Category Archives: North America

Maine

Posted on October 17, 2018 by simpletravelourway

We love the state of Maine – enough to have lived there many years ago when we were both teachers. We didn’t live near the coast but in the northern woods on the Kennebec River near the small town of … Continue reading →

Posted in US - miscellaneous | Tagged travel, road trip across the US, Maine, Bingham, Rockland, Farnsworth Art Museum, Viles Arboretum, Rockwell Kent, Owl’s Head, Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park, Freeport | 2 Comments

Rest days turned into touring days

Posted on October 12, 2018 by simpletravelourway

Sometimes good intentions are abandoned for better plans. We intended to spend our few days at a lovely Charlotte, Vermont AirBnB resting and reading. Then we talked to our host and discovered that, just a few miles down the road, the … Continue reading →

Posted in US - miscellaneous | Tagged AirBnB, around the US travel, Frederick Law Olmsted, Jerry Geier, Shelburne, Shelburne Farm, Shelburne Museum, Ticonderoga, travel, Vermont | 7 Comments

Travel through a fog

Posted on October 8, 2018 by simpletravelourway

A year before our road trip across the US and Canada, we started selecting destinations that we really wanted to see as we worked our way from the Pacific to the Atlantic. Bet you’d be surprised that little Amherst Island … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada - Ontario | Tagged Amherst Island, bird watching, Canada, common grackle, leopard frog, road trip across the US, travel | 7 Comments

By the shores of Gitche Gumee

Posted on October 3, 2018 by simpletravelourway

We finally know where Gitche Gumee is, and it took us a long time to stand on its shores. We had to memorize lines from (important? American?) poetry in grade school. One of the few that we (vaguely) remember is “TheSong … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada - Ontario | Tagged Canada, Lake Superior, lake Superior Provincial Park, Ontario, Sault-Ste.-Marie, travel across the US, Wawa, Whitefish Island | 5 Comments

Photography: Let’s Change the Subject

Posted on September 29, 2018 by simpletravelourway

We followed the highway from Grand Marais, Minnesota aiming for Thunder Bay, Ontario when we took a turn off onto a narrow, rough road in the middle of nowhere. These are the times on our trip that we wonder: have … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada - Ontario | Tagged Canada, fungus, Hurkett Cove Conservation Area, Lake Superior, lichen, photography, travel, wild mushrooms | 8 Comments

Variations on a Theme

Posted on September 25, 2018 by simpletravelourway

We often take an evening walk, and, when we travel, the scenery on our walks varies a lot. Some nights what we see is frankly a bit boring, but other nights (like the one in Minnesota’s Grand Marais) it’s pure … Continue reading →

Posted in photography, US - miscellaneous | Tagged Grand Marais, Mangy Moose Motel, Minnesota, photography, road trip across the US, travel | 8 Comments

A garden tucked into a park

Posted on September 21, 2018 by simpletravelourway

As our car zipped down the highway into Minneapolis, we saw a sign for a garden. Not too far away, we thought. We remembered the garden a few days later and headed back to check it out with our old … Continue reading →

Posted in US - miscellaneous | Tagged Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary, gardens, Minneapolis, Minnesota, road trip across the US, travel, wildflowers | 8 Comments