Cadillac Mountain, located on Mount Desert Island is the most visited attraction in Acadia National Park and the only one that can be reached by car. The Mountain was named after the Frenchman, Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, Sieur de Cadillac who was a French explorer and adventurer in New France. Standing at about 1,530 feet in height Cadillac Mountain […]
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A walk along Sand Beach at Acadia National Park
Sand Beach in Acadia National Park is a wonderful way to spent a day at the beach. The beautiful blue/green water paired with the sand made of the crushed pink granite of the surrounding rocks, with expansive views of pine trees, mountains and islands in the distance can not be more dramatic and picture perfect. What makes this spot special […]
Escaping the hustle and bustle of Holyoke at Mt. Tom Reservation
With over 22 miles of hiking trails Mount Tom State Reservation in Holyoke, Massachusetts is the best way to spend couple of hours or a whole day either hiking, running, bird watching, leaf peeping or cross country skiing depending on the season and your interest. It’s a hidden gem right in the middle of the hustle and bustle of theĀ […]
Strawberry Picking with a View in Avon, Connecticut
May might simply be my favorite season. And not only because its our baby girl’s birthday month but also because it’s the start of the warmer weather where we can actually go out and enjoy our days without our fingers freezing. It was on a late May day when while changing the clothes in our daughter’s closet as I do […]
A Promise of a Castle – Heublein Tower
Recently while driving through Avon, Connecticut on our way to a farm for some strawberry picking, our littles excitedly pointed to a tower purged on the top of a hill asking me what that could be. After some short research we discovered that what was standing on the top of Talcott Mountain was Heublein Tower. A 165-foot-tall tower built to […]
Balancing Life with a Toddler at Balance Rock State park in Pittsfield, MA
We do hikes with our littles fairly often and we thoroughly enjoy them. It’s one of our favorite ways to spend quality time as a family and bond while recharging and enjoying all that nature has to offer us. The Balancing Rock at the Pittsfield State park was an unexpected fun experience that we didn’t necessarily plan. We were driving […]
Train Ride in The Berkshires/ Berkshire Scenic Railroad Museum
On a Saturday morning as it always happens, our little one looked up from his breakfast plate and asked the question “What are we going to do today?”. We were spending a long weekend in The Berkshires. It had rained pretty hard the night before and our usual plan for a hike was out of the question, at least not […]