Yesterday was an amazing day at FDR’s home and his Presidential Library & Museum. Today we’ll continue the Hyde Park experience at Eleanor Roosevelt’s Val-Kill country cottage. Although we did make another stop on our second day in Hyde Park, that will have to wait. Eleanor deserves a post of her own! Click on the first […]
While scouring the map a reasonable distance from our condo, Jim ran across Hyde Park, NY. President Franklin D. Roosevelt immediately came to mind, and he read that FDR’s home, Presidential Library and Museum are all on one estate. Not far away is Eleanor Roosevelt’s retreat and one (of many) Vanderbilt Mansions. We set our sights […]
Our two-week stay in Hancock, MA continues with an exceptional day trip. We got an early start this morning with an extensive list of covered bridges to explore. Our planned loop included almost six hours of drive-time which stretched our limit for day trips, but lots of stops along the way broke it up nicely. […]
We were blessed with beautiful days in Boston and we took advantage of every hour that we could, to be out and about exploring. The only thing we missed was “Cheers” and we could have done that, had we realized just how close we were to the iconic bar where everybody knows your name. My favorite […]
Road trips have become a regular thing in our retirement, but we rarely spring for luxury accommodations. When it came to our three days in Boston however, we didn’t want to spend part of each day stuck in traffic or fumbling through its public transit or parking regulations. We put on our walking shoes and […]