September 19, 2023 Early morning the rain finally stopped so I went on a walk to see Manchester before we head to Vermont. The city was not awake yet, the streets were still wet and the air was so clean after the rain. I walked back though Veterans Memorial park, which was even more beautiful …
New England – Manchester, NH
September 18, 2023 The rain has returned!!! It rained all the way from Kennebunkport to Manchester, NH. The rain derailed all the plans for the day. The museum that I wanted to go to was closed, the parks were flooded and walking was impossible so what did we do?????? We went to the mall. The …
New England – Kennebunkport Day 2
September 17, 2023 The hurricane veered to the east of Kennebunkport so we awoke to a sunny day!! This is the first day of the trip that I got to wear short sleeves!! A long wall along the coast provided views of a calm ocean after the storm. We drove out to what the local …
New England – Kennebunkport, Maine
September 16, 2023 Saturday morning I awoke to the sound of rain, which did not bode well for the day!! I really wanted to explore so I donned my rain jacket and headed out to explore the area around our hotel. We are staying at The Boathouse Waterfront Hotel that is in Dock Square (town …
New England – Portland, Maine
September 15, 2023 After the sunrise we headed to Portland, Maine. We needed to get out of Bar Harbor since Hurricane Lee was predicted to hit there. Portland is a peninsula extending into Casco Bay. We spent most of our time in the Old Port waterfront with its working fishing wharves and converted warehouses with …
New England – Sunrise at Cadillac Summit
September 15, 2023 At 4:00am and we were gearing up to go to Cadillac Summit in Acadia National Park for the sunrise. The park issues limited number of passes for sunrise so I had camped the website for the day of release and at 12:01 am thirty days before our trip I secured a 5:00am …
New England – Bar Harbor Day 2
September 14, 2023 The day began with a torrential downpour that lasted until late morning. The rain did not stop a senior couple that was in the hot tub with their umbrella. They were having fun making out, putting on a show while we were having breakfast. Wonder if it was a tender date???? …
New England – Bar Harbor, Maine
September 13, 2023 The New England adventure has begun. The goal of this trip is to complete the goal I set in a 3rd grade book report to visit all 50 states and all seven continents. My 3rd grade teacher told me that girls couldn’t be adventurers so of course I set out to prove …
Tahiti – Aqua Safari
August 15, 2023 As promised in my last post here are are the pictures from the Aqua Safari!! Absolutely a “Best Day Ever”!!
Tahiti – Huahine
August 9, 2023 As we sailed into the bay at Huahine the sun was rising and at the bow of the boat several whales were breaching to welcome us. The captain popped out of the bridge to see the whales and cried out to them “please don’t go under the boat”!! A magical start to …