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dcast because in one of my later episodes i discussed with a guest what true rest is a lot of times i think that me sitting on my couch scrolling through instagram with netflix on in the background is resting however i have found that true rest comes in some of the activities i love like going to a winery or reading a book or painting rather than just sitting so this summer i have tried to balance staying busy with equal parts true rest and i think i ve done it since covid one of my traditions during the very first weekend i am done with school is to find a cool more local air b n b and just have a quick little getaway to refresh this also usually involves also going to wineries i have been updating my spreadsheet and have now visited over 100 of va s wineries this summer i did begin by booking a little getaway for myself with a hot tub and adding a few more va wineries to my list little va getaway june 2023 i also had another trip pretty early on in my summer i have been to austin before i m sure that i even documented it on this blog back in 2015 i really enjoyed the city the last time i went so when an artist friend said she was going this summer and asked if i wanted to tag along i said absolutely we drank lots of margaritas ate lots of tacos saw lots of art swam in barton springs waited for the bats and explored a few places i hadn t last time i was there like more of east austin and also the museum of the weird we had a great few days in austin even though it was grossly hot and humid above beating the heat in barton springs below checking out the museum of the weird it lived up to its name getting artsy in austin after the va and austin getaway i made my way up to dc to celebrate a college friend s wedding my 20s and 30s were marked with so many weddings i was burnt out as a bridesmaid by 2012 the weddings have slowed down since i ve entered my 40s and it was actually really nice to come together to celebrate with friends again cua folks coming together after 20 years of friendship to celebrate stephen s wedding i also took the opportunity to explore some museums as you do in dc and explore a new brunch place with friends as well i was particularly struck by one piece in particular at the hirschhorn museum exhibit at the hirschhorn museum in dc the whole room was filled with phrases painted on walls floor and ceiling as a stream of consciousness that the viewer got to walk through and experience after my dc weekend it was back to rva and a visit from a friend from ohio for the 4th of july we spent a couple of days eating and shopping our way around my city and also hanging out with friends in pools the fourth of july with friends in rva after my friend left i had a little downtime to get ready for my big solo trip of the summer of 2023 i have been turning my attention since the pandemic to domestic travel and trying to visit all 50 states after my spring break trip back in april which i documented and now also after this summer s trip i only have 4 states left this summer s trip was all about maine and vermont and a little bit of canada since i was up there anyways below is my itinerary of my summer east coastal trip enjoy day 1 fly to burlington vt and stay in burlington i have perhaps put vermont and maine off until the end of my 50 states list just because i do not like cold weather when i think of vermont i think of one of my favorite christmas movies white christmas even though it wasn t actually filmed there i was hoping to find the hotel it was modeled after but it doesn t exist my expectations for burlington were rather low if i m honest i was just trying to check off one of my 50 states but when i got my rental car and drove towards the city i was taken aback by how pretty burlington and lake champlain are view of lake champlain from downtown burlington this first day was my big day to check out burlington so i walked around downtown and found it to be so cute a good balance of touristy but also some places bars where locals hang out i had lunch at a cute mexican place walked around phoenix books and of course got some ben and jerry s cute lunch place el cortijo i had a bean burrito and some of their homemade chips with a mexi coke for some reason i wasn t expecting the marshmallow sky flavor to be blue but i guess it makes sense after hanging out around downtown i decided to head closer to lake champlain and my air b n b on my way i crossed off one of my atlas obscura finds as well world s tallest filing cabinet an atlas obscura find another atlas obscura thing the earth clock which is the group of stones to the left also reminded me of outlander i spent some time here at blanchard beach around sunset it was perfect had to visit a brewery while in vermont this one was close to my air b n b and recommended by my host i liked the vibe there day 2 stowe vt to portland me this day was one of my heavier driving days though all of my drives weren t much more than 3 hours which isn t long for me my first stop this day was the town of stowe which also happens to be close to where the real life von trapp family lived when then came to america i am a huge musical and sound of music fan so it had to be done despite the rain it did not disappoint vermont was having major rains and floods at this time i was lucky that my trip wasn t affected too much but i feel for the people who had to endure its effects stowe is about 45 minutes outside of burlington and was a little bit out of my way on the way to maine but it was worth it to me to see this quaint town and one of the places associated with one of my favorite film families stowe is what i picture when i think of vermont it had cute shops and restaurants and was very picturesque i didn t take the full property tour but just explored the main lodge and the gift shop and drove around on some of the grounds it was good enough for me to be where the real life maria von trapp lived after my morning in stowe it was time to make my way towards maine i drove through the rains and encountered one or two roads affected by the floods but overall my drive wasn t too bad it was raining all through new hampshire i stopped in a town outside the white mountains and had some lunch and got a maple flavored soft serve as you do in vermont nh maine maple flavored soft serve also did not disappoint after driving through the rain for a couple of hours i made it to my destination for the night portland maine this was the city that everyone messaged me about i had so many food recommendations but after walking around the city for a while including stopping in at a karaoke bar because duh gotta get a feel for the city i made my way to the high roller and it was such a perfect recommendation i wanted all of the lobster things but decided on lobster bisque a mini lobster roll with pineapple sauce and an allagash beer it was amazing the vibe of the high roller was also a great vibe it was diner and retro but also family and hipster all at the same time i highly recommend this place in portland my first taste of maine lobster definitely not the last also i highly recommend the high roller in portland day 2 was a big day with lots of rain so after walking around the city of portland for a while i called it a night in the local hostel which i m definitely too old for hostels but at the black elephant you can get a private room just have to share bathrooms also it s really well located in the city and is decorated in wes