Staycation

Given that freezing temps happened overnight last night and I even saw some snow flurries in the sky briefly yesterday, summer is pretty much a distant memory. However, in the effort of "catching up" the blog, I've got to get our last summer hurrah documented.

Our initial big summer vacation plan was to do a Disney cruise. Well, for multiple reasons, that got scrapped and we quite frankly couldn't find a destination we were as excited about as the cruise. Since the kids were sick most of the summer and we hadn't done a lot of summery stuff as a family, we opted for a staycation to fit in all of the summer fun we had missed.

First off, of course, was a few days at our beloved NH home. We hit some familiar favorite spots and even did a few things that we hadn't done before.

The Polar Caves is one of our favorite places in the world and we always enjoy going there. And, this year, they even had fun new stuff to play on before getting to the climbing of the rock caves.

New Fun Cut Outs
My cute polar bear and moose!

Our Old Bear Pal

Always gotta get your smooches on the kissing bridge!

We hopped up on this chair and then all were surprised by the quick slide back.

One of the new things we did was the Cannon Mountain Tramway in Franconia Notch. We've passed it about a million times but never stopped to take it up.

Waiting For Our Tram

The views from the top were absolutely stunning! The clouds were threatening rain but passed around and over without getting us.

Heading Back Down

The below is a picture is a small mountain at the top of the notch that is one of our favorite hikes. You you can see it here from earlier in the summer. Little did we know the rocks we've scrambled down several times held a profile of a face. Can you see it?

Our vacation was off to a great start!