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When I decide to stay in Maine on my day’s off, I watch the weather and pick a good day to wander around the Coastal Maine Botanical Garden. I need to see what has come into bloom since my last visit!! I headed right… Continue Reading “Coastal Maine Botanical Garden 6.8.26”
I was back at the Maine Coastal Botanical Garden just after Memoral Day to see how things have changed since my visit earlier in the month. Lots of trees now out in leaf and new spring blooms to appreciate!! Rhodendrons in bloom above in… Continue Reading “Coastal Maine Botanical Garden 5.26.26”
I spent three seasons workamping at Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island. At the time, I wanted so badly to take a trip to the Coastal Maine Botanical Garden but it was just too far for a day trip from that location. I… Continue Reading “Coastal Maine Botanical Garden 5.4.26”
April 30, 2023 After a continental self-serve breakfast, Susan and I headed out. I was starting my walk towards La Romieu and Susan was hoping to stop by the Chapelle des Carmélites de Lectoure in time for the morning mass before leaving Lectoure. We… Continue Reading “Le Puy Camino – via Podiensis: Lectoure to La Romieu”
April 29, 2023 After a good night’s sleep and breakfast at Chez Vous Chez Nous, I started off towards Lectoure – a 16 kilometer walk today. Before leaving Miradoux, I stopped in a patisserie to grab a sandwich and a piece of fruit that… Continue Reading “Le Puy Camino – via Podiensis: Miradoux to Lectoure”
Given the long, snowy, bitter cold winter we have been experiencing in Vermont, a recent visit to our native state of Pennsylvania required a stop at Longwood Gardens. I grew up on the grounds of this reknowned public garden and there’s nothing quite like… Continue Reading “Longwood Gardens Conservatories”
I have been feeling guilty for the length of time is has taken me to finish recording both of my Camino walks to the blog. But, as I return now to those walks, I realize that it’s okay. I am having such fun reading… Continue Reading “Le Puy Camino – via Podiensis: Auvillar to Miradoux”
I have a few of my houseplants lined up on the the window sill of my south-facing picture window. Even though we have a porch roof that shades this window part of the year, the low winter sun peeks through now for much of… Continue Reading “Morning sun”
October 18, 2025 – Sarzana, Fosdinovo Castle and a Tuscan Winery Our final full day on this Road Scholar tour, we take a break from hiking and visit some historical sites in Tuscany. Our first stop was the medieval town of Sarzana. Early records… Continue Reading “Cinque Terre Hiking Trip Day 7”
While I intentionally chose to spend the winter in Vermont this year for multiple reasons, I am still longing for the desert! In the winter of 2022, we spent some time boondocking in the KOFA National Wildlife Refuge located between Quartzite and Yuma in… Continue Reading “Missing the Desert…”
Lynn Amber - Travel & Photography 