Fall Fun

A few weekends ago we took our annual trip to see the fall foliage. The landscape is, by far, the best thing about living on the East coast. Whenever we leave this area I think I will really miss all the trees and the fall season. We couldn't go until a little late this year so we didn't go as far as Vermont or Lake George like we have in the past. Our landlord gave us the suggestion of driving through the rolling hills in Connecticut. I googled it and we decided to take Route 7 up through Connecticut into Massachusetts. It turned out to be a great trip. If anyone knows us, we like to fly by the seat of our pants when it comes to trips like this. I usually decide where we are going, but we don't book any hotels and we tend to veer off the beaten path. If we see a road that looks appealing, we take it. On this trip we found some pretty covered bridges, an old army tank that Jeff was fascinated with, tons of acorns that the kids collected at a wiggle stop and a really good pizza place somewhere in CT. We like to stop at little local places to eat. The pizza was great and afterwards Jeff took a little walk by himself and came back with a new shirt for me to wear the next day since I hadn't brought any long sleeves and it was REALLY cold up there. He is so sweet!

We found a really awesome hotel room that was a suite for a great price. We like to have the rooms with the kitchens and separate bedrooms so we can cook and stuff and have enough space. We had a fun night watching "Winnie the Pooh's Halloween" and the next day we decided to head west and come home through the Catskills. We found an awesome little local deli/restaurant on the way and had a great lunch. We also stopped at a NY state park we found along the way and played outside. By the time we got home we were beat but we had a really great time. We are already looking forward to the next trip.

If you look really close, Michael is sitting on this tank.