NE Road Trip

In case you are interested, here is the itinerary from our NE road trip:

Day 1:

From LaGuardia: Stay in New Haven, CT: (1 hr 45 m drive)

Other option: Mystic Seaport (2.5 hr drive)

 

Day 2:

Drive to Adams Farm Corn Maze: 495 Sumner Brown Rd, Cumberland, RI 02864 (2 hrs)

Drive to Boston: (1 hr), stay for 2 nights. Salem (30 min away)

 

Day 3:

Day trip to New Hampshire (America’s Stonehenge, 45 min) & Maine (Ogunquit, 1 hr)

Bow Market- reserved a firepit table for 8:30pm

 

Day 4:

Drive to Art in the Orchard: Park Hill Orchard 82 Park Hill Rd, Easthampton, MA 01027 (2 hr)

Drive to Fishkill (2.5 hr)

430pm tasting: Benmarl Winery: 156 Highland Avenue Marlboro, NY 12542

 

Day 5:

Drive to airport, take the Taconic Pkwy (1 hr 15 m)

 

Other things to do:

 

Rhode Island:

Newport Mansions- very south

Providencetown

 

Boston:

Boston Common/Freedom Trail

Beantown Pub (Sam Adams)

Restaurants: Legal, Boston Sail Loft, Pier 6

Isabella Stewart Gardner museum 11-5pm $20

 

Salem:

Salem witch museum Mon 10-5 $15

Ropes Mansion sun 12-4

 

Massachusetts:

Mendon- Festival of illumination Southwick zoo, $25, 5:30-10pm

 

New Hampshire:

Hiking- peanut trail, Breakfast Hill Mountain

 

Maine:

Ogunquit- Marginal Way, Perkins Cove, Beach Plum Farm (610 Main)

Kennebunkport, parsons way trail

Hiking- Kittery Town, Graces woods, mcfeely

 

Vermont:

Scenic drives up North: Smuggler’s Notch, Elm Grove Farm, Sugar bush, Stow, Pomfret and cloudland road

Glastenview maple farm weekend 9-5 weekday 3-5

Dover Honora winery tour

 

Connecticut hiking:

Enders Falls, Chapman Falls, Campbell Falls state park (hike to waterfall), Kent falls state park, Little laurel lime ridge park Seymour ct (limestone caves)

Things I'm loving lately

1. Disposal Genie.

We got a new garbage disposal and the baffle was getting really gross. Food scraps kept getting caught in it and there was this slime that developed around the seal and who has time to scrub it out all the time?? This thing is awesome. No food gets caught in it, and nothing smells. I'm getting everyone one of these for Christmas.

2. Kettle cooked salt and pepper chips. 

I know I have a chip problem, but oh, man these are good. Crunchy, flavorful, perfect. I can eat an entire bag in one sitting. Which is, ultimately, a very bad thing.

3. Scrunchies. They're back in style. They don't damage my already super fine hair. They're 3 for a dollar at Dollar Tree. I like the skinny ones that don't have so much poof. 

4. Omega 3 and digestive enzymes. I have been taking both for a while now and they seem to be making a difference in how my belly feels on a daily basis. The Omega 3s were recommended by my eye doctor and as an added bonus they seem to help with my belly inflammation. Yay! I'm going to ride this happy belly wave for as long as it will let me.

5. On a whim, I grabbed one of those tiny little Native Deodorant trial sizes at target. I love their sample section. I've struggled with armpit odor for as long as I can remember, to the point where I frequently layer on 3 different products. It's not that I sweat a lot, but when I DO sweat, even a little bit, it smells really bad. The problem is, even 3 layers deep I still stink, and scrubbing off 3 layers of antiperspirant at the end of the day is a task that often leaves my poor pits feeling... irritated. So a few days ago, I quit cold turkey. And what do you know... I actually smell pretty neutral. I don't love the smell of the deodorant itself but by midday it wears off and at the end of the day, I don't stink. It's REMARKABLE. Going to keep using it and maybe try the unscented kind.

Ok so there you have it. Kitchen stuff, snacks, belly calming agents, and natural deodorant. A well-rounded post. Have a nice night.