Road Trips

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 […]

First Lady of the World

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 […]

Hyde Park Overnight

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 […]

Bridges, Blooms & Beyond

As we near the half-way point of our Bay State Getaway, we have one more day trip that covers some ground – although only half the ground we covered on our last day trip. Today we saw bridges, flowers, waterfalls, potholes, and we discovered Galumpkis. The colors are coming on nicely, which just adds to […]

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