2023 Maine Trip
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Portland Lighthouse and Old Orchard Beach
We started the day at Pemaquid beach—I enjoyed one last stroll here while Tony took some work meetings. Then we were off to the Portland Lighthouse. We paid five dollars to park, then ten dollars for some small but delicious cups of gelato. Portland Head Light was built from 1787 to 1791. It began with…
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Old Orchard Beach,… Beach, Maine
At seven miles in length, the beach in Old Orchard Beach is the perfect place for long walks in the sand. When the tide is out, the beach has a big area of wet but firm sand for easy walking. Side benefit—the sand polishes the skin on your feet like a free spa treatment. The…
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New Tires for Usain, Manchester, New Hampshire
Tony noticed our front tires were wearing unevenly with the insides losing tread. He keeps current on the Boldt Facebook group, and found others saying this “cupping” is a problem with Sprinters made into RVs. Mercedes says the front wheels don’t have the same weight on them, and they “skip” down the road which causes…
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The Fundy Trail at Pawtuckaway State Park, New Hampshire
This morning Tony had four different meetings and we had a three-hour journey to our next campground, so I suggested we get up and go on a hike. We drove to the beach parking lot to get wide open skies between the rows of trees to get a Dishy connection. From there the Fundy Trail…
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Leafy Brains at Lynes Wildlife Sanctuary, Mass Audubon
One has to admire the imagination of people who gift plants and fungi with descriptive common names. Leafy Brains (aka jelly leaf and brown witch’s butter) is a new-for-me fungus that I found on our walk today. All three names are apropos as we head into October. This 240-acre area was a typical New England…
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A hike through the forest to the beach
Before leaving Northampton, we stop once again at the Outlook Farm store to get more apples, some cheese and a cinnamon twist treat. The twist reminded Tony of his mom’s pastries, but it was made from a different dough. Still tasty, but not like Kay’s twists. Got some pictures at the store this time! “Old…
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A rainy day walk on the Niantic (East Lyme) boardwalk, Connecticut
Do we have umbrellas? Yes! Do we have ponchos? Yes! Did we use either on this walk? No! It was only misty when we started, but downright raining when we were through. My biggest regret on this rainy day walk was wearing jeans, and not quick-dry hiking pants. We found all kinds of places to…
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Ventimiglia Vineyard in New Jersey
Harvest Host membership pays off in getting us a lovely parking spot by a stream at the Ventimiglia Vineyard. And, it’s not raining at the vineyard!!! We enjoyed our wine-tasting and bought two bottles to take with us. New York City was like a big gravity draw trying to pull us in. Every exit had…
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The Catskills, back in New York
We checked into the Woodland Valley Campground after another long interstate drive. We weren’t going to take the interstate, but in a moment of no service, we got rerouted that way—grrrrr to Google. The final part of the drive into the Catskills was beautiful. Our campground is 5+-miles up a twisty mountain road. Don’t picture…
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Kaaterskill Falls, New York
The suffix -kill is used frequently in this part of New England, and reflects the former New Netherlands Dutch colonial names where -kill indicates a body of water like streams and rivers. There is no cell service at Woodland Valley and the tree cover prevents Dishy usage. We traveled to the local town and found…