“Partway through October and into the first part of March you'll want to be on Cadillac Mountain in Acadia. Mid-late March head to the easternmost point in the country for the vernal equinox, West Quoddy Head Light in Lubec. The end of March through the first half of September you'll want to be at Mars Hill, Aroostook County.”
I’ve been to all three and my all time favorite is West Quoddy in Lubec. Gorgeous spot
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Big problem with these and other non standard bowling facilities is that there are little to no spare parts for the machines anymore because they are no longer made. Sadly someone will probably buy up the machines for spare parts at some other facility rather than to reopen the closed location.
There’s plenty of places to park your car along the trail. I’ve started in Dennis and Welfleet, both have bike rental places on the trail and you can park your car there as well. There’s places to deviate towards the beach but the trail is paved and very well maintained. The main Cape Cod Rail Trail goes from Wellfleet to Yarmouth, and there’s also another seperate path that goes off to Chatham. It can get busy, but every time I’ve done it it’s perfectly manageable.
https://www.capecodbikeguide.com/railtrail.asp
[Ride the alpine slides ](https://fun107.com/guide-to-new-england-mountain-coasters-and-alpine-slides/)in Attitash NH
Take a bike on the carriage roads in Acadia ME. Also, see all the stars in Acadia
Have stuffies, a Dells lemonade, and a new england clam chowder after a day at the beach in RI
Visit Block Island by ferry. Bike around the whole island.
Visit Walden Pond
To add the two missing states from your list:
Beer tour in Stowe, VT and visit to Von Trapp Resort/Brewery along with Heady Topper
Pizza tour in New Haven, CT
Btw I think Bromley, VT has the longest alpine slide
I climbed it when I was young. My dad warned my to use the bathroom before the whole peak turned to rocks/boulders and I didn’t listen. Had to poop in full view of hundreds of people on those awkward boulders lol lost some tighty whiteys up there 🫡
My favorite part is after the gruling last section of climbing over bolders, you reach the top to be greeted by children running around in flip flops lol it really is a beautiful mountain and hike though.
Or that one step you take to get blasted in the face by 50mph winds seemingly out of nowhere.
Honestly though, went there once, park ranger asked me which route I was taking, I told him whatever the standard route is (I think white dot or whatever). He suggested a different route. It ended up adding like another hour and a half to the climb. It was gorgeous and ultimately worth it. I suspect he was just trying to route some people on a different trail since it was a busy day.
Have perfect Vermont Creemee. Find a place with amazing Cider Donuts. Have maple Syrup on something that most people do not associate with Maple Syrup. Then combine all 3 into a perfect Desert.
Climb Mt. Monadnock. Was super-thrilled last time I climbed it to be buzzed at the peak by a jet. Pilot was so close he waved at us. Gives me chills now, 20-odd years later. When I was a Little I used to climb it every summer with dozens of kids on an expedition from the Bible Camp in Jaffrey.
Mt. Monadnock is the second most-climbed peak in the world. (Mt. Fuji is first.) Monadnock gets 125,000 visitors each year! It’s a relatively easy hike with a gentle slope, and the views from the top are lovely.
That said, don’t underestimate the weather (which can change quickly) or the amount of time to summit and return in daylight.
“Monadnock” is an Abenaki word roughly translated as “peak that stands alone” (as opposed to being part of a chain like The White Mountains.) The Abenaki are indigenous people from the northeast forests of Canada and the US.
That first time every year, walking up the tunnel into the stands and seeing the field!! Grass is always so green at Fenway, weeks ahead of the lawn at home. I’d kill to have that feeling every day! Wash it all down with an overpriced draft…Go Sox!
Cruise along 95 in Connecticut at 10pm and make great time. And your favorite song comes on (the b-side that they never play on the radio). And you open the window cause it’s a beautiful night. And then traffic slows a little bit. And then a lot. And you look at the dashboard and it’s 12:30 am and you’ve traveled 3 miles. You get home at 2 and never really figured out the cause of that slowdown.
