Travel Log
- 6:00a Departed on schedule!
- 6:36a Enter Wisconsin
- 10:33a Enter Illinois
- 11:35a Lunch at Lou Malnati’s. The fact we can drive from our house in the morning and have lunch in Chicago blows my mind! 🤯
- 1:49p Visit Shedd Aquarium
- 4:15p Check in at Chicago Athletic Association.
- 5:30p Dinner at Game Room in the hotel.
- 7:00p Magical evening at the Magic Parlour! 🪄
- 7:46: Depart Floathaus.
- 7:55a: Uncommon Coffee Roasters for coffee and pastries.
- 8:01a: Depart Saugatuck.
- 9:03a: Entered Indiana 👋
- 9:11a ET/8:11a CT: Back in central time!
- 8:40a: Entered Illinois. 👋
- 10:16a: Entered Wisconsin. 👋
- 11:16a: Rocky Roccocco pizza! Deforest, WI.
- 2:45p: Final Ice Cream stop at C&J Candy Shoppe in Mnemenje.
- 3:29p: Enter Minnesota! 🙌
- 4:02p: Back home! 🏡
- Final odometer reading: 3,894.
- Breakfast at GROW Café + Bistro. 🍽
- Return shopping at Urban Found for Mazie. 🛍
- Pottery projects at Express Yourself Art Barn. 🎨
- Return visit to Roan & Black for Kimmy Cantrell mask!
- Afternoon ice cream at Blue Star Cafe! 🍦
- Afternoon in the waves and sand, lots of sand, at Oval Beach. 🏖
- Visit to one of our favorites, Salt of the Earth in Fennville for dinner. 🍽
- Pennyroyal Cafe for dessert, huh?
- Enjoyed a relaxing morning on the Floathaus.
- Amazing breakfast at Pennyroyal Cafe.
- Check out the art at Roan & Black.
- Iced coffee at Uncommon Roasters.
- Walk around downtown Saugatuck: Teeny Tiny Toy Store, Glik’s, Landshark, it is what it is, Grins of Saugatuck, Jeff Blandford Gallery, Sea Bags of Maine, Wine Sellers of Saugutuck, Amazwi Contemporary Art, Kindel and Company, Urban Found, Good Goods.
- Kilwins Ice Cream.
- Saugatuck Dune Rides Over the Years! 🤩
- Hang out and have fun at Oval Beach. The waves were great.
- Return to Pennyroyal Cafe for a delicious dinner and incredible desserts.
- 6:04a: Depart Airbnb in Rochester.
- 8:05a: Enter Pennsylvania. 👋
- 8:25a: Gas stop on I-90 outside of Erie, PA. ⛽️
- 8:55a: Enter Ohio. 👋
- 9:40a: Just past Cleveland, very heavy thunderstorm and downpours! ⚡️⛈
- Culver’s for lunch in Oregon, OH.
- 12:27p: Enter Michigan! 👋
- 3:35p: Arrive Saugatuck, MI.
- Great afternoon in a Donut Boat rented from Retro Boat Rentals.
- Extended power outage disrupted our plan to have dinner at the Southerner. Had a fine dinner at Fresh Basil Cafe.
- Charlie’s Round the Corner for Ice Cream.
- Settled into the Floathaus of Saugatuck.
- Mad Hatter for breakfast.
- Rochester Museum & Science Center.
- Iced Maple Latte with extra shot at Ugly Duck Coffee.
- Shopping stop at Millenium Games
- Pittsford Farms Dairy for Ice Cream.
- Boat tour down the Erie Canal on the Sam Patch.
- Delicious Good Luck Burger for dinner.
- Prep for an early departure tomorrow!
- 7:45a: Depart Treehouse.
- 8:00a: Dunkin’ Donuts! 🍩
- Drive to Rochester, NY.
- 10:31a: Enter New York. Goodbye Vermont. 👋
- 11:45a: Lunch at DomAdi’s Deli in Amsterdam, NY.
- 3:40: Arrive in Rochester, NY. Get settled in Downtown Rochester Retreat.
- Walk to Vern’s for an amazing Italian dinner and drinks outside.
- 9:09a: Depart Treehouse.
- 9:22a: Enter New Hampshire!
- 9:45a: 1h 15m wait for table at Polly’s Pancake Parlor. Switch up plans.
