{"id":89647,"date":"2020-03-15T07:03:27","date_gmt":"2020-03-15T11:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=89647"},"modified":"2020-03-19T08:03:41","modified_gmt":"2020-03-19T12:03:41","slug":"four-states-in-two-days-a-whirlwind-tour-of-the-eastern-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=89647","title":{"rendered":"Four states in two days &#8212; A whirlwind tour of the Eastern US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Why would we want to drive through four states in two days, you ask? Well&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>We had this crazy need to see the ocean to reset our brains. Plus, it was spring break and it seems to be a mandatory thing for families to go somewhere during the school break and Instagram about it (sarcasm). <\/p>\n<p>Realistically, this trip would help us knock 2-more states off our bucket list and get us closer to becoming a member of the &#8220;All Fifty States Club.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The day one plan was to drive through New York and Vermont to get to New Hampshire. On day two we&#8217;d drive through parts of Maine and head back to Qu\u00e9bec through New Hampshire.<\/p>\n<p>It seems like a lofty goal, but we like road trips and sitting for long periods at a time (sarcasm).<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-89647 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=89648'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/sm-2020-03-03-08.42.05-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Welcome to New York Sign\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-89648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/sm-2020-03-03-08.42.05-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/sm-2020-03-03-08.42.05-140x140.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-89648'>\n\t\t\t\tWelcome to New York Sign\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=89649'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/sm-2020-03-04-11.16.21-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Welcome to Maine Sign\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-89649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/sm-2020-03-04-11.16.21-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/sm-2020-03-04-11.16.21-140x140.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-89649'>\n\t\t\t\tWelcome to Maine Sign\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=89650'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/sm-2020-03-03-12.58.15-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"New Hampshire State Line Sign\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-89650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/sm-2020-03-03-12.58.15-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/sm-2020-03-03-12.58.15-140x140.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-89650'>\n\t\t\t\tNew Hampshire State Line Sign\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=89651'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/sm-2020-03-03-09.15.07-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Vermont Street Sign\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-89651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/sm-2020-03-03-09.15.07-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/sm-2020-03-03-09.15.07-140x140.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-89651'>\n\t\t\t\tVermont Street Sign\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>We probably could have knocked off more states, but we knew we were working against the COVID-19 clock so we cut our losses and added New Hampshire and Maine to the list of visited states. <\/p>\n<p>The count is now 25! We are at the halfway point and need to start visiting more inner states! <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-14-at-10.47.55-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"891\" height=\"561\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-14-at-10.47.55-PM.png 891w, https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-14-at-10.47.55-PM-595x375.png 595w, https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-14-at-10.47.55-PM-552x348.png 552w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 891px) 100vw, 891px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nWhy would we want to drive through four states in two days,&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=89647\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Four states in two days &#8212; A whirlwind tour of the Eastern US&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89758,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[742,741,34,701],"tags":[743],"class_list":["post-89647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-maine","category-new-hampshire","category-us","category-vermont","tag-new-hampshire","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=89647"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90499,"href":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89647\/revisions\/90499"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/89758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}