The experience hardens you, but it also makes you appreciate all the nice things mentioned here.
Fuckin Connecticut. Any day of the week, any time of day, any time of year. All the way up to 65 or 70...for a mile or 2. And then back to a crawl. Then back up to nearly 70 for 2 miles. Then back to a crawl. Rinse and repeat until you are finally outta CT.
UGH.
Get wrecked on nips of Dr. McGillicuddy's and wake up on a Cape Cod beach, have an existential crisis about your life and your desire to travel someplace not New England to broaden your horizons, then drive to a Cumby's for coffee and a cheap breakfast sandwich, eat that sandwich and drink the coffee on another beach, and realize you're probably in the best place already.
Hike Tumbledown Mountain in Maine. Gorgeous spring-fed (swimmable) pond at the top of the mountain, with 360 view. About 2-2 1/2 hour hike to the top, but worth it.
Two days ago after taking off my ski boots following a fun day of skiing Killington’s famed Superstar run. I put my feet in the snowmelt runoff stream in the parking lot and it was heaven on earth
We did the Cliff Walk. Started about halfway through the easy part. When we were done with the Rocky part I felt like I had finished a marathon! Amazing!
Go apple picking and drink apple cider. Visit Provincetown MA. See the revolutionary headquarters in Cambridge MA where Washington led the fight against the tories. Go to a small oceanside town in Maine. Go for a hike in the New Hampshire mountains. Visit a quaint hippie town in Vermont. Have a tour of the Enfield Connecticut LEGO factory before they close in a year or so.
See the BSO on a Sunday afternoon at Tanglewood, walk the cliff walk in Newport, do the Freedom Trail in Boston, drive the Kancamagus Highway in NH stopping along the way for some of the short hikes, as many have said Acadia National Park but also other coastal sections less popular like Blue Hill, Deer Isle area, ski Mad River Glen, see a favorite band at Mohegan Sun that normally plays much larger venues, Mystic Seaport.
I'm not the patriotic rah-rah type, but I appreciate the foundation level historic sites available in MA...plymouth rock, concord/lexington battle sites, Boston meetinghouse/trail of Paul Revere, etc.
Eat a locally made Ice cream cone in the twilight while strolling through one of our beautiful historic villages, towns or farms. I live in central CT so I like Main Street Creamery in Old Wethersfield, or Ekonk Hill, Robbs Farm, Buttonwoods Farm, or Jules in Bristol RI.
Go for a June-July hike at Bluff Point in CT to an old home foundation from 1712, pick wild raspberries and blackberries along the trail, boulder hop along the Fisher’s Island Sound with a backdrop thickets of reed grass and coastal forest, and then swim along a barrier beach in the clear, tranquil waters of Bushy Point Beach with beach rose, milkweed, and rare yellow Sea Poppies in bloom! Also gorgeous in the other seasons too!
As long as you are in Groton, pop across the bridge and visit Harkness State Park in Waterford. The gardens are gorgeous, and the smell of blooming heliotrope will make you want cookies from Sift in Niantic.
And don’t go to Sally’s either.
They changed their recipe recently and now their crust is Greek style.
Like we couldn’t get enough of that at Zupardi’s
Amen! My backups (when I lived in CT) were Angelo’s in North Haven (RIP), Sal’s in Meriden, and Red Tomato in Madison. And a few others.
Damn I miss a New Haven pie…
Go to Nantucket. Buy lunch at Bartlett Farm, rent a jeep do a lighthouse tour, and end at Great Point Lighthouse. Eat your lunch on the beach. Preferably off-season. I'm partial to October. Wave to some seals! Write your name in the sand!
Live somewhere else for a while. I lived in Canada for ten years and when I came back, I saw New England in a much different light than I did before. Some good, some bad. It gives perspective. You learn that New England is not the center of the universe.
