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After a huge camp breakfast of bacon and a veggie egg scramble we set off for a day of hiking.  Thus far, we have been extremely lucky with the weather.  It rained a little bit yesterday, but that was after we had returned from our hike so nary a drop fell on us.  Acadia doesContinueContinue reading “8-11-19 Hiking Beech Mountain in Acadia National Park”

Acadia National Park has been on my bucket list for awhile.  I tend to like faraway places and given that Acadia National Park is so far away from Denver it is not surprising that I have wanted to go there. We were overwhelmed when we arrived at the Visitor Center.  It was teeming with people. ContinueContinue reading “8-10-19 Arriving in Acadia National Park”

The good news is that we got our tires rotated the previous day.  The bad news is that after they were rotated Tom noticed that the inner part of the tires were VERY worn.  Originally Tom had thought that the tires would last the trip and we would replace them when we returned to Denver. ContinueContinue reading “8-9-19 Tires and Bar Harbor”

We left our campsite early because we needed to get the oil changed.  We called around but the dealership in Nashua is the only one that would let us come in without an appt.  We figured if we got there when they opened we would not have to wait too long.  Well, Sunnyside Acura inContinueContinue reading “8-8-19 Freeport, ME”

Today’s goal was to drive to Nashua, NH. We wanted to see some of the Finger Lakes so we drove along Seneca Lake until we hit the I-90 interstate (more on I-90 later). Seneca Lake is in the middle of the Finger Lakes. Personally, I think they should have named it the Middle Finger lakeContinueContinue reading “8-7-19 NY, VT, and NH”

We stayed another day in Horseheads so we could hang more with the family, catch up on the blog, do some laundry, buy some groceries, and most importantly – avoid a long car ride. Today was a big day because Brenna’s daughter, Lauren, starts medical school on Thursday 8/8 in upstate NY and today wasContinueContinue reading “8-6-19 Exploring Corning, NY”

Tom’s niece, Brenna, lives in upstate NY – Horseheads, NY to be precise. To get there we drove through more of OH, a sliver of PA, and then NY. We got at her house at around 3:00 and then became couch potatoes for the rest of the night. I am not sure why long drivesContinueContinue reading “8-5-19 Family in Horseheads, NY”

Since we had a such a late night and because we were having such a great time hanging with Diane we got a late start leaving Kildeer. From there it was a long day of driving – through IL (getting around Chicago took an absurdly long time), IN, and in to OH. Given that weContinueContinue reading “8-4-19 IL, IN, and OH”

Today we spent the day in Chicago. Diane drove us through the local neighborhoods so we will able to see the beautiful houses in some of the pricey neighborhoods. Alas, I was too busy gawking to take photos as I should have. We were quite fortunate with the weather. Chicago can be oppressively hot andContinueContinue reading “8-3-19 Dinner on the Spirit of Chicago”

Our first official stop is Kildeer, IL (outskirts of Chicago) to visit with our friend’s Diane and Scott and their family (though their daughter will not be there as she is in Tanzania with the Peace Corps). We met Diane and Scott in 2003 when we went on the Macalester Alumni trip to Cuba. DianeContinueContinue reading “8-2-19 Destination Chicago”