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.
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Camping at the abandoned zoo
No running water and a bucket for the bathroom
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| Jon excited about his unique find |
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| Picking berries to feed the goats |
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| Feeding the goats |
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| Girls not excited to walk around a zoo with no animals |
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| We found a few animals |
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| Working the booth |
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| Our toilet |
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| sparklers |
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| Building her own fire ring |
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| Yep you just did your business wherever |
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| The basement - the magical land everyone loves |
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| Brought back some jiffypop |
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| Used to sleeping in tight spaces - so they slept in the closet |
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| Ko |
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| The supers ready to roadtrip |
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| Ready to ride |
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| They got to write their name with a quill pen at Liberty Hall |
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| Seeing Liberty Bell in PA |
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| Geocache |
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| Philly cheesesteak in Philly |
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| Ben Franklin's tomb |
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| toured the mint in Philly |
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Where the signed the Declaration of Independence
(in the background)
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| Pools - only way to make camping enjoyable with our kids |
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| scooters at campsites are so fun |
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| Grand Central Station in NYC |
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| Hop on Hop off in NYC |
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| Time Square |
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| Empire State Building |
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| 9-11 Memorial |
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| Lady Liberty behind us |
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| NYC tired them all out |
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| Camping in the rain - not as fun as in nice weather |
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| Cooking in the woods |
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| Hiking |
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| Everything is worth it for ice cream |
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1 mile down - deadly slippery slopes
3 miles would have been faster and easier
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| Sasquatch visited us at the park |
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| Picnic at Walmart while we restock |
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| Always energy for a swim |
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| This park let them paint birdhouses and 18 geocaches |
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| Only 1 of them slept here but they all relaxed here |
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| No hike to the top today - gondola ride instead |
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| White Mountains |
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| Thankful for kids who will make the most of any trip |
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| Franconia Notch - Flume Gorge |
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| Never hike the cave - ok do it but make sure to meet up when dad runs one to the bathroom |
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| Another Day Another Ice Cream |
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More Ice Cream - this time at the Ben and Jerry's factory                         |
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| Mini Vermonster at Ben & H |