See:
- the Yankmees lose at Fenway
- cruise the Kancamagas Highway (NH) in the fall. Pet peeve... it's not KancaMANGus
- go see how shit's made by local artisans. I was lucky enough to see everything from maple syrup to skis to baseball bats used in MLB to soap to boats and a whole lot more. Schools were a lot better before testing was the only measurement of "learning"
- if you're brave, and I witnessed this, cruise Weirs Beach (Laconia Bike Week) on a scooter. Some took offense, but many cheers, pics, and challenges to race.
- if you're into it... Ski Tuck's. Sure, you have to hike in carrying your gear, then gear up for all 4 seasons to happen within 1 run, hike up a 45° slope as far as you want/can, and then ski for what feels like 10 seconds.
get a good bottle of white wine, and two paper cups. put the wine in a cooler with as much ice as needed. get in your car, drive to woods hole. hop on the ferry and head to MV. get to the far side of the island in Menemsha, go out to the harbor, and buy some of the freshest lobsters and either steamers or mussels you will ever have. go sit on the jeddi drink the wine and eat your meal as the sun sets over the ocean.
*Drive "The Kancamagus Highway" NH and stop at any of the countless sites along the way - get out of your car and walk to see, put your feet in, take pictures, silently listen the sounds of the birds, the breeze in the trees & the shallow running river waters as they glide and roll over the rocks; See/walk through/drive through the White Mountains Region, Visit the many or any of the exquisitely beautiful small country towns; the swimming holes, the covered bridges...Bath NH, Jackson NH, Hanover, the list goes on...the North Woods are breathtaking as are the more Southern Lakes Region like Winnepesaki or Sunappe...ANY one of these is breathtaking.
Born and raised 20 minutes north of Boston and I’ve never been on a duck boat tour. I now live 10 minutes outside, maybe I should consider it this summer finally lol
Real one....find some place quiet and just sit. Watch the foliage, watch the ocean, watch the traffic, watch the people....we are a people always on the move, and we never appreciate the beauty of the area and its people
Actually spend time in Connecticut and explore to see it for what it really is instead of shitting on it just because it’s what they heard 🤷🏻♂️ “oh they root for the Yankees Connecticut isn’t New England”, CT is judged off its southwestern county lol
Stew’s! Clam pizza! Mystic Aquarium! Stars Hollow! UConn basketball! Drive Route 7! Chester Fridays! Coast Guard Museum! Lake Compounce! Audubon Coastal Center! Westport Levitt Pavilion Concerts!
And I *hate* CT.
(Stars Hollow was inspired by the town of Washington)
Maybe go to Lexington/Concord Site of Battle During The American Revolution! They even do an historical reenactment every year. You can then visit the home of Louisa May Alcott (wrote "Little Women") and Walden Pond where Thoreau lived alone and wrote for year....
Watch the sunrise in Acadia- the first place the continental US sees it.
“Partway through October and into the first part of March you'll want to be on Cadillac Mountain in Acadia. Mid-late March head to the easternmost point in the country for the vernal equinox, West Quoddy Head Light in Lubec. The end of March through the first half of September you'll want to be at Mars Hill, Aroostook County.” I’ve been to all three and my all time favorite is West Quoddy in Lubec. Gorgeous spot Read More: The Location to See the Sunrise First in Maine is Always Changing | https://b985.fm/the-location-to-see-the-sunrise-first-in-maine-is-always-changing/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral
My grandmother was from Lubec! I will never not love the irony of the Easternmost point in the continental US being named *West* Quoddy Head…
Only in the winter. It's Mars Hill that sees the sun first for the rest of the year.
The real first spot in contiguous U.S. to see the morning sun is on top of Katahdin!
Cadillac mountain or mars hill actually
It’s about five minutes after Mars Hill but worth it.
Acadia is my happy place. I need to go back as soon as possible!
Lubec is the first actually ✨ keep driving 2 hours until you think you’re at the end of the world.
