Travel
Detailed travel logs and trip journals live here. Expect day‑by‑day itineraries (e.g., our Switzerland & Italy trip) with weather notes, meals and family anecdotes, plus posts on museum visits, road‑trips and cruises.
- 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.
- Drive to Manchester, VT. 🚙
- Coffee at Charlie’s Coffee House. Better coffee elsewhere. ☕️
- Breakfast at Little Rooster. 🍽
- Alpine Slide at Bromley Mountain. We all did it, first time for everyone but Tammy. 🤪
- Hiked a bit of the Appalachian Trail in Vermont, a mile up Bromley Mountain and then back. 🥾
- Iced Maple Latte at Bonnet & Main. 🥤
- Shop at Northshire Bookstore. Great bookstore! 📚
- Ice cream at Cold Cow Creamery. Maple shake was delicous. 🍦
- Visit Hildene, family home of the Lincoln’s. 🎟
- Shopping at Orvis Flagship Store. 🛍
- We played unlimited pinball at Pastime Pinball. Very well maintained pinball machines. Metallica Pro machine was my favorite.
- Pizza outside at Sam’s Wood Fired Pizza. 🍕
- Head back to Airbnb! 🚙
- Hung out at schoolhouse and made breakfast using eggs from the farm.
- Walked the farm and checked out Studio Hill.
- Left for Saratoga Springs.
- Lunch at Kaleidoscope Cafe and met Bruce the owner.
- Went to Saratoga Springs race track and watched and bet on three races.
- Drove to Walloomsac
- Dinner at Taproom at Browns Brewing
- Battlefield memorial
- Movie at Hathaway’s Drive-in.
- Breakfast pastry stop at Saunderskill Farms.
- Rented bikes in New Paltz and ride the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail.
- Lunch at Lola’s in New Paltz.
- Tour of Historic Huguenot Street.
- Ice cream at Sleeping Giant in Kerhonkson.
- Return to Modern Accord Depot to enjoy our final night here.
- Breakfast at Kerhonkson Diner in Kerhonkson.
- Drive to Bethel, about an hour.
- Woodstock Museum and Historical Site at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts.
- Drive back to Accord, and found a Road Sign Math winner on the way.
- Dinner at The Egg’s Nest in High Falls.
- 8:25a: Depart Cleveland
- 9:20a: Enter Pennsylvania.
- 9:56a: 1,000 miles on Mazda CX-9.
- 11:45a: Stop in Bellafonte, PA for lunch at Four Ways Pub & Eatery.
- 3:48p Enter New York.
- 4:42p: Arrive Accord, NY.
- Dinner at Westwind Orchard.
- 5:00am: Up early!
- 5:30a: Mazda odometer is 117 miles.
- 5:59a: Depart! Sunrise!
- 6:25a Enter Wisconsin
- 7:16a: Son Volt “Trace”
- 9:50a: Gas in Madison
- 11:00a: Enter Illinois
- 1:05: Enter Indiana
- 2:00p CT/3:00p ET: Enter Eastern Time Zone
- 4:55p: Enter Ohio
- 7:40p: Arrive in Cleveland!
- 8:30p: Dinner at 3 Palms.
- 9:30p: Delicious Graeter’s Ice Cream.
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 7, Friday
Weather: Perfect.
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Vermont Road Trip Log: Day 6, Thursday
Weather: Perfect!
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Vermont Road Trip Log: Day 4, Tuesday
Weather: Perfect.
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Vermont Road Trip Log: Day 3, Monday
Weather: Perfect.
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Vermont Road Trip Log: Day 2, Sunday
Weather: Brief drizzle in the morning. Clear weather through entire route. Drizzle and very cloudy in Accord.
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Vermont Road Trip Log: Day 1, Saturday
Weather: Slight fog in the morning. Good weather throughout route.
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Days in Boulder, CO: 4
Parking tickets: 2
Here in Bath. Pretty happy with the place. Think we will likely extend our stay to 3 nights. And I have a real, wired, ethernet connection here. So happy!
Watching Charlotte’s Web on train with Mazie as we travel to Cambridge for a quick day trip