Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Northeast Road Trip

This summer we decided lets throw our tent, cooler, a few clothes and some food in the back of the van and set out on a tour of the northeast of America.  The night before we were heading out we sat down and found a few KOA around the route and made our tentative plans.  Jon and I love the freedom of being able to adjust our trips as we find fun things along the way.  We spent the first few days in the big cities and then spent the last few days hiking around in Boston, Maine, Vermont ad New Hampshire.   The end the trip we slept in an abandoned zoo in the Catskill Mountains of New York.  Yep you read that right - it was quite the experience.
Camping at the abandoned zoo
No running water and a bucket for the bathroom

Jon excited about his unique find

Picking berries to feed the goats

Feeding the goats




Girls not excited to walk around a zoo with no animals

We found a few animals


Working the booth

Our toilet

sparklers

Building her own fire ring

Yep you just did your business wherever 

The basement - the magical land everyone loves

Brought back some jiffypop 

Used to sleeping in tight spaces - so they slept in the closet

Ko


The supers ready to roadtrip


Ready to ride

They got to write their name with a quill pen at Liberty Hall

Seeing Liberty Bell in PA

Geocache

Philly cheesesteak in Philly

Ben Franklin's tomb

toured the mint in Philly

Where the signed the Declaration of Independence 
(in the background)



Pools - only way to make camping enjoyable with our kids

scooters at campsites are so fun

Grand Central Station in NYC

Hop on Hop off in NYC

Time Square


Empire State Building

9-11 Memorial 

Lady Liberty behind us







NYC tired them all out

Camping in the rain - not as fun as in nice weather

Cooking in the woods


Hiking 


Everything is worth it for ice cream


1 mile down - deadly slippery slopes
3 miles would have been faster and easier



Sasquatch visited us at the park


Picnic at Walmart while we restock

Always energy for a swim

This park let them paint birdhouses and 18 geocaches

Only 1 of them slept here but they all relaxed here



No hike to the top today - gondola ride instead



White Mountains


Thankful for kids who will make the most of any trip




Franconia Notch - Flume Gorge

Never hike the cave - ok do it but make sure to meet up when dad runs one to the bathroom

Another Day Another Ice Cream 





More Ice Cream - this time at the Ben and Jerry's factory

























Mini Vermonster at Ben & H



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