Why Is It Raining in the House? Weekend Recap
Guten Morgan this fine Monday. I hope your weekend was a bitchin one and you're ready for a short week. (Or maybe you pup owners are breaking out the Thunder shirts in anticipation of the people who are going to be setting off fireworks for the next seven days. I know we always have people setting them off at random usually starting tonight. I do actually miss sparklers from when I was a kid and conducting a symphony to make shapes in the air burned into your vision.) Friday was exhausting y'all. I had to get some worm spray for a looper worm infestation on my brassicas (who the hell am I??) and whilst poking around the nursery with lightning and looming thunder Thursday night, I spotted a flat of begonias marked down to $10. Given my zinnias couldn't stay in the long planters because they need sun, I had to relent and buy the begonias. Anything to block the sea hag from peeking over. So Friday morning I got to work picking of...
New England is quite the road trip and even though I'd been to parts of New England before that, it was still pretty great seeing some of the jaw dropping beauty from Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. Yellowstone would be epic too.
ReplyDeleteThat was an amazing trip and certainly started my love affair with New England!
DeleteI went to Yellowstone last summer, and it was absolutely fantastic! It's huge. I knew it was big, but I had no idea the scale it really was. We stayed at a little place about 30 minutes outside the park, and then spent 2 full days in the park. We saw a lot, but skipped so much more. We saw a wolf on the way out the first night and I think that was the highlight of the trip.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to go to New England & Maine (in fall would be great, but I'd take any time but winter). I'd also like to get to all of the state and national parks in my state - but that's more of a long term project than a single road trip.
I have to say winter in New England is downright magical and their roads are the best cleared we've ever encountered so don't let the potential for weather deter you. That said, mid to late October is the perfect time to visit. I PM'd you on SP.
DeleteI took a three week road trip in my late teens and saw several states out west, so that was my longest road trip. Going up north is always the best trip because we find more places to discover. Probably my personal favorite was a spontaneous trip I took by myself that didn't take me really far (just up to Wisconsin) but I literally just got in my car and headed north with no specific place in mind. I ended up taking a road that lead me literally right to Lake Michigan and the most peaceful park right on the lake with crashing waves. I spent the night in a hotel but spent so much of my days there at that park and starting out at the most beautiful water with pretty sailboats, etc. I think I was about 20 or 21 when I did that. Loved it. As for my dream place, it would probably be to Banff Canada and the Banff National Park in Alberta and the Hot Springs.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds amazing! I've never thought to just drive and see where we end up. Lake Michigan is beautiful and so much like the ocean. I can't think of a bad spot to sit by! A friend of mine went to Banff park and it was stunning.
DeleteMy son and I drove across country - NC to northern CA, then down to Barstow & back across. It was amazing.
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome! There's nothing like seeing the country and getting out of your own neck of the woods.
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