{"id":137,"date":"2021-05-24T11:22:47","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T18:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waywardhounds-com.preview-domain.com\/?p=137"},"modified":"2022-10-21T11:08:02","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T18:08:02","slug":"back-to-new-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waywardhounds.com\/?p=137","title":{"rendered":"Back to New England"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"viewer-foo\">I haven&#8217;t been in New England for several years &#8211; and Kate has never been. I spent all of my life in Northern New England so it has been interesting to see it with fresh eyes &#8211; and tourist eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-ekbkn\">We spent a few weeks in eastern Pennsylvania &#8211; see also the blog on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelwithdave.org\/post\/pennsylvania-dutch\"><u>Lancaster<\/u><\/a>. I have a high school friend who has spent her adult life in the area and she showed us around and gave us a great time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/39f52b_254c3c09b63e42f5abd52419bbe85173~mv2.jpg\/v1\/fill\/w_584,h_389,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto\/39f52b_254c3c09b63e42f5abd52419bbe85173~mv2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the five beautiful covered bridges in the area<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/39f52b_f73a153b20cd4737a57c593519d3761d~mv2.jpg\/v1\/fill\/w_584,h_276,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto\/39f52b_f73a153b20cd4737a57c593519d3761d~mv2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunset on Blue Mountain<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-2rc32\">We stayed at one of Carolyn&#8217;s friends houses in their yard at the base of Blue Mountain. These two photos are from the top of the mountain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/39f52b_677d53d450d644348501238e08047ceb~mv2.jpg\/v1\/fill\/w_584,h_952,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto\/39f52b_677d53d450d644348501238e08047ceb~mv2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-ftj6g\">The farm we were at used to be a dairy farm &#8211; I love old barns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/39f52b_84cf2096c75a4c5bbb9c43d2dfa87077~mv2.jpg\/v1\/fill\/w_584,h_345,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto\/39f52b_84cf2096c75a4c5bbb9c43d2dfa87077~mv2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/39f52b_8ec27aa6becd44b18d8b8b14870d3238~mv2.jpg\/v1\/fill\/w_584,h_389,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto\/39f52b_8ec27aa6becd44b18d8b8b14870d3238~mv2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/39f52b_ac2be8926c27426b82e404b449e3ca85~mv2.jpg\/v1\/fill\/w_584,h_438,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto\/39f52b_ac2be8926c27426b82e404b449e3ca85~mv2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The three of us at a vineyard wine tasting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-2cshg\">We took a day and went up the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Delaware_Water_Gap\"><u>Delaware water gap<\/u><\/a> &#8211; wonderful twisty road with water falls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/39f52b_e343f27e46134f67972fc75698e0f322~mv2.jpg\/v1\/fill\/w_584,h_876,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto\/39f52b_e343f27e46134f67972fc75698e0f322~mv2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/39f52b_8a41d9cdba2e43c1bc1ced303e4728e5~mv2.jpg\/v1\/fill\/w_584,h_876,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto\/39f52b_8a41d9cdba2e43c1bc1ced303e4728e5~mv2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-4vpbh\">Kate and I took a day and went to Bethlehem to see the old <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bethlehem_Steel\"><u>steel company<\/u><\/a>. I am ever fascinated with old equipment and factories. I have been here a couple of times and still haven&#8217;t been able to show the scale of the operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/39f52b_6acef88db57049c1af886ef94e555780~mv2.jpg\/v1\/fill\/w_584,h_388,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto\/39f52b_6acef88db57049c1af886ef94e555780~mv2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/39f52b_659f0318ad8846c7ac3d092791a6f129~mv2.jpg\/v1\/fill\/w_584,h_359,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto\/39f52b_659f0318ad8846c7ac3d092791a6f129~mv2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/39f52b_674cb94292064970963d0e0fbb2f507d~mv2.jpg\/v1\/fill\/w_584,h_389,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto\/39f52b_674cb94292064970963d0e0fbb2f507d~mv2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/39f52b_472611ba5afa43379e42d44432955397~mv2.jpg\/v1\/fill\/w_584,h_389,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto\/39f52b_472611ba5afa43379e42d44432955397~mv2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/39f52b_96ec2c9297864e198ddd2816ad422dbc~mv2.jpg\/v1\/fill\/w_584,h_876,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto\/39f52b_96ec2c9297864e198ddd2816ad422dbc~mv2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/39f52b_b25cce16ddff4e3483ad5eb55824d33e~mv2.jpg\/v1\/fill\/w_584,h_389,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto\/39f52b_b25cce16ddff4e3483ad5eb55824d33e~mv2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I haven&#8217;t been in New England for several years &#8211; and Kate has never been. I spent all of my life in Northern New England so it has been interesting to see it with fresh eyes &#8211; and tourist eyes. We spent a few weeks in eastern Pennsylvania &#8211; see also the blog on Lancaster. I have a high school friend who has spent her adult life in the area and she showed us around and gave us a great time! One of the five beautiful covered bridges in the area Sunset on Blue Mountain We stayed at one of Carolyn&#8217;s friends houses in their yard at the base of Blue Mountain. These two photos are from the top of the mountain. The farm we were at used to be a dairy farm &#8211; I love old barns. The three of us at a vineyard wine tasting. We took a day and went up the Delaware water gap &#8211; wonderful twisty road with water falls. Kate and I took a day and went to Bethlehem to see the old steel company. I am ever fascinated with old equipment and factories. I have been here a couple of times and still haven&#8217;t been able to show the scale of the operation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":681,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family","category-places"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/waywardhounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/waywardhounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/waywardhounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waywardhounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waywardhounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=137"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/waywardhounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":138,"href":"https:\/\/waywardhounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137\/revisions\/138"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waywardhounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/waywardhounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waywardhounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waywardhounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}