anderson style it s pretty decent for a hostel day 3 portland me to bar harbor me in addition to all of the food recommendations another thing people said i had to do in portland was the portland head lighthouse it s a little bit of a drive from downtown to cape elizabeth but i had some breakfast in town before heading out that way the drive isn t too bad and the cape is pretty nice however i was there for all of the fog i hung out around the cape and in the park for almost 2 hours and the fog just didn t want to let up even when the sun was fully out it was still somehow foggy but i enjoyed exploring the park the lighthouse is in and made my way into town for a whoppie pie another maine thing it was just alright for me though i m not a huge sweets person portland head lighthouse without much light whoppie pies are a maine thing i could ve definitely spent more time hanging out around portland as it was a cool city but my next destination was bar harbor i stopped in bangor maine along the way to check out another atlas obscura item the town of bangor was cuter than i expected it had a cute downtown with restaurants and thrift shops and a river that was kind of picturesque i was flying out of bangor at the end of my trip so i was glad that i d get to re visit this city atlas obscura find huge paul bunyan statue was actually kind of terrifying had a late lunch in bangor at sea dog brewery their beers were also tasty after a little time in bangor i made my way towards bar harbor but i had to pull over when i saw this roadside antique shop that was not to be missed i m so glad i stopped it was the perfect little road trip break to stretch my legs and have a photo op fun stop on my way from bangor to bar harbor an antique store with all of the fun things after a morning in portland an afternoon in bangor i finally made it to my destination for the next 2 nights bar harbor the weather was beautiful when i arrived and i walked around the adorable tourist town and sat by the water before heading to my air b n b for the night but not before i stopped in acadia national park to watch the sunset it was a little hazy but still a great end to the day bar harbor is beautiful i can see why people summer here the national park pass purchased for utah and wyoming has come in handy this year day 4 acadia national park bar harbor i spent the full day in bar harbor and most of it in acadia national park i got up early and drove to the park my air b n b host had suggested starting with sand beach it was already busy when i got there around 8 30 i found parking in a lot luckily and walked the ocean path down to the beach everything was very foggy similar to when i went to the portland lighthouse you really couldn t see much at the beach so i made my way to thunder hole which was in walking distance to sand beach a line of people were also waiting there but you could still see the waves that the hole makes when the tide recedes then comes back in it was worth the wait and walk i continued to just walk around the ocean path for maybe 3 miles total just taking in the coast and hoping that the fog would let up some it was still beautiful even with the fog acadia national park it was foggy the entire time but still really beautiful i got back into my car after walking the path for some time and drove to a couple of other spots on the park map people had suggested stopping at the jordan pond house to get lunch but reservations were already full when i had checked and there were so many cars parked there when i decided to just try and stop by i still enjoyed my time taking in the park even though i didn t get to actually see very much of the scenery after a day of walking and exploring nature it was time for some lunch and beverages right i had seen on my drive in that bar harbor had a winery so i had to stop there it was pretty decent there were a couple of wines that i liked and the host paired some with chocolates which was also a nice touch i stopped for lunch at a lobster pound on the way into town and had a blueberry atlantic beer which is my new favorite beer above bar harbor winery with chocolate pairing below waiting at lobster pound for my crab sandwich with my new favorite beer after grabbing lunch and some drinks i went back to downtown bar harbor and did some shopping walked the shore path and had another beer while listening to some live music outside an adorable inn in town such a great way to relax after an active morning i ended the evening at my air b n b with some more of my favorite beer i bought a 4 pack to take with me on the road to my next stop canada above taking in another beer and some live music in bar harbor ending at my air b n b by the water with another beer it was a big beverage day i guess yolo haha day 5 bar harbor to saint john new brunswick canada i really enjoyed bar harbor it was probably one of my favorite places on this trip it was time however to say goodbye to the us and check off a couple of more provinces in canada last year i went to montreal and quebec city growing up in cleveland i had also been to toronto a couple of times on this trip i was going to check off 2 more provinces new brunswick and nova scotia i m not really sure why i landed on saint john when i was doing research it was one of the cities that popped up when researching the area the city was billed as the oldest city in canada i pictured it to be something similar to when i went to montreal or quebec city last year this however would not be the case i got to the border and the border patrol woman really wasn t buying it when i said i was going to saint john for vacation for two days without much of a plan i would later come to see why or maybe she s just really good at her job it was hard to tell before i got to saint john however i stopped in the adorable coastal town of st andrew it was a cute fishing town and even though it was you guessed it foggy i enjoyed walking around the historic points through town and the beach war of 1812 blockhouse in st andrew s adorable downtown st andrew s on the coast in st andrew s i arrived in saint john why st andrew s is abbreviated and possessive i do not know the border patrol woman corrected me when i tried to refer to saint john in the same way and it was too early to check into my hotel so i walked around the city for a while and had some lunch i was a little disappointed this was not an adorable fishing town or european picturesque city this was reminding me a little of the steel belt where i am from the locals were out and about mixed with families of tourists and it was an odd combination it was also still foggy i was getting a little downtrodden on my choice to stay in saint john but things perked up when i checked into my victorian mansion of a hotel i also decided to check out a couple of things on my list of the city which weren t what i had expected but i was learning about the city i found a bar that had trivia going on in it and that was my entertainment for the evening i was also glad i had the 4 pack now 3 pack of beer in my hotel waiting for me day 5 had started out strong but was probably not my overall favorite above loyalist home from revolutionary war period or as they refer to it in canada the war of independence below my victorian mansion hotel victorian architecture is big in saint john as is its loyalist history above saint john s city market which was cute but a little underwhelming below reversing falls 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