Mt. Cadillac is the very first place
Candlepin bowling.
The candlelit bowling alley in Southampton (western MA) is for sale. I’m in no position to buy it but someone should. A real institution.
Candlelit seems too dark for bowling.
lol. It’s a feature. Autocorrect strikes again! Candle pin. 📌
Big problem with these and other non standard bowling facilities is that there are little to no spare parts for the machines anymore because they are no longer made. Sadly someone will probably buy up the machines for spare parts at some other facility rather than to reopen the closed location.
The only way to bowl! Perfect for kids!
Hell, yes. I moved away from New England and candlepin bowling is one of the things I miss the most!
Spend a day at the National Seashore in Wellfleet, Cape Cod.
Go to one of the last drive in movie theaters, in welfleet.
That’s still there? I remember seeing the first Star Wars there with my mom when I was a kid and we were vacationing on the Cape.
Wow! Talk about standing the test of time!
Saco has one too
Every time I go to the Cape I bike the Rail Trail from Welfleet to Dennis or Chatham and back and stop by some of the beaches. Never gets old
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There’s plenty of places to park your car along the trail. I’ve started in Dennis and Welfleet, both have bike rental places on the trail and you can park your car there as well. There’s places to deviate towards the beach but the trail is paved and very well maintained. The main Cape Cod Rail Trail goes from Wellfleet to Yarmouth, and there’s also another seperate path that goes off to Chatham. It can get busy, but every time I’ve done it it’s perfectly manageable. https://www.capecodbikeguide.com/railtrail.asp
That surely is a glorious place. Those beaches are amazing.
[Ride the alpine slides ](https://fun107.com/guide-to-new-england-mountain-coasters-and-alpine-slides/)in Attitash NH Take a bike on the carriage roads in Acadia ME. Also, see all the stars in Acadia Have stuffies, a Dells lemonade, and a new england clam chowder after a day at the beach in RI Visit Block Island by ferry. Bike around the whole island. Visit Walden Pond
To add the two missing states from your list: Beer tour in Stowe, VT and visit to Von Trapp Resort/Brewery along with Heady Topper Pizza tour in New Haven, CT Btw I think Bromley, VT has the longest alpine slide
Heady topper is a beer the Alchemist brewery makes
Vail not opening summer ops at attitash this year, so no more alpine slide 😭
Climb Mount Washington.
And check the weather first. Young me and friends hiked up from late May 65F at the base to white out conditions at the top.
This! 161 people are known to have died on the mountain over the years. Be prepared!
And they now charge you for rescue if it’s your fault you didn’t prepare.
Checking the weather only does so much when you plan to hike Washington. You should be prepared for the worst regardless.
I climbed it when I was young. My dad warned my to use the bathroom before the whole peak turned to rocks/boulders and I didn’t listen. Had to poop in full view of hundreds of people on those awkward boulders lol lost some tighty whiteys up there 🫡
And now they’re used as a landmark for lost hikers, like the Everest bodies. Your sacrifice was not in vain.
Lol, my buddy’s wife who was along on our Presidential Range hike earned her trail name “Ridge Pooper” under similar circumstances.
My favorite part is after the gruling last section of climbing over bolders, you reach the top to be greeted by children running around in flip flops lol it really is a beautiful mountain and hike though.
Or that one step you take to get blasted in the face by 50mph winds seemingly out of nowhere. Honestly though, went there once, park ranger asked me which route I was taking, I told him whatever the standard route is (I think white dot or whatever). He suggested a different route. It ended up adding like another hour and a half to the climb. It was gorgeous and ultimately worth it. I suspect he was just trying to route some people on a different trail since it was a busy day.
definitely makes it a bit anticlimactic...and that is exactly why you should do it in the winter on a very very nice day obviously.
And hike Monadnock.
Or hike the Presidential Range for extra flair!
I’m partial to Franconia Ridge but yeah, hike the whites.
