http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/North-Shore/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Massachusetts , North Shore en-us Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:18:41 +0000 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:18:41 +0000 For those of you back home who haven't heard I'm about to take a trip on what may be the most exciting adventure of my life... I'm getting married. On July 31 2009 Matt and I will be tying the knot See our website for the full skinnyhttpwww.theknot.comourweddingCindyHelmbreckMattReeve http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/North-Shore/blog-408372.html Well it begins for me anyway and by me I mean Kaitlyn because that's me. I have as of yesterday officially departed from Jersey and made my way via Amtrak to that place between the midAtlantic and the Great White North. Namely Vanessa's house on the North Shore of Massachusetts. And so here we are two peas in an odd pod back together after three and half months of seemingly endless employ http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/North-Shore/blog-316998.html The day has finally arrived for us to travel coast to coast and back again. For all of those that have been curious about an itinerary we know exactly where we are headed...Cooperstown NY Tuesday July 1st we picked up our new home. I am not sure how many of you have lived on an RV but I am comfortable saying that it is a BIT smaller than home. Chris and I watched a video about how to run all of http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/North-Shore/blog-291956.html So it is almost time for the RV to take off from Newburyport. We have officially started counting down the days for the trip as well as writing lists of things to do before we leave. Laundry is being done piles of life's necessities are being made and shopping trips planned. If you all could see our piles right now you would begin to wonder about this trip. I am bringing my new ice cream maker t http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/North-Shore/blog-289936.html Well Boston seems really... nice. Nice just seems like the right word 2 describe Boston. Where as New York was overwhelming and hectic in a good way. Boston just seems 2 roll at a much leisurely pace. We got up this morning and went 2 a place near by to get breakfast... an all american freakin breakfast And suffice 2 say i haven't felt the need 2 eat since.We got the bus and then the tram in2 http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/North-Shore/blog-260101.html Ok yeah i suck pretty bad at this bloggin thing... in the fact that i don't do it enough Well i suppose i have a lot 2 write about in this one Can't really remember where i left off but it was somewhere in NYC. Let me tell u that at no point in NYC did i get sick of it i mean we were there for 9 days and didn't really even scratch the service of things 2 do. We got a boat to the statue of http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/North-Shore/blog-259772.html Robyn and I went to Salem today via the commuter Rail. Famous for the witch trials in 1692 the whole town has a creepy vibe to it. Interestingly what seems like a dark page in the townrsquos history that it at one time wanted to forget about now its seems as though the dark story has become a novelty item that has kept the town prosperous thanks to tourism. We went to a trial reenactment and http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/Salem/blog-220738.html Dave and I met a few years ago and have always had an attraction to one another but our timing was never right...until that is last Fall when we became reaquainted and found that there was a chemistry between us. We consider our first date as Christmas Eve of 2006 when I invited him to come to the Christmas Eve program my kids were in at my church. Later that night we were standing in my http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/North-Shore/blog-213691.html I just found this blogsite and I'd like to start mapping the places Dave and I have been http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/North-Shore/blog-213688.html My first blog everI have traveled a lot in my life and now I decided I want to document it. On the 9th I am going on my first trip to Japan or Asia for that matter. I am really excited and am preparing for the trip. I just wanted to start a base of where I've been so here is the map http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/North-Shore/Marblehead/blog-177449.html My name is Andy but I'm also known as Lofton26 at the travel forums of www.eurotrek.com I'm going to attempt to use this place to post my travel journals. I'm going to Uzbekistan on July 27th so I'll experiment with this place during that trip. I'd like to create some entries giving brief summaries of my previous fifteen overseas ventures as well to make this journal somewhat complete. I won't b http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/North-Shore/blog-174861.html ldquoWhat evil spirits have you familiarity with None. Have you made no contract with the devil No. Why do you hurt these children I do not hurt them. I scorn it. Who do you employ then to do it I employ no body. What creature do you employ then No creature. I am falsely accused ldquo Her defense was useless. She was hanged anyway. Along with 19 others. Her crime she was accused of be http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/Salem/blog-172731.html New England Islands and the CapePierceThe ferry from Orient Point Long Island came into port in New London CT along side a huge cruise ship. I guess it was a big deal for the town and they put on a historical artillery demonstration at old Fort Trumbull south of town. Many of the passengers filled in the down town historical district all afternoon. This old city was set on the side of a hill http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/North-Shore/blog-160198.html Catherine Heather and I flew out to Boston today to attend the AAC conference in Boston. Tomorrow we will be going sightseeing so expect some great pictures. It is SOOOO cold here. We left wonderful 60 degree weather for 15 degree weather Thank heaven I will be in Guatemala next week. To all of my friends and family I love and miss you http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/North-Shore/blog-135791.html I think I told some of you that I was worried about having to say goodbye to too many people over the next 6 months...well I'm quickly having to become an expert at it as I leave my first country on my trip I really loved living in Larchmont NY and spending time with the kids even though they have put me off starting my own family for quite some time yet and I can't believe I'm never aga http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/North-Shore/blog-129701.html Hey AllSo there was a minor change in plans. Instead of heading out yesterday morning I will be flying out today to LA. As my Mom and Dad were driving me to the airport yesterday we found out that one of our really good family friends had been in a horrible car accident the night before and was unconscious in the hospital. Needless to say this totally freaked me out. So once we arrived at the air http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/North-Shore/blog-118474.html So it is all still pretty surreal. I leave in a few short days. The past few days have just been spent trying to see a few peopls and working to pack and get all of my stuff together. Packing for 3 season and an entire semester is not as easy as it sounds let me tell you Anyway I found this cool countdown thing and thought it might help me realize that I am actually leaving Yes it is corny I kn http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/North-Shore/blog-117610.html Hey AllSo I decided I was going to start this travel log. I will be trying to set it up of the next couple of days but it is pretty cool. I will be able to update you all and post pictures and maps and just general news of my activities. You can check out the first map I made... this is my trip down to school and will take place between Januray 11 2007 and Feruary 8th. You can zoom in an see al http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/North-Shore/blog-116242.html Ian and I had been wanting to visit Salem MA for a couple of years now and we finally planned a date to do so. We brought Casey and Jon along with us. Salem is an interesting town because in many ways it is a typical New England town but there is so much history here that has made it famous in history books literature and folklore. It was the location of the infamous witchtrials of 1692 and http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/Salem/blog-96294.html OK so I'm heading up to Boston on Thurs August 3 2006. The main reason for the trip is to see my son who's birthday is on August 3 he'll be 20However while I am there I plan on doing some major damage shopping. No I'm not talking about clothes or shoes or any of that silliness I'm talking about MAKEUP Yep you got it I'm a very shallow person. I know this and accept it and so should you.I b http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/North-Shore/blog-78617.html