Day 1 – Acadia National Park The first day at Acadia, we made it out fairly early to get to the Beehive Trail. The park was really crowed despite us being there the last few days of the peak season. Shops and restaurants were closing down for the season. We were able to get in the last day a local…
On our second day of the honeymoon, we made it to Vermont. We went to Quechee State Park to see Quechee Gorge before heading to our hotel. The most interesting thing of the hike was seeing a hiking cat. Have you ever seen such a thing? I tried to put my black cat, Rose, into a harness and she fell…
Yesterday, we were in Tennessee for a great hike near Tellico Plains. The boys’ retired BMT/hematologist wrote a book about hikes in the Tellico Plains, TN area, so I bought a copy. Originally, we were going to camp this weekend, but my middle son was supposed to go to the beach with a friend. Once the weather changed and got…
The time has come! We leave for Baton Rouge later today. I’ve tried updating, but always get sidetracked. Marty has lost almost 25 pounds and I’ve lost 8. True story. I have listened to 4 different books on audible and would suggest them to everyone. The Diabetes Code, Lies My Doctor Told Me, Life in the Fasting Lane and another…
My 55th birthday was my best birthday ever! I was able to go back to Niagara Falls again. Until last month, I had only seen them from the Canadian side of the falls. This time, we started out in Canada and then ended up in New York on the American side of the falls. While the view from Canada is…
On Independence Day, we woke up and made pancakes and bacon. Life without bacon isn’t worth living. We left camp to explore the National Forest. Jakes Rocks weren’t very far from our camp. We hiked about 5 miles on some really cool mountain bike trails. The Allegheny Reservoir is gorgeous. I had thought I would kayak on Thursday, but it…
When we arrived in Allegheny National Forest, it was raining on our side of the mountains. We got camp set up that first Sunday afternoon and hoped the rain would stop. Monday, we headed out, even though it was still raining. Not too far away, on the other side of the mountains, the sun was shining. We visited Kinzua Bridge…
I finally broke down and ordered a GoPro. It arrived yesterday! I’m really excited about this. I did a 26 mile ride with Marty in the area near Pilot Mountain on Tuesday and I kept wishing I had a camera mounted on my head or at least SOMEWHERE. The views are spectacular up there and I want to remember them…
Life is still pretty smelly right now, but it is slowly getting better. I’ve tried every recipe on the internet to remove the skunk oil from the dawg. It is just going to take time, like most things in life. AND, like most things in life, you just can’t rush it. It just takes time, smelly, smelly, skunky time. Five…
Did you know people keep skunks as pets? Yes, it is legal in 17 states to have skunks as pets. WHY!? Why would anyone consider keeping a skunk as a pet!? I have no idea. I currently have a 110 pound Alaskan Skunkamute. He stuck his nose in a skunk’s butt and got sprayed. How do I know? Because his…
My Little Red Bike 