Wednesday, June 22, 2022

2022 Summer Road Trip

So we made a hell of a road trip to go to Nathan's friends wedding in Canada. 

All of my full length reviews can be found on my Yelp page :) 

Day One: Driving - We have a friend who lives in Arkansas so we were able to crash there for the first night!

Day Two: We stopped in Nashville, TN at a place called Vegelicious. (513B Fisk St., Nashville, TN 37203).  It was DELICIOUS!  I totally forgot about the time change so we made it to Aberdeen, MD WAYYYY later than I thought we would've.  The hotel (super 8) was not friendly upon check in. They felt the need to continually call and remind me that we were super late.  Upon check in they told me that if I was any longer, they were going to cancel our room and give it to someone else.  Because they clearly had people beating down their door for rooms (sarcasm). 

Aberdeen, MD you are beautiful 


Day Three: Lunch was at a place called Grass Roots Kitchen. We stopped at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.  Oh my god! What an absolutely GORGEOUS cemetery! 




Day Three
: After sleepy hollow, we drove up to Manhatton - Never mind the almost $100 in tolls we racked up in NY! EEK!! High Line Park is SOO COOL! We met up and had dinner with one of my friends in downtown Manhattan and let me tell you - compared to Dallas, I felt SO SAFE there.  Even though my anxiety was through the roof with the amount of people during the day, at night. I was happy as hell walking around there. 


Day Four: Salem, MA - I love you.. So much.  We basically did all the free things around Salem.  The next time we go back to Salem, I am spending so much money. 







Some of the free things we did:
  •  Picture: Max & Dani's House (HOCUS POCUS)
    4 Ocean Ave., Salem, MA 01970
  • Picture: The Witch House
    310 Essex St., Salem, MA 01970
  • Walk around The Witch Village
    282 Derby St., Salem, MA 01970
  • Walk around Salem Commons
    30 Washington Square, Salem, MA 01970
  • Winter Island
  • Samuel Parris Archaeological Site
    65 Centre St., Danvers, MA 01923


Day Five: Niagara Falls - on the Canadian side. There are no words.  It's magical. Amazing.  A must do. There is an excursion we took that brings you right up in the horse shoe of the falls. Do it.  Viewing the falls from the top is one thing, but from the bottom super close is unforgettable.  There was also another one that allows you to walk behind the falls, but we got there too late and missed out.







Day Six: Toronto.  It's pretty dirty IMO, but it's fun to walk around.  I don't know that I have the "I want to go back to Toronto" vibe, but it was great to experience it. We walked around Cherry Beach, Toronto Island Park, Graffiti Alley and a Skullstore Oddity Shop.  CN Tower was really cool as well! We ate dinner at a place called Storm Crow Manor, which was SUCH A COOL EXPERIENCE. Especially the downstairs bathroom!