Family Travel Diary

Good Sunday morning to you!! I don’t even know where to begin sharing about our trip. Our time in Maine so far has been full but relaxing. For starters, we’ve taken the boat out on the lake, made s’mores, hiked Blue Hill Mountain, toured the picturesque town of Castine, and biked Schoodic Point. Our Blue Hill Mountain hike was...

We made it! We got in around dinnertime last night, and we hadn’t even unloaded the car before I started snapping pictures. It was perfect timing because the sun was just beginning to set on the lake. I’ve been up since 5AM, and I’ve already had my first run. Our camp (everyone in Maine calls...

It’s as beautiful as I remember. Everything got off to a great start. Our travel down was fairly uneventful, the resort is gorgeous, the weather is perfect, and everyone was in good spirits. We got in late Tuesday night, and yesterday we enjoyed breakfast with a view before we settled down by one of several...

We’re getting ready to pack to leave Turks & Caicos and I realized I’ve hardly posted any pictures since we’ve been here. They’re all on Instagram… and of course there are many more in my phone and on our camera for later use as I write up some blog posts on our experience. But I...

The whole biking thing came about because I was looking for alternatives to running that give me some cardio action and a physical activity I can do outside. I have no desire to exercise on cardio equipment at the gym or work out to a video in my living room. It makes me feel like...

This edition of Saturday Coffee Talk is being broadcast from the great state of Maine! Warning: you are about to be bombarded by vacation pictures. You have been warned. I took this photo our first morning waking up at the lake. I took this with my Moto X that I’m testing as part of the #VZWBuzz program. Pretty...

Nobody does vacation like Disney.  They think of every little detail — right down to the hand soap with Mickey on it and the clear plastic covers that fit perfectly on paper plates for meals to go.  Everything has a meticulous system, and everything runs like clockwork.  Parades and shows start on time.  Every. Time. ...

Tonight we said good-bye to Disney in style — my mom treated our family to tickets to the Hoop-De-Doo Review, a Disney tradition for many, but my first time ever attending the event. We took a ferry boat over to the Ft. Wilderness campground. I think it’s safe to say we enjoyed the show. It...

So tell me, honestly, are you sick and tired of hearing about Disney?  Because I won’t go on and on if you’ve heard enough.  I went back and looked at my posts, and they certainly are the Cliff’s Notes version.  But I feel like I may be beating a dead horse to go back and...

This is probably the last installment in my Maine Vacation posts for this year.  We will be leaving for home before daylight on Saturday morning, so tomorrow is our designated packing/cleaning/resting day. Today we went to my very favorite of all favorite Maine daytrip destinations, the Jordan Pond House. This excerpt from the Jordan Pond...

Today we took a trip to Fort Knox and the new Penobscot Narrows Bridge.  For the past several years, we have watched the progress on this amazing new bridge, and earlier this year the construction was finally completed. There is an observatory in one of the pylons, which are designed to resemble the Washington Monument,...

Every year our family vacations at Green Lake in Maine. We’re fortunate that our family has a place up there, but there are homes for rent. This is a lovely, quiet lake for those who want to get off the beaten path. The towns of Ellsworth (to the south) and Bangor (to the north) are...