Rhode Island was on my list for one thing and one thing only: the Rhode Island School of Design. Since the day I switched to design, I have been reading about RISD, the innovative ideas that originated here, the artists and designers who trained here. It is kind of a Mecca for designers, so during my New England trip, I had to pick Providence.
Stowe may be Vermont’s fall foliage superstar, but it is not the only place to experience a beautiful autumn getaway. With peak season arriving early, hotel prices rising, and northern Vermont requiring a longer drive, I decided to explore a more affordable and often overlooked corner of the state: Brattleboro in southern Vermont.
If you’re looking for ideas for seeing fall colors in New Hampshire without an extensive drive, this blog post is for you. I experienced the magic of fall in southern New Hampshire, and it was absolutely stunning, just an hour’s drive from Boston.
If you are planning a day excursion to Portland, Maine, from Boston, this post covers how I made the most of roughly eight hours in the city. My itinerary included Old Port, a Maine potato doughnut, Portland’s working waterfront, Peaks Island, fresh lobster, and Portland Head Light, along with practical tips for exploring without a car.
For the last five years, whenever I mentioned the Oregon Coast, someone would ask if I had visited Tillamook Creamery. My answer was always no, which was usually followed by several questions about why not and how that was even possible.
Mobile sits on Mobile Bay, where Alabama’s deep-water port meets a compact historic downtown. The city is known for its layered cultural history, fresh Gulf Coast seafood, and the oldest organized Mardi Gras celebration in the United States. That is a lot to fit into one day, but we decided to try anyway.
During our trip to Redwood National and State Parks, we chose to trade a hotel stay for a night surrounded by towering redwoods. We booked a camp site at Mill Creek Campground, near Crescent City, and it turned out to be one of the most peaceful parts of our entire trip.
There’s another side to Music City, and it goes all the way back to the 1800s. Locals here had two things in abundance, limestone-filtered water and corn, and instead of letting all that go to waste, they decided to turn it into something tasty. That’s how Tennessee whiskey was born, and what better place to learn about it than Nashville?
Washington is blessed with a plethora of alpine lakes that you can hike to. These hikes not only get you closer to the water but also challenge you and allow you to explore the beautiful alpine wilderness, something you’ll only truly understand when you experience it yourself.
If living, walking, and breathing among tall trees sounds like your kind of weekend adventure, Redwood National and State Parks delivers exactly that. We camped among the redwoods and spent two days exploring forests, beaches, rivers, and fern-covered canyons, often looking so far upward that I started wondering whether neck spray should be part of the standard packing list.
