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Loving Maine
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...
Schoodic Peninsula Hike
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 hiking....
Stop #15 – Freeport, ME
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...
Stop #14 – Camp Coldbrook, Barre, MA
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 package a few...
Stop #13 – Brimfield, MA
We were fortunate to find a campground very close to where we had broken down. Actually, the kids ended up liking the place. There were a lot of lawn decorations to take in. We affectionately referred to it as "Shanty Town". There were some cool flea markets...
Big Summer Blowout
We left New York with me feeling like maybe I had the whole bus thing finally down. Traveling on the weekends, setting up camp, planning our next stop. In other words, feeling good! What could go wrong? It was foggy when we left Cooperstown. But we got a really...