On the road, heading North toward my step kids!
Road Trip Time
Tag: Travel
Sugar Free Halloween!
I’ve been plowing through season nine of the original Doctor Who today. Just… so much Who at one time. I am going to be hearing cheesy synth music in my dreams for years now. I had to take a break.
Given that we are Disney Bound shortly, I checked on our favorite Disney Youtube channel, TheTimTracker to see if there are any videos I have missed during my epic Who View. There is a recent video covering Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party. We have tickets for that on our Magic Kingdom day! Cool, I can get the low down.
I knew they had trick or treating at these events but given my gastric bypass’ inability to handle sugar I figured I was going to have to miss out. Then the video showed a guy who had a tree nut allergy and they gave him a different colored trick or treat bag so that the cast members new to only give him specific allergy friendly food.
I wonder…. thought I…
Off to The Google I go. I searched for Disney not so scary sugar free and this was the first hit:
Do they have Sugar Free treats at the MNSSHP? Thank you
Well honk my hooter, boys and girls, it looks like your friend and humble narrator may get to play along after all! Is it possible I am even more excited about our upcoming Disney trip now? Is it possible I am not 52 years old but I am actually still six years old? Is that possible? I think so!
Far From Home
Daily writing prompt
Share a story about the furthest you’ve ever traveled from home.
The furthest I’ve ever been from home is San Diego, CA. Completely on the other side of the continent. A place where the ocean is west instead of east. It feels weird.
We went on our honeymoon in 2009 and have returned a couple of times since then. We had plans to go back this year but they have been scrapped in favor of other ideas. We will get back there one of these days.
I can say in all honesty that if ever I had a reason or a need or a desire to move away from Greater Boston, San Diego would be my first choice for a new home. I had no idea on that first trip that I would love it as much as I do.
Scenic Drives
I stumbled across this article today while perusing Google News on my lunch break:
10 Most Scenic Road Trips To Take In Massachusetts
So many good ideas on this list. The drives on the Cape and the Islands, and probably the one in Plymouth which is almost on the Cape, are not really doable because the traffic getting to them would be nightmarish. Maybe in the mid-late fall, but certainly not now at the end of the summer. The central and western MA drives could be interesting, but the ones that stood out to me were the two on the North Shore near the water.
I could go for either of those. In fact, I think a couple of my early morning photo-trips have actually touched on one of them. We have Labor Day weekend coming up in a few days and the weather forecast looks kinda decent. I doubt Jen and I would have the time for something like this, but maybe as we move out of summer into the fall some of these might be worth a look. Mohawk Trail is the only one we’ve done, I think, but that was years ago.
We’ll see what happens. We’re pretty busy people, you know? Also, if we’re going to road trip we should road trip up to Vermont to visit the kids. They are the biggest draw, you know what I mean?
Maine Views
Two stops in Maine. First, a scenic view spot in Kennebunkport.
Hey, who lives around here? Oh, only the president Bush family. Too bad they weren’t Democrats like respectable people, but at least they never appeared to be card carrying fascists like a lot of current republicans.
The view from the other side of the house is more impressive, but this is where we stopped so it’s what you get.
Our second stop was a call back to our first trip to Bar Harbor. Back then, 11 years ago, Jen took me to a spot near York Beach that I didn’t even know was there. It was the start of my interest in New England light houses.
Nubble Light House. Last year when I declared I was going to take photos of light houses all summer I managed to get exactly one. This year after I declared I was going to take photos of light houses all summer I got one and then declared I was giving up. Now I have two. Crazy. Also, the right shift key on my MacBook keyboard is sticking or something. That’s why capitalization has been a little screwy of late. Just in case you noticed.
Home at Last
Jen and I left Bar Harbor this morning after having breakfast with Bellana. She’s staying for one more day. We took a scenic route home so that we could have a few views of the ocean in Southern Maine. It was beautiful.
I had a great time on this long weekend, but I am seriously happy to be home.
I’d rather not have to work tomorrow, but them’s the breaks, right?
Welcome home.
Miracle!
I got a parking spot on the street in downtown Bar Harbor!
Weather and Wedding
The reason we’ve traveled up to Bar Harbor, ME is to go to a wedding. The wedding is late this afternoon. Right now it’s 8:40am and I’ve been up for three hours. Jen and Bellana are still asleep. I showered, had my morning vitamins, had my breakfast protein bars, and have watched a couple of Doctor Who episodes (new series, season eight, episodes nine and 10, and 11 is running as I type this).
We’re more or less shit out of luck for touristy things today. It’s raining out. Lots of rain. Serious rain. No Acadia National Park sight seeing today. No wandering around downtown today. I’m not sure what we’re going to do, apart from getting ready for the wedding and all that fun. It’s going to be a good time tonight, but until then it might be a little on the extra low-key side.
weather be damned, it’s going to be a good day.
Summit Views
Views from the summit of Cadillac Mountain. Digital version. There will be 2-3 film shots someday in the distance future.
This one was from the hotel restaurant where we had breakfast. The four mast sailing ship is the Margarette Todd. I wish I had a huge zoom lens, don’t you?
Inside the Red Head's Head 