasses more than 70,000 acres and 42 miles of rugged and wild shoreline…

Located on the shores of Lake Champlain, Burlington is Vermont’s largest city. It is home to the University of Vermont, the famous Church Street Marketplace, and about 42,000 residents. It’s a mecca…

Like many of Vermont’s most wild places, Groton State Forest is off the beaten path, nestled between the Green Mountains to the west and the hills of the Connecticut River Valley to…

Today I’m welcoming guest-blogger Annie from the blog, Adventure of the Day.  She shares some insider information on visiting her hometown of Peterborough, NH. Welcome, Annie! Peterborough is a charming small town nestled…

As part of our back-road adventures across the United States, we’ve toured some pretty amazing places, but most of our family agrees that some of our southwest road trips have been the…

We travel up and down the east coast a lot.  Although I currently hang my hat in Vermont, I have lived in Maine, New York, Maryland, and Florida. In each ephemeral landing spot, I’ve…

Not too long ago, our family embarked on a monumental road trip, covering more than 10,000 miles in a Pontiac Vibe over the course of two and a half months. We stayed…