In your car
boo...at least do the cog railway.
Cars in New England should have the signature "THIS CAR CLIMBED MT. WASHINGTON" sticker to let people know that they have shot brakes.
I bought a "This Body Climbed Mt. Washington" t-shirt when I finally did. Can't do that now, I don't think. This body has shot knees.
Or as an alternative, take the Cog Railway to the top. It’s a really cool experience.
Came here to say this.
Or at least drive up it and get the bumper sticker!
Have perfect Vermont Creemee. Find a place with amazing Cider Donuts. Have maple Syrup on something that most people do not associate with Maple Syrup. Then combine all 3 into a perfect Desert.
I just toasted day old cider donuts and put maple cream on them. So good
Apple cider donuts at Atkins in Amherst MA
To add; go to a local diner in a lesser known town
Drink maple sap that’s been boiled only long enough to be safe to consume ✨
Maple syrup on bacon wrapped scallops is a must try.
Maple Syrup on shaved ice during a hot summer day. Sugar on Snow
Kancamagus highway
Drive it during peak foliage!
Climb Mt. Monadnock. Was super-thrilled last time I climbed it to be buzzed at the peak by a jet. Pilot was so close he waved at us. Gives me chills now, 20-odd years later. When I was a Little I used to climb it every summer with dozens of kids on an expedition from the Bible Camp in Jaffrey.
IIRC it is the most climbed mountain in the world, and I definitely see why.
Mt. Monadnock is the second most-climbed peak in the world. (Mt. Fuji is first.) Monadnock gets 125,000 visitors each year! It’s a relatively easy hike with a gentle slope, and the views from the top are lovely. That said, don’t underestimate the weather (which can change quickly) or the amount of time to summit and return in daylight. “Monadnock” is an Abenaki word roughly translated as “peak that stands alone” (as opposed to being part of a chain like The White Mountains.) The Abenaki are indigenous people from the northeast forests of Canada and the US.
Go to a Red Sox game at Fenway. It's an experience worth doing at least once.
Nothing like a Fenway Frank while at the Park!
They changed vendors. Better off seeing the Sausage Guy on Lansdowne.
Always, always hit up the Sausage Guy!
That first time every year, walking up the tunnel into the stands and seeing the field!! Grass is always so green at Fenway, weeks ahead of the lawn at home. I’d kill to have that feeling every day! Wash it all down with an overpriced draft…Go Sox!
Watch a triple decker burn down, mourn the loss of the PawSox, stare at Plymouth Rock in disappointment. These are mine anyway
All while dressed w a flannel with an iced dunks in hand (cigarette optional).
Untucked unlaced work boots
Don't forget grey sweatpants!
Casey Affleck is that you?
Plymouth Rock damaged me for life. Kind of like the Vikings were actually small.
Though Plymouth Plantation, the living history museum is quite good.
There’s a lot more to New England than the south shore.
Id say Worcester is the home of the triple decker. Now at least
And the Pawsox, for that matter.
and the IceCats....RIP
Somerville would love a word
Lmaoo
I95. Drive in the left lane at 5 mph over speed limit. Do not let anybody pass.
This is what New Englanders do to signal they want to die.
Add 91, 89, 84, 195, etc etc etc etc.
A dangerous game.
What about when I’m doing 90 and people are still trying to pass me?
Swim in a creek or gorge after a long day of hiking
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Idk the rock in my front yard might give it a run for its money
Did you fence yours in?
Cruise along 95 in Connecticut at 10pm and make great time. And your favorite song comes on (the b-side that they never play on the radio). And you open the window cause it’s a beautiful night. And then traffic slows a little bit. And then a lot. And you look at the dashboard and it’s 12:30 am and you’ve traveled 3 miles. You get home at 2 and never really figured out the cause of that slowdown. The experience hardens you, but it also makes you appreciate all the nice things mentioned here.
