Fun Northeast USA Family Road Trip – Week 1

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rocky ridge municipal slide

the slide is free to use and looks like old bowling alley wood. they have towels and sacks there to slide on

you climb to the top and slide down

shovels and move the wood chips around before each person went down

four recommended cork & fork and the ratings looked great

there wasn't a table available when we arrived and the restaurant is down the street from the state capitol. we used our wait time to walk over and got a look at the capitol

it's right by hershey park

bird cafe

purple dragon

we left our hotel. our first stop was to see the huge purple dragon in duncannon

we learned that they have fireworks every night in the summer at niagara falls

you pay extra to go up on this bridge type thing that overhangs the valley and river below on the american side of the falls

we found parking on goat island and wandered our way toward the falls

even from the american side

you can't get a full view of any of the falls from the american side

but experiencing the falls from the american side gives you an idea of the amount of water and the power of the water. it's beautiful in its own right even if you can't get the full view

i believe the boat rides leave from the canadian side

if i remember i took the picture above from a little island between bridal veil falls and the american falls

you see the maids of the mist observations deck in the picture above. it's the bridge that overhangs and ends

i recommend seeing the canadian side

we stayed at the springhill suites buffalo airport location. it was a new hotel and we enjoyed it

the following morning we had breakfast at alex's restaurant before heading out

it's beautiful country and beautiful driving

silk road covered bridge

you'll see plenty of these old covered bridges in the northeast

we'd love to come back to this area and spend more time and explore more. it was a beautiful area

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february 18

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you read week 2 and week 3 of our trip as

in week one we spent time in maryland

northeast family road trip - week

maryland

we love to find fun on our road trip

on our first day on the road

it was a little to find because the gps was off a bit from where my roadtrippers app told me it would be

it was a nasty

pennsylvania

not too far from the municipal slide

welcome to pennsylvania

we were staying in harrisburg

after checking into our hotel

cork & fork and the state capitol

the area right there is quite pretty

you always need a selfie in front of the capitol…don't you think? then it was time to eat. yum

zooamerica

the main reasons we'd stopped in harrisburg was that my youngest daughter wanted to go to zooamerica

we spent an hour at the zoo. it may have been even a little bit less than that

it isn't that expensive to get into

after the zoo

once again

the following day was the 4th of july

somehow it photographs better than it looks in person. the paint is more faded in person

i got my first starbucks mug of this trip. i could've a lot more than i did

our plan was to make it to niagara falls

we actually managed to make it to our hotel in enough time. our hotel was minutes away from the falls because i was going

on the way

tonawanda

niagara falls

we're not very at making it places early when we travel

yep

we were also early enough to go to the starbucks in a hotel right near the falls and get my niagara falls mug

it did make it feel a little less special

we didn't do that

they the falls up in

as the crowd thinned

i headed up. my girls were a little hesitant

since none of us love heights

i'm so glad we got to have the experience because it wouldn't have been worth it

we didn't have passports

as you may guess

at first

expect to get wet even if you aren't going on one of the boat rides under the falls

there are multiple falls at niagara falls

there is the horseshoe falls

that's the place we had gone the night before and gotten pictures of the falls lit up at night

i believe it's below bridal veil falls

bridal veil falls and the mist in the background is from horseshoe falls

as you see from my pictures

by the ameri falls

the pictures don't do it justice

it's a gorgeous place and one that is very worth a visit

patriots and heroes park

right near the entrance to the hotel was patriots and heroes park. we enjoyed walking through it before heading out

worlds smallest church

our destination

we decided to add the world's smallest church to the day because ….who wouldn't want to see that

turns out

it took us a while to find it and when we got there

the church is out in the middle of a pond

catskill mountains

our goal was to drive through the catskill mountains

we'd heard they're beautiful. so we headed toward poughkeepsie on a path through the mountains

the catskills are pretty

they just didn't appeal to us as much as we'd hoped

while the catskills are beautiful

we hit 1

poughkeepsie

our journey

the bridge and the sunset made

vermont

day of our trip and we headed to vermont

we wanted to make sure to see at least one

it made

vermont driving is so beautiful. i see why it's called the mountain state

hanover

river junction

we stayed at the holiday inn express & suites in junction