we’re back!

[Snowshoeing in Whitney Woods].

The trip has been over for about 4 months.  It’s crazy to think that it’s been that long, but the changing weather and longer days have been proof that time is passing since our trip.  Although we are no longer exploring the country, we are still exploring–mainly around New England.  As a result, we’re bringing the blog back to document some of our days trips.

Since being back we’ve taken numerous trips to help Ben find good surf spots, gone up to Maine, the Cape, New Hampshire, and once the summer rolls in we’ll be going even more places.

People keep asking us where our favorite place on the trip was.  My personal favorites are Washington state, Louisiana, Arizona, and California.  Washington has everything–dramatic mountains, sheer cliffs to the beautiful Pacific, an awesome city (Seattle), and some of the most friendly people we’ve met on the entire trip.  Louisiana is like going to another country and has such a mysterious and rich culture.  My heart belongs in the Southwest.  Driving at dusk with an endless horizon, the sun already set on one side of you and the sun still blaring in the sky on the other, you can really only get that in the desert.  California was one of my favorites just because we really took our time going down the coast and met some great people along the way.

Ben’s favorite places include Michigan and the Great Lakes region.  It’s such a cool place, but he can’t explain why he likes it.  South Dakota was also really surprising for him, it was the opposite of what he expected it to be.  Michigan, despite being so cold had a serene desolateness that made him feel like he was in the middle of nowhere.

Here are some pictures of trips we have taken since coming home:

A little hike in Ellisville.

The beach at the end of the hike in Ellisville.  We found a little sand dollar on the beach.

Walking on the pond at Wompatuck State Park with Lily and Lulu.  One of our favorite hikes that we do almost every weekend.

A huge boardwalk across a salt marsh in Sandwich.  Earlier that day we took the dogs to Beebe Woods and Peterson Farms.  The boardwalk leads to a beach on the Bay Side of the Cape.  On our way home we stopped by a seafood market called Joe’s.  We got a bunch of stuff:  rock crab (for bisque), steamers, and fish for around $20, nice and cheap and so fresh.

The beach at the end of the boardwalk was full of sticky peat and clay.  My shoes were so caked by the end of the walk.

Ben avoiding the sticky mud by going on the rocks.

A sweet surf spot we found on the North Shore.  There was one guy out there surfing, and we took a soggy foot path to get down to the rocks.  Once we got around the point, the waves were huge…the biggest I had ever seen them in New England.

Miles Standish Monument in Duxbury, finally made it out there.

More posts coming soon!

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