Quebec, Canada

It is a LONG way to Quebec from the coast of Maine...we left in the AM and didn't get there till 5 min before the Women's Broadcast was to start. Luckily, the church served as our base camp for our time here as the parking lot was huge and located 5 miles from old town Quebec. Turns out that this part of the country is quite cold at the end of Sept so after 3 days it was time to move on. Quebec was beautiful but expensive.

Acadia Nat'l Park, Maine

It is a long way up to this park but well worth the trouble. The park is an island with all sorts of marine and wildlife around - all preserved in amazing quality. Cadillac Mtn in the park is first place the sun hits in the morning on the USA. Caitlin gave Ewan a haircut here.

New Hampshire

Bear Brook State Park has an awesome Museum of Family Camping (vintage campers) and Snowmobile Museum.

Boston

We spent 10 days in Boston so it was more a question of 'What didn't we do in Boston'? Visits included the Freedom Trail around the central historical sites such as the North Church and past Paul Revere's home, the Boston Children's Museum, Boston Science Museum, and Old Ironsides. We also met up with Matthew and Michelle here.

Cape Cod, MA

Rory would like to reside here when he grows up he informed us after our visit. We spent two beautiful sunny days here playing on the beach and driving around the island. I think the most delightful activity was when we got up early Friday morning at low tide and walked along the bay of Brewster Flats where we explored the tide pools and caught hermit crabs, collected sea shells and laughed together squishing our toes in the soft wet sand.

Gallup Cemetery - CT

Along a beautiful winding road, through thick forest, with the season starting to change to autumn there is a little, old cemetery. It was a very reverent and solemn morning as we walked through our ancient Gallup resting place stopping to read a name and wonder about his or her life. Our boys were very respectful.

Verona, NJ & New York City

Almost a month spent in one location. It was a nice contrast from the rest of our trip so far. The Caldwell ward here became our little extended family as we got to know them through our friendship with Dallas and Kim Jensen and their boys. The Jensen's were in a transition of their own as they were embarking on a new life in Raleigh, NC. We, along with the Jensen's family and friends, helped them pack up and move. It was a great way to rekindle a longstanding friendship and build new memories. We are so grateful for the time we were able to share with Dave and Jan Jensen, who housed us, fed us, gave us good suggestions for our visit to New York City and Dave's generosity in flying us over the Hudson River for a terrific view of the NYC skyline at night, breathtaking! Dave also took our boys up in his plane for some touch and go's one Sunday afternoon. There are so many cool things to see and do in NYC that a month still wasn't long enough, some of our favourites were; Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, Central Park, the Empire State Building (no sign of the peach!), our friend Tracy Versluis, Greenwich Village, the art parade in Soho, Brooklyn Bridge, making paella for the Jensen's, and a beach day at the Jersey shore.