Road Trip From Arkansas To Maine and Back

16 Days- 13 States-3,993 Miles

Day 1 
Aug 22 Thursday
Hot Springs Village, AR to Knoxville TN (#1)
and a visit with cousins Leigh and Robert

Day 2
Aug 23 Friday 
Knoxville TN to Charlottesville VA (#2)

Monticello

Day 3 
Aug 24 Saturday

Charlottesville VA
through West VA (#3)
to Boonsboro, MD (#4)
to Harrisburg PA (#5)

Boonsboro, Maryland
Nora Roberts' Bookstore,
Turn the Page

Day 4
Aug 25 Sunday

 PA 
through New York NY (#6)
to East Hartford CN (#7)

White Hall Inn

Day 5
Aug 26 Monday 

East Hartford, CN 
through MS (#8)
through NH (#9)

to Camden, ME (#10)

Day 6
Aug 27 Tuesday
Camden, ME
After a breakfast of Blueberry Pancakes at the Inn we headed to Rockland, ME and the Farnsworth Museum. 

N. C. Wyeth

It was a real treat to see the work of 
N. C., Grandfather, and Andrew Wyeth, father, and Grandson and son, James (Jamie) Wyeth.

            

...and a little shopping

in the cutest shop ever!

...and a little lunch

In a great deli!

...and then the best part...

Sailing for two hours
 on the Schooner Olad
in Penobscot Bay!

Day 7
Aug 28 Wednesday
Camden to Deer Isle

End of the Trail
Myrick's Place

           

Day 8
Aug 29 Thursday
Day Trip to Stonington to do a little sightseeing...            

...and buy LOBSTER!!! for dinner!

Ymmmmmmm!

Day 9
Aug 30 Friday
A Walk in the Woods..

A Picnic on the Rocks...

...and back to the house to hang out, pack, and get ready for last leg of our journey.

Day 10
Aug 31 Saturday
Deer Isle to Bar Harbor... 

Lunch at Bar Harbor Inn

Breakfast at 2 Cats

Day 11 
Sept 1 Sunday ...and Acadia National Park

Lunch at Jordan's Pond

Day 12
Sept 2 Monday Labor Day 
Bar Harbor to Schenectady NY 

To visit
my awesome cousin
and his family

Day 13
Sep 3 Tuesday
Schenectady NY to Naples NY 
Finger Lakes:

...and a visit
with a
Forever Friend

Day 14
Sept 4 Wednesday
Naples NY to Cambridge, OH (#11)

Day 15 
Sept 5 Thursday
Cambridge OH 
through Kentucky (#12)
to Union City TN

Day 16

YEA! WE'RE HOME!

Sept 6 Friday
Union City TN 
to Hot Springs Village AR (#13)

Playing the "Clean the Fridge" Game!*

At Ya Ya' last September

Every once in a while Chuck and I play the "Clean the Fridge" Game!  It happens when we get too many leftovers or a full freezer or maybe going on a trip.  Regardless, we play until the "fridge" is empty.
This is the time!


Night before last we had spaghetti and meat balls with a tomato/olive/celery slaw.  Chuck made the garlic toast. The spaghetti sauce was in the freezer and enough for two.  The meat balls were also in the freezer....in a bag bought from Kroger.  I had celery, vine-ripened tomatoes, and olives...sounded Italian to me.  


I chopped all salad ingredients and mixed in Paul Newman's Olive Oil and Vinegar salad dressing.  Yum...if I must say so myself.  Actually, Chuck gave it a "thumbs up"!

Now how could I not post a picture of
Paul Newman?  Reallllly! Yummy!!!

We still have a freezer full, but the "fridge" part is getting bare.  We will have to get really creative.  I do have some potatoes and canned veggies in the pantry so all is not lost.

*This is also posted on the blog that Chuck and I share: Eating In and Out and About.  I wanted to share this post with my other friends.  Right now the post are mainly about eating at home and in Arkansas.  We haven't been out of Arkansas since I started the blog, but we fully intend to blog about our eating experiences wherever we go! I'll let you know when we venture out of Arkansas!

On Vacation!

Every once in a while Chuck and I take a day off and pretend we are out of town on vacation.  When in actuality, we are not.  

7th Street between 8th and 9th

Wednesday was one of those days. We wanted to make a trip to Artist Outfitters downtown. With that in mind and it being close to lunch we went on vacation.  

Our stools were the ones on the right end of the bar.

We found the nicest out of the way pub to help us in our fantasy...Dugan's Pub on 3rd and Rock. What a great find! We got there about 11:30am to beat the lunch crowd, but didn't.  It was already crowded and all tables were taken.  No problem! Vacationers sit at the bar!.  We ordered Blue Moon beer on draft and were surprised at the generous serving.  We didn't have a designated driver so we didn't/couldn't finish them.  Never had Blue Moon before, but will have it again.


I got a Rueben...the best I have ever had!  I shared a bite with Chuck and he agrees.  He got fish and chips...why would you order anything else?...when in Ireland, do as the Irish do!  The cod was cod...not catfish, but good.  The fries were fresh and cooked just like we like them.  


We visited with Don Dugan, the owner, and immediately found a mutual friend connection.  We felt like we were in "Cheers", where everyone knows your name.We recommend Dugan's.  You will not be disappointed!


I also posted this on our blog: "Eating In and Out and About"