HMS Beangle

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Category: New York

  • Racing Through Six States in One Month (Goodbye EST)

    I feel like we’ve done a speed run from Acadia National Park through Michigan. We didn’t get to see all the people we wanted to, and we didn’t get to spend near enough time with the folks we did get to see. Having a few hard and fast deadlines has made this leg of the…

  • And Finally: Fort Ticonderoga Itself

    Since we’ve visited SO MANY forts the past year, a minimal pass with some of my favorite visuals should suffice. As expected, we learned some new and interesting things along the way. *** Side note: Tonight as I was sitting at the entrance booth (one of us does that from 5-7pm W-Su), I heard rain…

  • The Two Historical Star-Fort Ruins at Crown Point

    *** We passed the 1 year anniversary of living in the HMS Beangle on Sunday and it feels so natural by now that we didn’t even remember until well into yesterday afternoon. I want to say a very public and loud Thank You So Much to Joe & Chris for their support in letting us…

  • Grab a #2 Pencil, We’re Going to Ticonderoga

    When I was in elementary school, the day after Labor Day always brought two unsharpened Ticonderoga #2 pencils, an unopened box of 8 Crayola crayons, and a fresh Pink Pearl eraser from my public school teachers. How or where the teachers got these supplies for their working class students never crossed my mind, but looking…

  • Ives Run and The BOG

    Set your brain in reverse for a moment, back to early May… You can imagine our raised eyebrows when we saw sign after sign for The Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania. Oh, sweetie. After a very good breakfast at the only and somewhat dubious-looking restaurant in Tioga, Pennsylvania, we drove over to see this natural phenomenon.…