Author: huftalind

First and foremost, the recovery is still real in Asheville and if you are so inclined to help, here’s a link that can help those businesses and artists who have been displaced from Helene and offer a fun way for you to get your holiday shopping done online: https://always.exploreasheville.com/love-asheville#support Our time spent in Asheville was…

“Knowledge is power Knowledge is safety Knowledge is happiness” -Thomas Jefferson There was a stark difference for Tim and me between Mt. Vernon and Monticello. Mt. Vernon was function over form….practical, simple, useful (with a bit of glam on the wharf front) but basically a nice house with great grounds and that beautiful Potomac view.…

Although most of the rooms in the mansion were off limits due to HVAC restoration, we did see a few, but spent most of our time walking the grounds which were lovely. I loved the wharf and imagined the comings and goings on the Potomac…The Washington’s owned some 14k acres and over 300 slaves (…

Day One: History + Culinary Day Two: Art + Culinary That pretty much sums up our time there! We stayed in South Jersey and took the train in each day which was kind of fun. Again, beautiful weather both days so we had no problem walking everywhere once we got into the city. The first…

We wanted to see West Point and where our good friend Bill Shorter grew up just outside the academy in New Windsor/Newburg. It was hard to find a campsite near there, but we found a place in Accord NY so headed there. We had no idea it was in the Catskills and found ourselves driving…

“you have set an example which seems to me unfortunate….You had an opportunity to lead in an enlightened way and it seems to me that your organization has failed. ” Eleanor Roosevelt to the President of the Daughters of the Revolution. You Go Girl….. We headed from Newport, through Connecticut and on to Hyde Park…

We stayed at a lovely little state park in Newport and spent the first night having a wonderful dinner at Matunuck’s at the recommendation of our server at the Gardner museum in Boston. The fish and chips and tuna tartare tacos were fabulous and the scene was very cool. It was out in the middle…

Just finished three great days wandering the streets of Boston…we left ZsaZsa in Middleboro and took the train into the city. We had a great hotel on the North End, close to Little Italy, which made the food… oh so convenient! The first night we roamed the street and scored an early table at The…

Made a quick 2 night trip to SeaVu West campground to see Kennebunkport and Ogunquit just because…(BTW, you can’t see the sea from SeaVu West but it’s a beautiful tree-filled campground in Wells, ME.) Spent an afternoon walking down Ocean Avenue and checking out the shopping and then headed to Snug Harbor Farm which is…

Our first full day on Mt. Desert Island was wonderful. We started at the Acadia NP Hulls Cove Visitor Center and then hit Cadillac Mountain Summit with a timed entry pass. If you’re going to Acadia and want to drive Cadillac Mountain, make sure you go to Recreation.gov to get a timed entry for the…