Over the past few years our family has been fortunate to visit many adorable towns and cities around the holiday season. Jamie always saves up a big chunk of vacation time for this time of year and we look to quick trips in our surrounding Northeastern area to visit. Here are my top three places […]
Category: Maine
Rangely Lake State Park Camping Trip, July 2024
14 years ago me, my dog, my dad and his 1970’s motorhome made the trip to Rangely Lake State Park campground. I fell in love with this place then and knew I would eventually make it back. In July I finally returned, this time with my husband and two kids. 14 years later this place […]
Peaks-Kenny State Park, Dover-Foxcroft Maine July 2024
Last fourth of July we fell in love with Peaks-Kenny State Park in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine. When making camping reservations this year we knew this was top of our list of spots we want to visit. There are no bad camping spots at this 56 site campground. Each spot is clean, well maintained and spaced out […]
Thomas Point Beach Camping Trip September 2023, Brunswick Maine
A recent camping trip brought us to Thomas Point Beach Campground in Brunswick Maine. A favorite campground for our family. Due to a bit of a mix up we ended up a different campsite than usual this year, “L”. The site was great so it was a happy accident. We had plans on Friday night […]
Minimalism should come with a warning label-Caution: May cause sudden desire to alter everything about your life
A year ago we pushed the reset button on our lives and moved back to our home state. We purchased a small house with an apartment we could rent out to pay our mortgage and began homeschooling. This move was one of the scariest things I’ve ever done, but I surrendered to it. After spending […]
Peaks-Kenny State Park, Dover-Foxcroft Maine Camping Trip July 2023
Our second camping trip of the season brought us to Peaks-Kenny State Park in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine. This is a beautiful, small 56 site campground on the shore of Sebec Lake. Setting Up our Campsite We checked in, picked up some Junior Ranger books and headed to our campsite. We stayed at site 36. It was […]
Lovely Lucid Life June 2023
Summer has arrived for us and despite persistent rain here in Maine it’s been lovely. Here’s a snapshot of what June 2023 looked like for us. Camping Our first camping trip of the season brought us to Camden Hills State Park. You can read about it here. Jake’s Last T-Ball Game Jake finished up T-Ball […]
Camden Hills State Park Camping Trip, Camden Maine June 2023
Our family headed out on our first camping trip of the season to Camden Hills State Park and Campground in June 2023. We finished our first year of homeschool last Friday and celebrated that accomplishment, as well as our 11 year wedding anniversary with a camping trip to Camden Hills State Park in Camden, Maine. […]
Northern Maine and Bangor, December 2021
Over Anika’s Christmas Vacation in December, 2021 we headed to Northern Maine for a few days. My sister in law and her husband own a house in the area. They were away, but let us use their adorable home as our own private Airbnb. We made multiple day trips to explore near by Bangor, Maine. […]
Thomas Point Beach Camping Trip, August 2021
Last August 2021 we took our annual trip to Thomas Point Beach Campground in Brunswick Maine. This is a favorite camping spot for us and we also love the surrounding area. We stuck to hanging out at the campground this trip but if you’d like to see more of what’s around Thomas Point Beach and […]