So just what can a boy do in twelve days.
Check out these activities from our just-ended 12-day trip to New England.
Check out these activities from our just-ended 12-day trip to New England.
- Broke out of a couple of escape rooms.
- Visited LL Bean’s flagship store.
- Toured the Maine Maritime Museum.
- Stopped at a roadside oddity – Perry’s Tropical Nuthouse.
- Went sea kayaking on Frenchmen’s Bay around Bar Harbor.
- Toured Acadia National Park by bike led by a volunteer park ranger.
- Explored the village of Bar Harbor.
- Held a miniature golf just-for-fun tournament (well, with a few cash prizes thrown in).
- Explored some of the sites in Acadia National Park including Cadillac Mountain and Thunder Hole.
- Climbed Mt. Washington, NH via the oldest cog railway in the world.
- Hiked on the Appalachian Trail in the White Mountains National Forest and got to meet a family of through-hikers including a boy their age. They were just 300 miles away from completing the 2,100 mile trek.
- Learned to wash clothes in a Laundromat.
- Toured the Cole Transportation Museum and met the founder, a WW II Purple Heart veteran.
- Visited the Guinness Record World’s Longest Continuous Candy Counter.
- Toured Ben & Jerry’s and visited the Flavor Graveyard of flavors that have since left us.
- Enjoyed cider donuts from Cold Hollow Cider Mill.
- Toured the Orvis Fly Rod Factory and the Orvis flagship store.
- Visited the Vermont Country Store.
- Played Candlepins, a special New England type of bowling.
- Spent an evening at a fun park.
- Went sailing on a 95-year-old schooner in the waters around Portland.
- Went swimming almost every day.
- Kept our rooms tidy.
- Kept up with personal belongings.
- Learned to keep on a budget.
- Had some great food.
- And just had fun!
We enjoyed sailing on a 95-year-old schooner out of Portland. It was a first for most of these boys.
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