Bay State Getaway 2022

Bay State Getaway Recap

Blogposts from our Bay State Getaway are finally complete. This post provides an outline of where we went, what we saw and links to posts associated with each stop.  If you haven’t seen any of the posts, you may want to start at the beginning. Near the bottom of each post, there is a green […]

Wow-Worthy Waterfalls

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

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 […]

Another Day, Another Mansion

Now that Santa is back up north and the ball has dropped, we’ll go back in time to October and continue our Bay State Getaway. Naumkeag – another gorgeous Gilded Age mansion – was all decked out for Halloween. It definitely got me in the mood for a pumpkin spice latte! Click on the first […]

A Vanderbilt Mansion

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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