Posts of Our Adventures

After Niagara Falls, we began our trek west. Our first stop was south of Cleveland. Here we checked out the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Cuyahoga Valley National Park is a 33,000-acre park that borders Cleveland to the north and Akron to the south. The park protects 20 miles of the Cuyahoga River, which flows north into Lake Erie. This park […]

We had a great time in the Niagara Falls area. The first day we were there, we went over to see the falls during the day. As a kid, I remember going to Niagara Falls, but there were several things that I didn’t remember. First off, I didn’t remember that there are more than one fall. The most well known […]

Our first stop in New York was at a campground on Lake Champlain. It was a scenic ride getting there from Vermont. We stayed at a beautiful private campground that was essentially the homestead of the owner. For this location, I had to call to make the reservation. No online booking. When we checked in, the person opened the file […]

After Bar Harbor, we spent the night in New Hampshire, then it was off to Vermont. The weather was rainy most of the time we were there, so we had to get creative (and a little wet) to find things to do. With a little bit of research, we found several interesting places to go. First up was the Quechee […]

After Cape Cod, we headed north to Bar Harbor. Cole was excited to get there. Here he is making sure that Ed got enough fuel in Dash for us to get there. Once he was sure that we had enough fuel, Cole told us to wake him when we got there. In Bar Harbor, we stayed at the entrance to […]

In Cape Cod, we had a chance to stay out on the ‘hook’. Our campground was right in the middle of the Cape Cod National Seashore Park area, so we had a great time exploring here. At the ranger station for the Cape Cod National Seashore Park, Cole received his official Bark Ranger bandana. I think he looks awesome, what […]

Our travels continued to take us north to Connecticut, Rhode Island and Cape Cod. We experienced some absolutely gorgeous sights of the coast line. In Rhode Island, we stayed in Point Judith. This is a spot that Ed remembers from his youth, when his Uncle brought him here to go on a charter fishing trip. The sights have changed a […]

Our next stop took us to our first urban camping experience. We headed to Jersey City to catch up with some more of our family. This location was much different than what we are used to. Definitely not Dash in his natural habitat. Here we had a chance to catch up with Ed’s niece Rachel and her husband Vincent and […]

After the battlefields, it was time to meet up with family. We headed down from the Pennsylvania mountains and ran into the smoke from the Canadian wildfires. It was crazy, the sun was trying to shine, but all we could see was smoke. Scroll through the pictures below to see just how bad it was. Our first family stop was […]

As we continued to move north, many of our stops included Civil War battlefields and National Park Military sites. Our first was Fredericksburg, Virginia. There are several battlefield sites in the Fredericksburg area: Battle of the Wilderness, Battle of Chancellorsville, Battle of Spotsylvania Court House and Battle of Fredericksburg. The map below shows the locations of these battlefields. We visited […]