Are We There Yet?

Michelle and I survived our ten day New England road trip, though the first day was a bit rough. We drove from Indiana into Ohio, then Pennsylvania, ending in New York. It rained the entire drive and Michelle was positive Pennsylvania would never end. That night we stayed at an overpriced hotel with some party neighbors, but had dinner at the Mad Moose Restaurant, where we shared some fabulous pizza and fried oreos.

The next day we drove through the Catskills in New York to Connecticut, where we hiked Kent Falls State Park. We ended the day at Michelle's aunt's house and spent the evening with her family, who were all wonderfully kind.


Kent Falls State Park


The next day we were off to Newport, Rhode Island and absolute heat. It was in the 80s as we walked along the Cliff Walk, which led us to The Breakers. It is amazing to see how much wealth the Vanderbilt's had. Since this was our first meal along the New England coast, we stopped for some seafood before heading up to Maine. Somehow the Cliff Walk took longer than we expected, being the first of many days when we were playing catch-up.

We arrived in the town of Freeport, Maine a little after 8 in the evening., pulling into the Best Western, only to see a one room office. It turns out the hotel room was up a wood lined hill. Though it reminded us of the Bates Hotel, it was a nice room. We arrived at the LL Bean Store around 9 and parked in the Bear lot. This store is open 24 hours/ 7 days a week/ 365 days a year. It takes up two city blocks and has parking lots named after animals, similar to Disney. For almost 3 hours, I let Michelle dress me up like a doll and managed to charge a good amount on my credit card. So happy!

The Breakers
my LL Bean purchases