I ended my South American trip in Cusco, at MachuPichu with my sister, most of you have heard that story, so I will not elaborate. I will say the energy there is incredible. After a 4 day hike through the Incan trail, up and over mountains I was amazed I could climb, we came back to Detroit. Here I visited, hopefully with most of you, for 2 weeks.
Currently I have traveled from Detroit to Baltimore to Harwinton Conneticut, B
urlington Vermont, The White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire, Portland Maine, Middle of Nowhere Maine, Acadia National Forest Maine, Fredricton New Brunswick, and Bathurst New Brunswick. Phew....
First and foremost I am now a proud auntie of the lovely Ximena Carolyn Norona. She was born May 19th at 7lbs and 11.4 oz. She truley is a bundle of joy!
I wish Renee and Joao the best over the next, ahh, for the rest of their lives, haha :D In addition to meeting my new niece I was able to spend quality time with my mom, sisters, and Joao!
As much as I wanted to stay in Baltimore, the show must go on. So Dayna and I ventured
forward to Conneticut to visit an old friend from vet school. Before heading to Vrmont, we
celebrated my birthday by going out to breakfast and enjoying a little hike in Kent falls.
The eve of my birthday we got a hotel and had a nice dinner and brews in Burlington Vermont. What a beautiful city, sitting on Lake Champlain, overlooking the Adirondak Mountain Range!
The following morning we hiked up Mount Philo to get a panoramic view of Burlington then to a
Wildflower farm (with very little flowers, bummer), on to a nursery, and then lastly to the Magic Hat Brewry. After our adventure filled day we head to a campsite to enjoy the evening.
From Vermont we head straight to the White Forest National Park. Upon setting up our tent I had my first encounter with a moose!!!
And not just one moose, but adjoining her greatness was a calf, who happened to nurse from her
mom no more than 100 ft in front of us! I got some good footage :)
The following morning we packed up and drove up to Mount Washington, which is accredited for having the "worlds worst weather"having calculated winds of 231mph! It was beautiful, you could see the Appalachian mountains and the old and new weather observatories. Definitely a monumental day!
Onward to Maine, we made a pitstop in Portland, and then to the middle of nowhere where we camped at DuckPuddle Pond Campground. A las we made it to Acadia National Park!! What a sight, well once the fog cleared up it was. Dayna the dogs and I hiked up a mountain only to see absolutely nothing, but fog, more fog, and maybe a tree behind all the fog.
Fortunately, the next morning the skies opened up, all the memorial day campers left, and we hiked into the mountains. This place is absolutely beautiful!!! Acadia is full of lakes, surrounded by the ocean and covered with mountains!! I have never been to such a place :)
(thats my shadow in the bottom left, can you see it?)
Sadly, we left Acadia and head to Canada. Stopping for a quick nights sleep outside Fredricton on the St. John River, we showered and quickly head out to Bathurst! Yet another jem.
Bathurst and its surrounding towns are located all along the shore of the Atlantic. The coast is rocky and the water in parts is a deep blue.
We are staying here at a campground owned by my old college roommate, Emily's, father. We were upgraded into his camper and were teated to a lobster dinner. Surely we are being spoiled...I'll tell you it is quite nice as the temperatures here are cold and there is plenty of rain! We look out of our window and stare at the beach and the ocean and every morning we take the dogs for a walk on the beach with our coffee and tea. I'll tell ya, this is living....
Miss you! (as soon as i have good internet i will upload photos)
P.S. We may, depending on the arrival of the "little Boddy", be rolling through Detroit instead of going through northern Ontario!
