We made it! We left North Carolina 37 days ago, and this morning we dropped the camper off in storage outside Denver. Our journey was a little over 3,500 miles and we stayed in 12 states along the way. Fun fact – the average cost of gas over the course of our entire trip was $3/gallon (least expensive was Kansas […]
We’re not in Kansas anymore. But we were for a while. Kansas is among the less exciting sections of the US and we’ve crossed it quite a few times on our way to CO or back to NC. Nevertheless, we always find new things to explore. On our way through Kansas, we stopped off at the Brown v. Board of […]
We are often asked how far we drive each day, and the answer is that it really depends. What day of the week is it? Are we trying to get somewhere in a set time frame? What else do we need to do that day? Do we have the camper? With the camper, we usually aim for about 3 hours […]
The day has finally come: Our time to explore Dayton, Ohio. We had been through Dayton once before, but we didn’t have the chance to spend very much time (we only had time to stop off at a root beer stand). This time we planned a full Dayton agenda. First stop was for lunch: A little Thai restaurant called White […]
I think we found a champion of the tiny ski resorts. I thought that Jack Frost was small. This one takes the cake for sure. Despite the name, Boston Mills is no where near Massachusetts – it’s in Ohio. We made it just in time for opening day — and it was packed (and barely raining at all)! We brought […]
We’ve made it through Pennsylvania, to Ohio – home to the best ski mountains in America! Well, maybe not the best but there are mountains here, believe it or not. Feels good to be back in the trailer! We’re part of a program called “Harvest Hosts,” which, for a small annual fee, allows us to stay at thousands of farms, […]
A couple of years ago I noticed there were a lot of ski resorts between New England and Colorado. Since we drive from the east to west coast each year, we thought it would be fun(ny) to incorporate skiing them into our trip. I realized we could easily hit 8 resorts between Pennsylvania and Missouri without deviating much from our […]
Crotched Mountain (yes, they named the mountain “Crotched”) is about 900 vertical feet of snow-paved wonder. New England has so much water, they can pretty much blow any hill into a ski resort. We got to the mountain late, because it was open until 9pm so we could take our time. Two lifts and about 3 runs open. The larger […]
Mount Sunapee‘s lift takes you up 1,400v.ft. and they had 3 runs open (maybe 2.5, but who’s counting). Not too shabby – definitely an upgrade from Attitash’s 640v.ft lifts and 2 (really 1.5) runs. I feel like this mountain hit nail on the head with the classic New England vibe. Beautiful view, lots of snowmaking, and a lot of areas […]
On day three of telemark, Stacey has graduated to the big girl lift! Attitash was perfect for learning. There was a 100-ft magic carpet, a 300-ft beginners lift, and a 650-ft intermediate lift. People underestimate how hard telemark is: Even as an advanced skier, it took me 10 days to just make tele turns, 20 days to look decent doing […]