When we met with our friends Chris and Steve from Eat Walk Learn and told them we were heading to New Hampshire, they said that the Black Heritage Trail of NH was a can't-miss. It combines all our favorite things - free, dog-friendly, walking to see a city, black history, … [Read more...] about The Black Heritage Trail Of New Hampshire In Portsmouth, NH
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Hotel Review: Residence Inn Manchester Downtown, NH
Seeing as New Hampshire is on the smaller side (it's the 9th smallest state by land mass) and we didn't have a ton of potential things to do in the state, we decided to only spend 10 days there on our 50 state road trip. Visiting New Hampshire in the summer isn't cheap, but we … [Read more...] about Hotel Review: Residence Inn Manchester Downtown, NH
Here’s Our Best & Worst Things From New York
After finishing up in Michigan at the end of July, we moved on to the 38th state of our 50 state road trip - New York. We've visited New York City many times before and Shae lived there for a while, but we'd never spent any time in upstate New York. It was therefore great … [Read more...] about Here’s Our Best & Worst Things From New York
1 Week In Troy, NY: Here’s What We Did
The final city we visited in New York state was Troy, a city just outside of New York's state capital - Albany. A friend described Troy as being "gritty" which seemed like a great description of it. It wasn't quaint, but it also wasn't a bad place to stay for a week to explore … [Read more...] about 1 Week In Troy, NY: Here’s What We Did
A Quick Getaway In New York City
When doing some planning last year for what we wanted to do in the summer of 2023, we booked a two week stay in the Finger Lakes region of New York. Soon before our stay there, we discovered that two different sets of friends would be in New York City on the same weekend which … [Read more...] about A Quick Getaway In New York City
8 Beautiful Waterfalls To Visit In The Finger Lakes, NY
Two weeks in the Finger Lakes region of New York gave us the opportunity to check out a bunch of wineries and eat a lot of ice cream. Our other focus while staying in that area was exploring its natural beauty and there was no better way to do that than to check out waterfalls in … [Read more...] about 8 Beautiful Waterfalls To Visit In The Finger Lakes, NY
7 Pet-Friendly Wineries In The Finger Lakes, NY – Dog Parks, Pup Cups & More
Seeing as we travel full-time with our small dog Truffles, we like to do as many pet-friendly activities as possible so that she enjoys the road trip too. When we were in the Finger Lakes region of New York, we wanted to go wine tasting at numerous vineyards, so we decided to … [Read more...] about 7 Pet-Friendly Wineries In The Finger Lakes, NY – Dog Parks, Pup Cups & More
A Finger Lakes Ice Cream Challenge In Lodi, NY
The Idea When we arrived in Lodi, NY at our great Airbnb for two weeks, I realized that we were *this* close to an ice cream shop - Village Soft Serve. It turns out it's a family run business. Mariah, who was at our location, is the daughter of the owner of Village Soft Serve in … [Read more...] about A Finger Lakes Ice Cream Challenge In Lodi, NY
5 Days In Rochester, NY – Here’s What We Did
Our first stop in New York state was Rochester, a city that's halfway between Buffalo and Syracuse in upstate New York and just south of Lake Ontario. We stayed there five nights, sort of by default because we finished our time in Michigan at the end of July and had a few days … [Read more...] about 5 Days In Rochester, NY – Here’s What We Did
Hotel Review: Hyatt Regency Rochester, NY
To kick off our time in New York state we decided to stay five nights in Rochester. Rochester hadn't been somewhere that had particularly been on our radar, but it was about halfway between Detroit, MI where we were coming from and Lodi, NY in the Finger Lakes region where we'd … [Read more...] about Hotel Review: Hyatt Regency Rochester, NY