Doug and Judi in front of Monticello, home of Thomas Jefferson.Actually, we have been home for a week but it has taken this long to find time to sit and write. What an amazing trip! Doug and I have spent lots of time talking about all we saw and did, all that we would like to go back and do again and all that we missed that would make another trip or two.
Where was the best place we stayed? Kingsleigh Inn in Southwest Harbor, Maine and second would be Chestnut Hall in Gettysburg, PA.
Where was the worst place we stayed? Toss up between the B&B where the Inn keeper never came out to meet us and argued with her husband loud enough to be heard in the dining room or the smoking room in KY or the last night by the train tracks.
Funniest moment? Judi - when Doug drove the wrong way in a round-about.
Favorite place we visited? Really hard since we enjoyed so many but here are several favorites: Acadia National Park, Custer State Park, the Louisa May Alcott home, the drive along the Green Mountains in Vermont, Wilmore Kentucky, Mt. Rushmore, Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC, plantation drive along James River in Virginia, Cooperstown Baseball Hall of Fame, Gettysburg Battlefield, and much more.
Favorite Meal/Restaurant? Dobbins House, Gettysburg and lobster place in Maine.
Most thought provoking? slavery issues versus obvious wealth of slave owners and written words of founding fathers ("...all men are created equal.)
Contrasts? The varying landscape of the country really struck us. From the coasts of Maine, to the deserts of New Mexico and everything in between - farmlands, forests, rolling hills, etc.
Well, there is much more to be said so we may have to revisit the blog to continue to put down our impressions and thoughts of the trip.
We are glad to have taken the time, money and energy for the trip and look forward to the next opportunity for just such an adventure.
