Together We Travel

02/03/2025

We had a fabulous time on the free maple tour at Ben's Sugar Shack & The Maple Station Market in Temple, NH. With a tour leaving every 15 minutes, it was very easy to get in line and start the tour. The first half is on a wagon that takes you out to one of their stands of trees. Next, you hop off and learn about the trees and the tapping process. After a short ride back to the store, you get to see the giant boiler and ask Ben any questions you might still have!

And they are so generous with the free samples. Sugar on snow, 3 grades of syrup, maple cream, maple cotton candy, maple cookies and more! If you're in the area, I highly recommend taking one of their weekend tours in March. It was informative for all ages, and if you have accessibility issues, you can skip the wagon portion and go straight to the delicious treats.

26/02/2025

26/02/2025

People don’t tend to associate Death Valley with fungi, and with good cause–it’s the driest place in North America. Yet, they find a way!

One mushroom in particular, Podaxis pistillarus, or the desert shaggy mane, is an unusual mushroom that thrives in dry and hot desert landscapes. These eye-catching white-to-brown fruiting bodies carry spores to help the fungus reproduce, while most of the organism lives underground. If you visit Death Valley, keep an eye out for these desert weirdos, and please leave them in place for others to enjoy!

📍 Death Valley National Park

Alt Text: A white mushroom with a shaggy cap and stem grows out of sandy soil. NPS/B. Garcia

26/02/2025

If you're a local to New England, try to get outside and enjoy some sunshine this morning! It feels so good. Take a moment to close your eyes, let the sun shine on your face and just breathe.

25/02/2025

Our latest video is out! Check it out here:

We got some good hiking in at Thingvellir, and then it was time to head to our lodging for the night: Bjork Guesthouse. Our guesthouse was also right around ...

24/02/2025

Can you believe it's already almost March? That means maple season is almost upon us!
Do you have any favorite sugar shacks or maple treats?

The days are getting longer here in New England, and we’ve finally broken out of that frigid weather. The sun has been out, we’ve seen more hungry birds and a few peeks of blue skies. With the sun and warmer temperatures, it is time to talk about maple season. During the month of March, many [.....

23/02/2025

Normalize accessible beaches.

22/02/2025

Has anyone been on this tour? I think we will go next month!

Save the date for a Free Maple Tour every Saturday and Sunday in March 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Make sure to plan breakfast or lunch with us, go for a wagon ride to the woods and end it with a hot maple donut or our famous maple creemee ❤️🍁✅ PLEASE SHARE THIS POST

No reservation required 🕓
Tours start every 20 minutes ✅
Rain or Shine ❄️🌨️
Dress warm and wear boots 👢
See how we tap our trees and collect sap 🌳
Watch Ben boil on our new evaporator 🍁
Learn why squirrels make us crazy 🐿️
See why maple syrup is truly liquid gold 💰
Enjoy a scenic wagon ride 🚜
Taste Sugar on snow any weekend ❄️
Fill up on so many maple samples 🍩 🍦 🥜
Interact with our amazing tour guides (Joe, Nile, Tom, Nick and Josh) ❤️✅
Pets are allowed but must stay outside 🐕
Last half of tour is Handicap accessible ♿

Learn more here⬇️
https://bensmaplesyrup.com/pages/maple-tours-2022

8 Webster hwy Temple NH 03084
603-924-3111

21/02/2025

One of my favorite library events is coming in May. It's 100% free to attend, including all the panels! Check out one of the guests this year!

We're so excited to have illustrator Ellen T Crenshaw join us this year! Ellen is the creator of The Babysitter's Club graphic novel adaptations of "Stacey's Mistake" and "Kristy and the Walking Disaster" by Ann M Martin. She is also the co-creator of "Kiss Number 8" with Colleen AF Venable.

21/02/2025

Effective 2/24/25, Visitor Centers in both districts will be closed on Mondays until further notice. We regret any inconvenience.

21/02/2025

On a sad note, plan for all US national parks to be closed or shortened opening this year due to staffing issues. The closures are starting to be announced already. I'll try to share some as I see them.

If this upsets you as it does me, please contact your representatives and let them know how you feel. The current administration cut the funding for these amazing places.

20/02/2025

Our next video is out, and this time with better quality! Plus, a teaser for the next one is up. It's pretty funny.

It is another frozen, gray February day here in New England. But, it’s a great time to get cozy with a cup of tea and watch the next installment of our relaxing driving videos. This latest video is our drive from Reykjavik to þingvellir in the Golden Circle. My husband, Kevin, has been putting to...

19/02/2025

February is trying to kill me with the cold wind! Anyone else ready for spring?
https://together-we-travel.com/frozen-in-february/

10/02/2025

Do you know what all services your library offers? See how your local library can help with your travel budget in my latest post!

How is your wallet doing these days? From groceries to utilities, it seems like the cost of everything is continuing to go up. I was out running errands this morning and happened to drive home past our local library. I love the library so much, and not just for the free books. If you have […]

06/02/2025

A heads up for travel to Santorini. Stay safe everyone.

Greece has declared a state of emergency on Santorini after hundreds of undersea earthquakes shook the resort island for nearly a week.

05/02/2025

Stay safe, Iceland! If you're visiting, heed the warnings. Iceland weather doesn't mess around.

UPDATE: The Icelandic Met Office has upgraded the storm warning to RED across the entire country (except for dwellers of that utopia known as the Westfjords).

Parents in Reykjavík are being asked to pick up their children from school and afterschool programs immediately. The Met Office is predicting wind damage from this violent storm and advises people to stay indoors.

More details in the link in the first comment.

04/02/2025

Part two of our Iceland road trip video is up in which you can observe us getting more and more tired as the day goes on... read more here.

We’ve uploaded the second video in our Iceland series, and this one is pretty hilarious. We flew out of Boston at 7:15pm, and we arrived in Iceland at 4:45am. We got a nice burst of adrenaline early on, but that chemical jolt (and the coffee) started to fade as the day went on…and on…and on. [...

31/01/2025

It was a cold, windy, wet day on Snæfellsnes Peninsula in Iceland when we went. But we still managed to have a great time!

On our second to last day in Iceland, we took a chance with the weather and decided to go see the Snæfellsnes Peninsula. We drove from Reykholt, and circled the peninsula counter clockwise north to south, ending the day by Ytri Tunga. It was a cold, wet, snowy, and foggy day as we set out, […]