Ahhh...Vacation!

Last week, Ryan and I ventured out on a much needed vacation to New England. We had a great time, despite some rain. We started our trip with a visit with our great friends, Tommy and Amy (near Philly) and attended Little Tommy's Baptism on Sunday.

On Sunday afternoon, we headed north to New Hampshire for a night. On Monday, we took the scenic route and stoppped at some shops on the way to Bar Harbor, ME. We had a few amazing meals, stayed at a wonderful B&B, rode on a lobster boat and climbed some mountains - can you believe I actually love that stuff? As long as I don't have to sleep in it, I'm up for the adventure (but no heights...)!

We also took a very dangerous trip to the top of Mt. Washington, NH - yes, of course I freaked out and closed my eyes all the way to the top...but I got used to it and was fine on the way down. We also stayed for two days in Burlington, VT. On Saturday, we headed back to SW PA and stayed in Altoona so we could then continue the drive to Kristy and Jason's wedding yesterday in Somerset. Nearly 1200 miles in all.

The only mishap was that I nearly knocked myself out while preparing for a bike ride. Ironically, I was trying to get the bike helmets out of the trunk and slammed the trunk after retrieving them, but forgot about the bike rack that was still attached. Ouch! The bump on my head swelled up like something from a Bugs Bunny cartoon, and I cried like a baby. At least Ryan took pity on me for that bike ride and I didn't have to ride so fast or so hard.

We did get lost trying to "Cycle the City" of Burlington (there was no way that path actually went near the city), but 15 miles later we found our way back and found the Ethan Allen Homestead along the way...an interesting man Mr. Allen was (and they had clean bathrooms).

Oh yeah, and I figured out that all these years that I've been conservative with spaghetti sauce because it gives me hives in my mouth (sometimes) was likely for nothing. We were eating at an Italian restaurant and there was a very pleasant smelling fresh herb on the plate...we smelled it then tasted it - Ryan loved it, so I bit right into it and it instantly ate a hole in the roof of my mouth and left a burning sensation on my tongue :-) Yep! I'm allergic to Oregano! At least I know I can likely eat lots of sauce from now on, as long as we leave out the poisonous ingredient.

Here are some pictures from our trip:

http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8BZM2zlq3csQu&emid=sharshar&linkid=link5