New England

We fell in love with New England. So far on this trip, there has been no where we have been that we have thought, "we could live here". There hasn't been any place that has held any competition with the Pacific Northwest...until now. New England is the Northwest of the Eastcoast. It was absolutely beautiful! It was also the first time we felt like we actually needed an extra blanket sleeping in our car!

We drove about halfway up Maine to a little town called Franklin. We have been intrigued lately by a guy who designs tiny houses...from 99 sq ft up to about 800 sq ft! Definitely something to check out. I'm sure you'll be as intrigued as we have been!

http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/

We have wondered what one of these "bigger" of the small houses actually looks like when it's built, and we found a family in Maine who had built one. They were kind enough to let us see their house and put us up for the night!

It was breathtakingly beautiful everwhere we drove in New England. We have barely seen stars anywhere on this trip, but they were out in droves in New Hampshire. We parked one night with our back tires almost in the water of a small lake in southern New Hampshire, with this amazing view of the heavens!

Not all fun and games at this site though...we did get woken up at 6am by the local Sheriff! Some locals had called in that there was a "suspicious car" parked by the water. I guess a Nissan Stanza with a box and bikes is suspicious these days!

Our entire trip through New England was filled with beautiful countryside. I think we've said that a million times by now. Can you tell we like it?

On our way back down through Maine, we stopped in Portland in search for some famous Maine Lobster. And we found it alright! Neither of us have ever eaten a full lobster before, and it was definitely an experience. A messy experience!

We ended our tour of New England with a long drive through Vermont, Pennsylvania, and New York, finally to arrive at Niagara Falls! We are pretty sure Canada gets the better view of the falls, but it was still breathtaking!

It's crazy to think that our trip is almost over! We will be back in Moscow, ID by next weekend, then over to Seattle, and finally ending our epic trip in Portland, OR in about two weeks. Time has sure flown, but it has definitely been an adventure! We are now in Minneapolis, MN and getting ready to attend the Desiring God National Conference we had talked about many weeks ago. We're so excited to hear great speakers like John Piper, David Platt, Michael Oh, and many others!

We'll update on the Midwest after the conference is over...and then it's back to the beautiful Pacific Northwest!!