October 19, 2025. Heading farther “downeast”, we headed to Wiscasset, ME. We stayed at the Maine Tasting Center, which is a state run attraction designed to show off the culinary delights that Maine has to offer (besides lobster). The charcuterie was awesome, and the folks there were very nice!
October 18, 2025. On to coastal Maine to catch up with my old friend Philip Kemp and his lovely wife Nicole. I’ve known Philip from the Troop 1 Larchmont Boy Scout Days in the early 70’s. Phil recently retired from Jet Blue after an amazing flying career! They have a lovely home near Portland, and
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October 17, 2025. We started our fall New England leaf peeping tour in Portsmouth RI at the home of our long time friends Sue and Kevin Keogh. Sue and Lea Ann have known each other for at least 30 years. Sue was a figure skating judge when Lea Ann was skating…they go WAY back!
October 10-12 2025. Litchfield is only a 90 minute drive from our house, so it makes a perfect spot for an impromptu weekend getaway. The leaves are a bit less than spectacular this year due to drought condition in the Northeast…but still plenty to see and do. The apple picking was awesome!
September 7-9 2025 We decided at the last minute to take a little getaway to the Berkshire Mountains of western Mass. Lea Ann had a beautiful home up in West Stockbridge back in the early 2000’s, and we still feel a strong connection. We camped at the base of Catamount Mountain…a local ski area that
August 18, 2025. For our final stop on this trip, we spent the night with our dear friend Mike DuRoss. Mike and his late wife Jude had given Lea Ann a home in the ’80s while she was training at the Skating Club of Wilmington. So, a very special relationship there. Mike is getting older,
August 17, 2025. A lovely drive through the rolling Virginia countryside. So many Civil War battlefields (let’s hope we won’t be using those again) line each side of the road. We pulled in to the Fables & Feathers winery for the night. We had cut it pretty close to the tag tasting room’s closing, but
August 16, 2025. Long drive today as Jeff wanted to stop in Memphis for some BBQ. We stopped and took out before continuing east to Franklin, TN. The South 40 ranch was an interesting place to spend the night. It’s a farm….now in its 4th generation. But, they no longer farm the land…using it instead
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August 15, 2025. Spent the night in Atkins, AR…at a Pecan farm. Yup…6000 trees. Best pecans I’ve ever tasted. Billy and his wife run the place. In addition to farming nuts, they make fudge. And quilts. They built the house in the picture. It was modeled after at the home of a French General from
August 14, 2025. Well, today is the day that we start the return journey back east. Decided to take a bit of a southern approach because I want to have lunch in Memphis! So, here we go. A 6 hour drive east to Pratt, KS. We stayed at the Bixler Art Barn. Hard to describe