by Jen Martin | Nov 3, 2017 | National Parks, Travel Log
Saturday morning greeted us in typical Maine fashion. We were thrilled to only have to drive for an hour! Such a short drive! What could go wrong? Haaaaaahahahahaha. I didn’t get a picture during the fiasco, but shortly before pulling off we realized that the...
by Jen Martin | Nov 1, 2017 | Gear, Mis' Hap (Our Bus), National Parks, Travel Log
We’d like to interrupt our regular programming and give a shout out to the zip tie. We’d like to thank the person who invented them. And maybe hug them for a little while. Up the coast we drove, looking for moose all along the way. About an hour from our...
by Jen Martin | Oct 30, 2017 | National Parks, Roadschooling, Travel Log
The Martins love Maine. Well technically Carrington hasn’t weighed in yet, but we feel good about speaking for her on this one 🙂 There were some rainy days in the forecast, so the kids and I set out to do some indoors-ish exploring. With a storm approaching, we...
by Jen Martin | Oct 29, 2017 | National Parks, Roadschooling, Travel Log, Wildlife Encounters
Tuesday marked the first day of public school for the kids’ friends back home. Our little Martin Academy is light these days as far as book work goes, but thankfully that’s not the only way to learn 😉 We biked up to Acadia National Park to spend some time...
by Jen Martin | Sep 23, 2017 | Food, Travel Log
Crossing the border to Maine felt like a mini-victory. With so many changes to our plans (like having to go back to Christiansburg for the hitch work, having to stop for the tire debacle, etc.), making it to Maine by the time summer ended sometimes felt like a pipe...
by Jen Martin | Sep 23, 2017 | Travel Log
We were only staying in this spot for one night, so we didn’t bother unpacking anything or even setting up camp chairs. It was a pretty place to explore. It was really cold at night and in the morning. I’m so glad my mom had included my coat in the...
