Category Archives: Travel

Seeing more folks

Posted on September 24, 2011 by Maggie

The evenings in Oklahoma have been quite chilly (mid to high 50s), so I took advantage of the early morning cool air by taking a barefoot walk around the neighborhood. Walked by at least four garage sales (or tag sales, … Continue reading →

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Grayson, KY to Sullivan, MO (494 miles)

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Maggie

I don’t think I’ve fully caught up with the huge distance we covered today. I passed through three states I’d never seen before (Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri), made my first on-land crossing of the Mississippi river, and my first on-land … Continue reading →

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Bethesda, MD to Grayson, KY (412 miles)

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Maggie

We’re taking three days to drive to Oklahoma to see Louis’s parents, so today marked day one. The route (google map) took us through the Shenandoah Valley on Route 66, through the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia, and about 20 … Continue reading →

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Russel Pond Campground, Franconia Notch, NH

Posted on September 4, 2011 by Maggie

The next day we got up and had a massive breakfast of eggs and blueberry-apple pie. Yum! B and J had to leave to do some tending of the wedding site, so we stuck around for a while to shower … Continue reading →

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Castle Trail towards Jefferson

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Maggie

Since Route 302, the Kancamagus Highway and Crawford Notch are still closed due to damage from Irene, the parking lot in Appalachia (a popular spot) was completely filled, so we ended up not doing the Link Trail, as planned. No … Continue reading →

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Bike Gorham to Pinkham Notch (35 miles)

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Maggie

We’re now staying at Timberland campground, and loving it. For an extra $3/night ($23 versus $20 at Dolly Copp) we get hot showers, a solar-heated swimming pool, and a rec room with a book exchange and free wifi. We’re also … Continue reading →

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Come on Irene

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Maggie

Darn it, I guess I wasn’t the first one to come up with that pun (inspired by the Dexys Midnight Runners song “Come on Eileen”). Considering I’ve been living under a rock, I wonder how strange it is that my … Continue reading →

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White Mountains (day 3, Mt. Washington auto road)

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Maggie

Today turned out to be such a startlingly brilliant day, that we knew we had to be on top of Mount Washington. Neither of us being in physical condition for a serious hike this particular day, we took to the … Continue reading →

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Dolly Copp campground (Gorham, NH)

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Maggie

The drive from Bangor, ME to Gorham, NH took the greater part of a day. Those little state roads are slow going, and one-lane each way means no passing the pokey people. But we made it to Dolly Copp campground … Continue reading →

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Bangor, ME

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Maggie

Spent the day in Bangor, Maine, so that Louis could work on his thesis and I could do massive laundry and catching up on e-mails. It was a fairly tame day for me, perhaps feeling a bit exhausted from all … Continue reading →

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Quoddy Head (Lubec, ME)

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Maggie

We had a bit of time before we needed to head back towards New Hampshire, so we decided to visit the Easternmost point of the U.S. lower 48, West Quoddy Head lighthouse in Lubec, Maine. The original lighthouse was constructed … Continue reading →

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Dinner at Pretty Marsh (day 4, evening)

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Maggie

We wanted to see if we could catch a sunset at Pretty Marsh. What we found instead was massive amounts of fog. But we had a fine dinner of wild rice, corn on the cob, and blueberries. And I ate … Continue reading →

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