Laura

Somewhere along the line, we heard that many Scottish immigrants were drawn to Cape Breton Island because the landscape reminded them of the Scottish...

Anyone who knows me knows that I am deathly afraid of spiders. Like, truly terrified. I fully realize my overwhelming dread of these tiny insects is completely irrational, but it's a phobia, so that's permitted.

The island's combination of small fishing communities, large independent farms, and dramatic coastlines, all connected by roads that wind through hills blanketed in wildflowers, begs to be captured.

The Bay of Fundy lies between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia and, as I mentioned in my last post, is home to the largest tidal changes in the world.

As I looked into the town of Saint Andrews, located just 30 miles from the international border, it looked like a great choice. Turned out, it was.

We loved our time exploring Acadia and were happy to check out many of its most popular features. Unfortunately, in the middle of our visit, we ran into some issues with Dixie which led us to curtail our exploration a bit.

If there's one thing we've learned the hard way, it's: "when the weather is good, GO!!" Don't wait til tomorrow to go on the hike. Don't wait for the weekday to avoid the crowds...

Between our week in Vermont and our lengthy stay in Bar Harbor, we had a ten day transitional period which we spent in Fryeburg and Boothbay, Maine.

There are 49 U.S. states that are not Vermont, and we're pretty sure all of them wish they could be half as cool as the Green Mountain State.

When we headed up to Gettysburg recently, I returned to the National Park to check out the new visitor center and explore the battlefield once more.