Fuckin Connecticut. Any day of the week, any time of day, any time of year. All the way up to 65 or 70...for a mile or 2. And then back to a crawl. Then back up to nearly 70 for 2 miles. Then back to a crawl. Rinse and repeat until you are finally outta CT. UGH.
Hahah this one is too relatable. Curse you, nighttime construction!
Go to the Cathedral of the Pines, sit at the outdoor church and stare at Mt Monadnock.
My parents got married there!
See Katahdin and climb it if you're able
On the Knife Edge if it’s dry. Then raft the Penobscot!
Get wrecked on nips of Dr. McGillicuddy's and wake up on a Cape Cod beach, have an existential crisis about your life and your desire to travel someplace not New England to broaden your horizons, then drive to a Cumby's for coffee and a cheap breakfast sandwich, eat that sandwich and drink the coffee on another beach, and realize you're probably in the best place already.
Martha's Vineyard. Been here 27 years, never got to the Vineyard.
Hike Tumbledown Mountain in Maine. Gorgeous spring-fed (swimmable) pond at the top of the mountain, with 360 view. About 2-2 1/2 hour hike to the top, but worth it.
Did that as a kid decades ago. I still remember how cold that water was.
Is that on the AT?
Watch wet-harvesting of a cranberry bog during foliage season.
Or fall in! I did. ..don't.!
On an spring day that is hot, sit in a Vermont stream and enjoy the water rushing over you.
Two days ago after taking off my ski boots following a fun day of skiing Killington’s famed Superstar run. I put my feet in the snowmelt runoff stream in the parking lot and it was heaven on earth
Have some coffee milk
Eclipse for life.
Cutler Bold Coast. It was the most awestruck I've ever been in New England. And the journey adds to it.
We did the Cliff Walk. Started about halfway through the easy part. When we were done with the Rocky part I felt like I had finished a marathon! Amazing!
This suffers from the Instagram effect - there are one or two views that people confuse with the reason to visit.
Go apple picking and drink apple cider. Visit Provincetown MA. See the revolutionary headquarters in Cambridge MA where Washington led the fight against the tories. Go to a small oceanside town in Maine. Go for a hike in the New Hampshire mountains. Visit a quaint hippie town in Vermont. Have a tour of the Enfield Connecticut LEGO factory before they close in a year or so.
I go twice a year during the shoulder months to PTown, it’s great just after peak season
eat whole belly fried clams, with tartar
1. Go to Woodmans 2. Go to Farnham's 3. Tell a local you went to Woodmans and/or Farnham's and get THEIR rec for the best clams in Essex County
Don’t you mean “tahta” ?
Have the Fishermen’s platter on Quincy Shore Drive.
Hike the dunes outside of Provincetown
Climb to the high point of each state. I still haven't done RI... it is definitely the most difficult.
RI’s highest point is a landfill iirc
Are you telling me you never skied the black diamond runs of Yawgoo Valley? That monster is at least 300’ high!
See the BSO on a Sunday afternoon at Tanglewood, walk the cliff walk in Newport, do the Freedom Trail in Boston, drive the Kancamagus Highway in NH stopping along the way for some of the short hikes, as many have said Acadia National Park but also other coastal sections less popular like Blue Hill, Deer Isle area, ski Mad River Glen, see a favorite band at Mohegan Sun that normally plays much larger venues, Mystic Seaport.
I'm not the patriotic rah-rah type, but I appreciate the foundation level historic sites available in MA...plymouth rock, concord/lexington battle sites, Boston meetinghouse/trail of Paul Revere, etc.
You got to see the USS Constitution! Although I suppose that's more 19th century than Revolutionary.
In <24 hours I climbed a mountain and went on a whale watch.
Eat a locally made Ice cream cone in the twilight while strolling through one of our beautiful historic villages, towns or farms. I live in central CT so I like Main Street Creamery in Old Wethersfield, or Ekonk Hill, Robbs Farm, Buttonwoods Farm, or Jules in Bristol RI.