- 9:50a: Worst coffee ever at REDACTED. 😤
- 10:40a: Flume Gorge hike. Amazing! Wow! 🤩
- 12:00p: Return to Polly’s Pancake Parlor after calling ahead this time!
- 12:30p: Seated at Polly’s.
- 1:00p: Pancakes!
- Check out downtown Littleton, NH and shopping.
- Found ourselves a bit without a plan in the late afternoon. Mazie suggested we park along the River and Tyler and her could jump around the rocks. Tammy suggested I get a coffee so I get an iced coffee, sparkling water, and a bottle of water. Dehydrated! We had a nice hour or so with our feet in the water and the kids playing.
- At the end of our tranquil River cool down time the kids were getting out and Mazie fell into a bit of water. Nothing huge, but it happened to have a pocket of baby leeches! When she stood up we though she had algae on her legs, but they were actually baby leeches and she justifiably FREAKED OUT! We spent the next bunch of time clearing centimeter long baby leeches off her legs and calming her down. Whew!
- Delightful dinner at Schilling Beer Co.
- 9:14a: Left 14 mins late for Montpelier, VT.
- Brunch at Three Penny Taproom.
- Check out Vermont State House.
- Escape Room at Greatest Caper.
- Afternoon coffee and chocolates at Rabble-Rouser.
- Drive back to St. Johnsbury.
- Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium for exhibits and two showings in the platerium.
- Dog Mountain very cool, the Chapel was moving. 😢
- Dog Mountain Levitt Amp Conert to see Mike Mains and The Branches. 🎶
- Dinner at Kingdom Taproom & Table.
- 7:30a: Depart the Schoolhouse.
- 9:35a: Breakfast at Skinny Pancakes
- Shopping in Woodstock: Woody’s Mercantile, Unicorn, Collective: The Art of Craft, Vermont Eclectic Company, Woodstock Gallery, Clover, Gillingham’s General Store,
- Quick visit to Marsh - Billings - Rockefeller National Historical Park.
- Coffee stop at Abracadabra Coffee. Iced coffee, cans of cold press, and beans for home.
- 1:07p: Simon Pearce Gallery
- 1:49p: King Arthur Flour Company
- 2:30p: Depart for Glover, VT.
- 4:00p: Bread & Puppet Theatre
- 6:00p: Drive to Treehouse, defer check-in due to rain.
- 6:45p Dinner at Salt Bistro
- 8:35p: Back to Treehouse and unload in the rain, up two flights of stairs, in the dark.
- 9:40p: Treehouse doesn’t have WiFi. Went to enable Mobile Hotspot on my iPhone and to my surprise my new AT&T plan doesn’t support that. Spent 30-mins with customer support fixing that.
MEA 2021 Road Trip Day 1: Drive to Chicago
Weather: Cool in the morning. Nice and clear weather all day. Nice in Chicago.
Part of MEA 2021 collection.
Vermont Road Trip Log: Day 16, Sunday
Weather: Perfect. Warm and sunny.
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Vermont Road Trip Log: Day 15, Saturday
Weather: Perfect.
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Vermont Road Trip Log: Day 14, Friday
Weather: Perfect day!
Urban Found storefront in Saugatuck, MI.
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Vermont Road Trip Log: Day 13, Thursday
Weather: Clear morning until Pennsylvania with moderate to heavy rain. Crazy heavy rainfall in Ohio. Weather cleared up in Michigan and rest of the day was very pleasant.
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Vermont Road Trip Log: Day 12, Wednesday
Weather: 89 °F, feels like 103 °F. 🥵
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Vermont Road Trip Log: Day 11, Tuesday
Weather: Good weather, pretty hot. Started raining after we got settled in Rochester. Hot and humid in the evening.
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Vermont Road Trip Log: Day 10, Monday
Weather: Nice, clear day. A bit hot in the afternoon with temps nearly 90 °F.
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Vermont Road Trip Log: Day 9, Sunday
Weather: Still a bit rainy in the morning, but cleared up. Fairly warm in the afternoon. Evening turned out nice.
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Vermont Road Trip Log: Day 8, Saturday
We are dedicating this day to our friend Ellen. Ellen is from this area of Vermont and most of the activities today are great suggestions from her!
Weather: Nice morning. Hot and humid in afternoon. Rain showers during outdoor theater, got plenty wet. Rain into the evening.
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