New England Roadtrip: 2nd Edition

Blazer Beach

With the Wedding as the midpoint of the Northeast Adventure, Alexis and I set out the very next day for some northeast culture and experiences.

P-town (Provincetown, Mass)
On the very end of Cape Cod is the fun little town of Provincetown. This is a quaint little harbor is home to the very 1st landing of the pilgrims. It is also very famous for some the sailing races that occur around the point. However during our visit there was one lesser known event that takes place at P-town. We stumbled into Bear Week. This is one week during the month of July where the town hosted events catered to gay men of a specific style. We saw many different types of bears, bear parties, and bear shops.

We also went to race point and swam in the ocean of the north Atlantic. It was quite cold but very quiet and relaxing. It was much better than the other beaches of the inner cape, which cost you $20 to park and use the beach. I also got some fantastic #Blazershots by the beach.

Boston, Mass
This town was crazy stressful and very hectic, I wasn’t a fan. It may have been the area we were in, but it was not very enjoyable and the stores wouldn’t let you use the bathrooms, or said they didn’t have any.

Hampton/Portsmouth, NH

Took a detour to Hampton Beach and swam in some warmer Northeast Water, however I got eaten by waterbugs
Stopped at a little local brewery and ate some cheeses

Camden Hills State Park, Maine

Spent the night at Camden Hills Parked
Hiked up the Lower summit right at dusk
Lots of Moths
Tree branch almost crushed the tent
Got fancy coffee in town in the morning

Acadia National Park

Camped at Seawall Campground
Precipice Trail and Cliffs Closed due to stupid Peregrine Falcons
Hiked Beehive Cliffs (fun rebar trail)
Swam at sand beach (very very cold)
Looked the otter cliffs
Topped out Cadillac Mountain
Hiked up Echo Cliffs (Alexis ate wild blueberries the top)
Pizza in quiet Southwest Harbor
Try to attend a nature talk that the campground, but was eaten by mosquitoes
Had “old grumpy man” coffee at Bar Harbor
Whale Watching trip on the Atlantic-cat
Saw puffins, seals, dolphins, harbor porpoises, fin whales and lots of birds.
Drove blazer out on the bar at Bar Harbor, nicely pissing off overly entitled rich people

White Mountains , NH

Drove from Acadia to White mountains, saw lots of backwoods Maine folk
Lots of summer camps
Got an awesome slushy in Gorham
Saw Mt Washington without cloud cover
Saw a Moose and calf
Hiked Glen Ellis Falls
Saw Black Bear
Got Beer at Awesome Artisan Beer Shop in Glen, NH
Went to Cathedral Ledge, checked out awesome routes, and helped a climber to the top
Drove on Bear Notch Rd, and Kancamagus Highway
Got hit with a super bad thunderstorm
Had Dinner at the Woodstock Inn Station and Brewery, (big meals, lots of dead animals, and lots of random rooms)
Alexis got a awesome room at the Franconia Notch Motel
Hiked the Flume in the morning. Lots of waterfalls
Went to Rumney and climbed a couple sport climbs and swam in the river.

Harford/Catamount, Vt

- Stopped by the crazy Vermont Country Store
- A town filled with Colorful Cat statues
- Local brewery stop
- The Gunks, NY
- Camped at trailer park behind someone’s house.
- Went to the Shwanagunks Park.
- Got climbing passes and climbed 2 routes at the Trapps