Let me first say this about our hotel - clean, yes and a decent hot breakfast and a great looking lobby.... after that we are fairly disappointed with the worst mattresses ever and a terribly put together bathroom. Good thing there is a giant jet tub in the main room, because the tub in the bathroom has a faucet at one end and a drain at the other, so in terms of a bath, you either get a faucet in the back or a drain in the bum. The shower head hangs on with c...

We left Freeport, Maine this morning after a restful sleep in our hotel and a cheap, hearty breakfast at the Freeport Cafe immediately beside the Best Western. I had the hugest and yummiest bowl of homemade oatmeal there and the pancakes were literally the size of the plates. The drive today was fairly short in comparison to yesterday, however we had a lot of difficulty navigating the final three km's to our hotel (another Best Western) as the roads and turnoff...

We left early this morning and grabbed breakfast at Tim's. The first day of driving on trips is always difficult for our family as we struggle to find the right balance in the close confines of the van. Brooke's nose and stomach combined forces to launch a complaint against the noxious stench of the vanilla air freshener that James had purchased and we now have a load of laundry to wash not even half a day's drive into our trip. After fortifying ourselves at d...