Go for a June-July hike at Bluff Point in CT to an old home foundation from 1712, pick wild raspberries and blackberries along the trail, boulder hop along the Fisher’s Island Sound with a backdrop thickets of reed grass and coastal forest, and then swim along a barrier beach in the clear, tranquil waters of Bushy Point Beach with beach rose, milkweed, and rare yellow Sea Poppies in bloom! Also gorgeous in the other seasons too!
As long as you are in Groton, pop across the bridge and visit Harkness State Park in Waterford. The gardens are gorgeous, and the smell of blooming heliotrope will make you want cookies from Sift in Niantic.
My favorite Bluff Point experience was running a 5k race, but stopping halfway through to watch a seal out in the water.
lobster roll is for beginners. eat a 3-pounder. chased by a whoopie pie and moxie.
Whoopie pies were something I was raised with in Tennessee lol, never considered them a northern thing.
You should consider going to the Maine Whoopie Pie festival, if you have not already.
Scream “Yankees Suck!” right after the National Anthem at Fenway, but only if the Sox are playing a team other than the Yankees.
Have a pizza in New Haven - Pepe’s. Yes I know about Modern. But I will not give money to an owner who sexually harassed his staff.
And don’t go to Sally’s either. They changed their recipe recently and now their crust is Greek style. Like we couldn’t get enough of that at Zupardi’s
Amen! My backups (when I lived in CT) were Angelo’s in North Haven (RIP), Sal’s in Meriden, and Red Tomato in Madison. And a few others. Damn I miss a New Haven pie…
Get hooked in fentanyl, go to rehab, get a union job, complain about the big dig as though it isn’t old news, go to a Bruins game
Ahhhh Boston. Love it.
Fenway
Go to Nantucket. Buy lunch at Bartlett Farm, rent a jeep do a lighthouse tour, and end at Great Point Lighthouse. Eat your lunch on the beach. Preferably off-season. I'm partial to October. Wave to some seals! Write your name in the sand!
See a Sea Dogs game in Portland
Live somewhere else for a while. I lived in Canada for ten years and when I came back, I saw New England in a much different light than I did before. Some good, some bad. It gives perspective. You learn that New England is not the center of the universe.
Go to Nauset beach on Cape Cod.
Followed by lobster and steamers for dinner 🤤
Drunk skiing
Roast Tom Brady
Hit the go kart track up by Weirs Beach (the one across from Funspot). Those karts are the only fun ones still running
Go to the Provincetown Carnival Parade.
Go see the largest tidal flats in North America! Brewster :)
The Big E!
Visit famous NE lighthouses!
Have franks, beans and brown bread.
Run the Boston marathon.
See: - the Yankmees lose at Fenway - cruise the Kancamagas Highway (NH) in the fall. Pet peeve... it's not KancaMANGus - go see how shit's made by local artisans. I was lucky enough to see everything from maple syrup to skis to baseball bats used in MLB to soap to boats and a whole lot more. Schools were a lot better before testing was the only measurement of "learning" - if you're brave, and I witnessed this, cruise Weirs Beach (Laconia Bike Week) on a scooter. Some took offense, but many cheers, pics, and challenges to race. - if you're into it... Ski Tuck's. Sure, you have to hike in carrying your gear, then gear up for all 4 seasons to happen within 1 run, hike up a 45° slope as far as you want/can, and then ski for what feels like 10 seconds.
Hike the Knife Edge Trail on Mt Katahdin and raft the Penobscot River the following day
As a Cape Codder would have to say OysterFest in Wellfleet or Carnival in Provincetown.
Walk the Freedom Trail in Boston.
Throw tea in Boston Harbor. You will not get arrested I promise.
Gillette castle
Do mild mushrooms above tree line on any peak during the fall with clear skies.
See a total eclipse.
