Author: Meg Kelly

Slept in again and then did a little work before going out and about. We visited the Livingston Manor Covered Bridge, Waneta Lake, and then had an early dinner at Upward Brewing Company.

The past two weeks have been work weeks for Meg. Wicked Bodies performed at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in Becket, MA. We’ve tried to balance late night work in the outdoor tent (during a very lengthy heat advisory) with some morning adventures. While Meg was working, Matt interviewed for a new job, accepting an offer just before we took off for some recovery days in Livingston Manor, NY (actually our final stop in the Catskills, for real this time). The new job is 100% remote so we’ll get to finish the road trip, with a few scheduling changes.

We took advantage of Meg’s final day off before two busy work weeks and drove across the mountains to Burlington, on the shores of Lake Champlain. But first we visited Sunset Lake, about 15 min from our lodging.

Graham recommend a visit to Hill Farmstead Brewery, so after a stop to pickup a picnic lunch at Bohemian Bakery in Montpelier, we headed further north. We stuck to the back roads and the mountain scenery was unbelievable. We stumbled upon lots of fun stops along the way.

This morning, before it got too hot, we went to the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail for some exercise. We spent the rest of the day visiting friends in the Hudson Valley, but unfortunately didn’t snap photos of anyone except Matty’s new BFF Moose.

It’s hot, but we had fun revisiting some of our favorite places in Mystic, CT and discovering what’s new since we were last here.

Littleton, NH to Mystic, CT, about 250 miles. Got breakfast from The Coffee Pot in Littleton and took a nice walk along the river this morning before heading out. We mainly stayed off the highway as we drove through NH, VT, NH again, MA and finally pulled in to Mystic, CT. Then we had a lovely farm dinner at Stone Acres, the farm of our favorite restaurant in Mystic.

We spent the morning wandering around Ellsworth, ME and then drove about 250 miles to Littleton, NH.

350 miles today through PA and NY to Andes, NY. We’re staying in a very cute apartment in the middle of Andes for the next few days. After unloading and getting settled we walked down the street to Wayside Cider for dinner.

On the road again! 550 miles today from Wisconsin (through Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio) to Woodcock Lake Campground in the Northwestern corner of PA.