History

300 Years of History

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April 5, 2023

Our stay in New Bern, North Carolina continues. As much as I hated history in high school, it’s a whole nother thing to see it in person – to hear the stories, see the casemates and cannons, and to imagine a life during that time period – when the fate of our country was at hand. […]

A Visit to Tryon Palace

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March 31, 2023

Our stay in New Bern, North Carolina continues with a trip back in time – to one of our country’s first colonial capitals and the home of William Tryon – a royal governor of New Bern. President George Washington visited this lavish palace for dinner and a ball in 1791. Click on the first photo […]

Wow-Worthy Waterfalls

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February 9, 2023

Months before our trip, a friend shared a Facebook post that included Taughannock Falls as one of many beautiful waterfalls to see in New York. Right away we tried to figure out how we could incorporate this stop (and one other from the same site) into this road trip. We definitely took the back roads […]

Waterfalls, History, and Art

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January 11, 2023

As departure-day approaches, this post will finish off our extensive list of things to see during our stay. With more covered bridges, waterfalls, breweries, and a few closures to visit – along with a couple of revisits, I’m sure we’ll be back to the Bay State in the very near future. Click on the first […]

A Vanderbilt Mansion

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December 18, 2022

Our Hyde Park Overnight is nearing its end, but not before we stop to see how the other half lived. How would you spend a huge inheritance received during the Gilded Age? Build a mansion (or two or three), of course! Click on the first photo in each group and scroll to see the square photos […]

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