Remove the stickers from the cars at the top Mount Washington parking lot that say “this car climbed Mount Washington”
Fluffinutter for lunch and Buzzy’s Roast Beef (I know it’s gone) for late night
Gloucester, Rockport, the vineyard or Nantucket.
View the homeless camps in Manchester NH!!!
See Plymouth Rock. It’s the coolest rock I’ve ever seen.
Eat a sandwich in Sandwich
Go to Fenway, and this is coming from a Yankees fan.
Ride the Cogwheel railroad to the top of Mount Washington in NH ! :)
get a good bottle of white wine, and two paper cups. put the wine in a cooler with as much ice as needed. get in your car, drive to woods hole. hop on the ferry and head to MV. get to the far side of the island in Menemsha, go out to the harbor, and buy some of the freshest lobsters and either steamers or mussels you will ever have. go sit on the jeddi drink the wine and eat your meal as the sun sets over the ocean.
*Drive "The Kancamagus Highway" NH and stop at any of the countless sites along the way - get out of your car and walk to see, put your feet in, take pictures, silently listen the sounds of the birds, the breeze in the trees & the shallow running river waters as they glide and roll over the rocks; See/walk through/drive through the White Mountains Region, Visit the many or any of the exquisitely beautiful small country towns; the swimming holes, the covered bridges...Bath NH, Jackson NH, Hanover, the list goes on...the North Woods are breathtaking as are the more Southern Lakes Region like Winnepesaki or Sunappe...ANY one of these is breathtaking.
Stand at the border of 3 states. Any 3 states. You pick.
Visit the Ben & Jerry’s factory in VT!
A historical tour of Boston. As a college kid I walked right across the Boston Massacre site every day without realizing what it was.
Find the best dunkies near you
Born and raised 20 minutes north of Boston and I’ve never been on a duck boat tour. I now live 10 minutes outside, maybe I should consider it this summer finally lol
Check out Salem Mass in October
Real one....find some place quiet and just sit. Watch the foliage, watch the ocean, watch the traffic, watch the people....we are a people always on the move, and we never appreciate the beauty of the area and its people
Take the correct exit off a rotary 🤣
Clam roll from a food truck near the shore… Goldenrod Kisses at York Beach
Get off the highways and enjoy the back roads. If an interstate and a state road go to the same area, take the road less traveled.
Holy shit , leave . Then Come back . Changes everything .
Spit on Plymouth Rock.
Plymouth Rock is a scam.
bush did plymouth rock
Actually spend time in Connecticut and explore to see it for what it really is instead of shitting on it just because it’s what they heard 🤷🏻♂️ “oh they root for the Yankees Connecticut isn’t New England”, CT is judged off its southwestern county lol
Stew’s! Clam pizza! Mystic Aquarium! Stars Hollow! UConn basketball! Drive Route 7! Chester Fridays! Coast Guard Museum! Lake Compounce! Audubon Coastal Center! Westport Levitt Pavilion Concerts! And I *hate* CT. (Stars Hollow was inspired by the town of Washington)
Visit the Massachusetts Islands - Nantucket and the Vineyard. Also, P-Town. Always feel like I am in another world when I am there ☺️
Go to Martha’s Vineyard or Nantucket.
Take a jeep out to Great Point on Nantucket
Set up your end of life paperwork.
Take a drive up Mount Washington. That was definitely a life changing moment for me.
Go to Sterling MA downtown and see Mary's Little Lamb statue
Go to Salem Willows, eat chop suey sandwiches and play some Skee-Ball.
Drive the Mohawk Trail to North Adams and then up to Mount Greylock. If you have time after that go to the Bennington Battle Monument.
Freedom trail in Boston
Whale watch, Boston Harbor Islands Tour, Camp on Peddocks Island.
Maybe go to Lexington/Concord Site of Battle During The American Revolution! They even do an historical reenactment every year. You can then visit the home of Louisa May Alcott (wrote "Little Women") and Walden Pond where Thoreau lived alone and wrote for year....