by eandl | Oct 30, 2021 | Food & Drink, Travel, USA Travel
When I was planning the Maine part of the trip I knew we would have to visit Allagash, but I also stumbled across the large list of sours and dark beers at Barreled Souls Brewing — definitely a place that fits both our tastes! The entry is around the back of a...
by eandl | Oct 21, 2021 | Travel, USA Travel
The forecast for Saturday was rain, especially in the mountains, so we decided to start south and work our way back. After breakfast we drove down to Castle in the Clouds for the Shannon Brook trail with multiple falls and cascades over a 1.5 mile RT hike. A...
by eandl | Oct 20, 2021 | Travel, USA Travel
On Friday we started fairly early on the popular Kancamagus Highway ($5 day use fee for all stops). Our first stop was the Pemigewasset Overlook, which was a little underwhelming. I think we are spoiled by the Blue Ridge Parkway. Next up was the popular two-tiered...
by eandl | Jun 20, 2021 | Travel, USA Travel
Reminiscent of our experience at the World of Birds in South Africa, this NC bird park located in Scotland Neck had a reasonably photogenic collection of birds to check out, only 2 hours from RTP. We got there near the end of the day, so it was uncrowded, which was a...
by eandl | Mar 30, 2021 | Daily life, Food & Drink
Since we are still mostly housebound and missing travel we came up with the idea of pairing meals (and wine!) to the location of a movie. We’ve been wanting to watch the Before trilogy for a while, and it was a great starting point since they take place in...