Road Trip ’08 – Day 16

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Starting Location: Hilton Head Island, SC Destination: Hilton Head Island, SC Dining Locations: Tide Me Over, Disney’s Hilton Head Island Resort, SC; Signals, Disney’s Hilton Head Island Resort, SC; Scott’s Fish Market, Hilton Head Island, SC Travel Time: 0 min We awoke to a beautiful, sunshiny morning on the last full day of our road trip. It is always amazing… Read more »

Road Trip ‘08 – Day 15

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Starting Location: Holly Springs, NC Destination: Hilton Head, SC Dining Locations: Cracker Barrel, (Location: TBD); Giuseppi’s Calzone Delivery, Hilton Head Island, SC Travel Time: 5 hours We awoke to another hot and beautiful day in Holly Springs. Hunter was clockwork as usual at 6:45 ready to pat Max on the nose a couple hundred more times. Hunter wanted to make… Read more »

Road Trip ‘08 – Day 14

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Starting Location: Holly Springs, NC Destination: Holly Springs, NC Dining Locations: Chipotle, Cary, NC; Parker and Otis, Durham, NC; The Fractured Prune, Raleigh, NC Travel Time: 0 hours (except for touring around the city) We awoke to the relaxing comfort of casa de la Griffin in warm Holly Springs. Hunter again found the magic 6:45 am time to work on… Read more »

Road Trip ‘08 – Day 13

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Starting Location: Hershey, PA Destination: Holly Springs, NC Dining Locations: Room Service, The Hershey Lodge, Hershey, PA; Glory Days Grill, Lorton, VA; Fran’s Bistro Chicken Pasta Salad, Holly Springs, NC Travel Time: 7 hours (and 12 viewings of the road trip video) After waking up to Hunter the rooster at his normal 6:45 calling, we were happy to find that… Read more »

Road Trip ’08 – Day 12

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Starting Location: Hershey, PA Destination: Hershey, PA Dining Locations: Kit Kat Cafe, Hershey, PA, Bear’s Den, Hershey, PA Travel Time: 4 minutes to the park I think I’ll call this one “Greetings from the Comfiest Bed on Earth” or “Greetings from the Town That Poisoned Me.” You decide after reading. Emily here again. In an effort to catch up before… Read more »

Road Trip ’08 – Day 11

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Starting Location: Tarrytown, NY Destination: Hershey, PA Dining Locations: Hot Bagels, Oakland, NJ; Red Robin, Hershey, PA Travel Time: 4 hours (some bad turns in there) After a beautiful night’s sleep for the three of us, we were excited to hit the road to Hershey, PA. We repacked our 12 bags, which has gotten to be the norm, and headed… Read more »

Road Trip ’08 – Day 10

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Starting Location: Kennebunkport, ME Destination: Tarrytown, NY Dining Locations: Merriland Farms, Wells, ME; The Striped Bass, Tarrytown, NY Travel Time: 4 very quiet hours We awoke to a very strange sight outside our hotel window, the sun. That’s right, it started out and ended up being a beautiful day today. We awoke to the beautiful sound of our Hunter alarm… Read more »

Road Trip ’08 – Day 9

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Starting Location: Kennebunkport, ME Destination: Kennebunkport, ME Dining Locations: Henry VIII Carvery, Kennebunkport, ME; The Maine Diner, Wells, ME Travel Time: None Today was a continuation of the rainy weather that we have been experiencing the the last few days. Today it was paired with a bit colder weather as well. Being that my favorite days are cold, rainy and… Read more »

Road Trip ‘08 – Day 8

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Starting Location: Portsmouth, NH Destination: Kennebunkport, ME Dining Locations: The Friendly Toast, Portsmouth, NH; The Clam Shack, Kennebunkport, ME; Atlantic Pizza, Kennebunkport, ME Travel Time: 1 hour The weather today started much like yesterday ended, overcast and rainy. Lucky the rain wasn’t constant and it wasn’t here to stay. We decided to grab some breakfast and much needed shopping before… Read more »

Road Trip ’08 – Day 7

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Starting Location: Boston, MA Destination: Portsmouth, NH Dining Locations: The Black Cow, Hamilton, MA; The Blue Mermaid, Portsmouth, NH Travel Time: 3 hours (taking US1) Guest journalist Emily here… Patrick is snoring next to me. Today we woke up in Boston, threw open the curtains, and saw…. rain. Misty, grey, only-in-New-England rain. The weather on the TV was no more… Read more »