Category Archives: camping

Staycation Staycation

Posted on 2018/04/23 by

Monday April 23rd 2018   I think the key ingredient to our April Staycation is that we THOUGHT we would go somewhere.  (As in the past.)  Anywhere around really, to get out from messing up the house, driving each other … Continue reading →

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Camping: Frosty Mountain Getaway

Posted on 2017/12/30 by

December 27th-30th 2017, Brownsfield Maine 2017-12-30 FROST MOUNTAIN GETAWAY [5:09]:   More to say on this, but in a word: Heaven!  

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Gavin’s 4th Grade Trip to Thompson Island

Posted on 2017/09/27 by

Wednesday, September 27th 2017 Considering how much our flamly adores camping on Boston Harbor Islands, it came as a surprise when our son became dead-set against going on his overnight class field trip for two nights on Thompson Island. Turns … Continue reading →

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Loving Lovells Island

Posted on 2017/07/04 by

June 28th through July 1st 2017 We did it again; camped on Lovells Island.  Aahhhhh, so great! 2017-06-30 Loving Lovells Island [2:13]:     ♥♥♥♥

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Happy International Women’s Hotel Room-to-Myself Day

Posted on 2017/03/08 by

Wednesday, March 8th 2017   Last night I returned home to find a gift from my mom, and my boy wandering out of bed past bedtime.  Also his father whom I immediately locked onto for guidance I needed about a … Continue reading →

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Hotel Room by Myself

Posted on 2017/03/08 by

Wednesday, March 8th 2017 Now here is a dream any mother carries around deep within her heart.  I’d swear on my mother that I’d already shared this video long ago, but since I cannot find it elsewhere on the blog, … Continue reading →

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Mohawk Cabining – December 2016

Posted on 2016/12/30 by

December 28th-30th 2016   Oh yes we did!  Thought we were “camping.”  Turns out we were “glamping.”  In a cabin.  In Heaven. (aka: Mohawk Trail State Forest!) 2016-12-30 Mohawk Cabining [4:30]:             

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