FUN-photos: Niagara Falls & New England Fall Foliage – 10 days

October 13, 2017 by · Comments Off on FUN-photos: Niagara Falls & New England Fall Foliage – 10 days 

1st stop Niagara Falls – making it official that we have now been to the top 3 water falls in the world Niagara, Iguazu & Victoria together. Then it was on to lovely Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada via the picturesque Niagara River Parkway where stately country homes & vineyards vie for your attention.

  • Our 2nd stop was 3 delightful days with Don & Steve, cruise mates from our 2013 South America trip, in Boston & the Berkshires.

Then we headed north to Woodstock, Vermont & on to North Conway, New Hampshire, via the Kancamagus Highway in search of fall color & covered bridges.

  • Our last stop was Rockport, MA before we returned to Boston for our cruise.

FUN-travel: New England & Fall Foliage

September 21, 2017 by · Comments Off on FUN-travel: New England & Fall Foliage 

In Search of Fall Foliage

The trees are just starting to explode…

Kancamagus Hwy, NH

…with a full spectrum of colors…

…lush fern green…

…bright banana yellow…

…sunburst orange…

…burnt sienna…

…scarlet & crimson reds.

…And then…

…like a snake sheds its skin…

…the limbs drop their leaves…

..creating a flurry…

…of giant golden snowflakes.

 

 

 

FUN-travel: New England & Covered Bridges

September 20, 2017 by · Comments Off on FUN-travel: New England & Covered Bridges 

…Vermont wins with the highest density of bridges…

Taftsville Bridge

… a whopping total of 106!

…New Hampshire has 54.

  • And this is our “Room With a View” in Woodstock, VT…

Shire Inn

FUN-fact: At the height of the covered-bridge craze, there were more than 10,000 of these graceful, functional structures in the US. Now sadly…only about 750 remain in the US.