Filed under: Arts and Culture, Hiking, Learning, Skiing, Festivals and Events, Stories, Ecotourism, Budget Travel, Travel Deals When I think of Maine, I think of leaping off barnacle covered rocks into the ocean and eating clams dipped in butter in Ogunquit like I did one summer when I went there to...

#1 Son is doing better.  We met his bus over at school at 1:32AM.  He shuffled off and fell right into the back seat of the car while bursting into the tears he had been holding in all day.  He was still draining god awful stuff from the ear, but his temperature had gone back down and...

The weather today turned warmer but rainy.  Most of our snow has melted but fresh stuff is expected any time now.  Mr. FGK and I nearly canceled our trip to the river because of the rain.  But the dogs were persuasive and we went. The Niagara River this morning: This picture was taken...

The island that we live on is shaped like an over sized comma, curving into a near point at it's southern base.  This is where the Niagara River splits around the island as it travels towards Niagara Falls.  Located at this southern point is a State Park called Beaver Island.  In wint...