My road trip smile.
First stop: Staten Island, NY to visit dear daughter. This is the view of the Statue of Liberty from the ferry.
Frugal road trippers take note: the Staten Island ferry is FREE!
We dodged lots of tourists and bicycles walked the Brooklyn Bridge with our daughter.
After a night as guests in our child’s teeny tiny but oh so cute studio apartment, my hub and I headed north.
If my phone’s camera could roll its eyes (lens?) it would’ve after the many shots I took of barns and silos.
Copake Falls, New York.
This is where the northernmost section of Taconic State Park is located.
You have to walk to Massachusetts to get to Bash Bish Falls.
Note to frugal walkers: this is 3/4 mile from the New York (Taconic state park) lot.
Lots of dragonflies at the falls. Always nice to make new friends.
There’s also lots of stairs. 🙂
Bash Bish Falls–the highest single-drop waterfall in Massachusetts.
Bash Bish–try to say that three times fast.
Another new hiking pal.
Stayed tuned: Next up, more barns Vermont!!
Happy Friday!
Coleen Patrick 
My grandfather came from Staten Island. His father worked on the Staten Island ferry, and yet I’ve never been on the ferry or Staten Island. It’s one of those things I always say I’m going to do. Looks like a wonderful trip! Thanks for sharing.
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It’s interesting how sometimes we don’t do the things that are closest to home/or what we think we know! I’ve lived in one place for the last 18 years, but there’s still so much I haven’t seen. I really liked the ferry. I hadn’t been on one for a long time. 🙂
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That looks like such a fun trip! I love your photos!
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Thanks, Liz!!
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Beautiful pictures!!!!
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🙂 🙂 🙂
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Amazing pictures, Coleen!
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Thank you, CJ!
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Looks like you had a wonderful trip Coleen =) Beautiful pictures!
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We did! Road trips are so much fun. 🙂 Thanks, Amanda.
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Love the barns – you can never have too many barns. It looks like you had a great time visiting and vacationing – take the snail’s pace to summer.
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Am with you about the barns! Thanks for the barn shout-outs on Twitter too! 🙂
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Very cool! Looks like fun. And your daughter looks so happy.
I’m looking forward to round 2 of the photo essay.
Patricia Rickrode
w/a Jansen Schmidt
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Round two coming soon! Thanks, Patricia. 🙂
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Cool road trip! I’m impressed with your dragonfly pic. They fly off so quick. Enjoy your road trip
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I agree, they do fly off fast. This one seemed to be happy to model. 😉
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I’m envious of your fun road trips–oh, that I had the vacation time! Nice to see a mix of city and country, too. 🙂 When I was in NYC for RWA in 2011, my friend and I walked across the Brooklyn Bridge–it was really cool!
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Isn’t the bridge cool? I can’t believe it took me so long to do that. Plus, got to love that it’s free. 🙂 Thanks, Jennette!
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Bash bish, bash bish, bash bish! lol. Coleen, what an amazing trip! You take the best pictures girl. Glad you had a nice visit with your daughter. What a fantastic vaca. 🙂
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You did it! 🙂 For some reason I kept reversing the name. Starting with Bish makes more sense according to my brain. Ha ha. Thanks, Karen!
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These pictures made me smile! (As do most of your posts!)
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Thanks! Love to induce smiles. 😉
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Great pictures! And what fun. I wonder if we were in Vermont at the same time??
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Maybe?! I remember seeing you post an IG pic when we were heading out. Great (road tripper) minds think alike…
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I love following along on your trip through your photos! Is your daughter in NYC for school or work? I hope to go there in Jan for the SCBWI conference…it’ll be my first time even though I lived in DE for 3 years and was only a 3-4 hour drive from there then. 🙂
Love the dragonfly!
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She’s in NY for work and school. 🙂 I went to the NYC SCBWI conference a few years ago (before I was really online.) Keynote speakers were my favorite part, but I wonder if now it would be meeting people I’ve met online?! 🙂
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Wait a minute… you have a daughter old enough to have her own apartment? I love your ‘road trip smile’ and see the apple does not fall far from the tree in the looks department. Beautiful photos, Colleen… I love the Barn one… well both of them.
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Thanks, Ted! She’s 19, so in my mind, just a baby renting out a studio apt. 🙂
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Coleen loved the pics on your holiday the barns and the beautiful bugs and I never grow tired of seeing pictures of NY either. My sister just returned from there. Bringing back many fun memories. That dragonfly was stunning by the way.
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I feel like every time I go to New York I see something new. Love that about it. 🙂 Thanks!
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Great photos, especially the close-ups of the bugs. Beautiful. What kind of camera do you use? I’ve been using a point-and-shoot and/or phone for many years now, (after years of film-based SLR) but am thinking about investing in a digital SLR. There are so many choices, it’s hard to even know where to begin in narrowing it down, so I am going to collect a few recommendations and make a decision.
BTW, have never been to Bash Bish Falls, but it’s within striking distance, so I sense a road trip there at some future point!
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Right now I’m using my phone–Samsung Galaxy. We had a digital SLR a couple of years ago, but I wasn’t up for getting used to the heft of the camera. One of these days I’m sure I will try again. 🙂 Thanks, Dianne! I hope you get to go to the falls!
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You take the best macro shots, Coleen! Gorgeous. I can’t wait to take another road trip, after seeing this.
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I think that was meant to say ‘micro’…
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Thanks, Alarna. I’ve been getting pretty close to bugs lately….;)
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No one does road trips better than you, Coleen. Love the photos. I remember the significance of the ladybug for you and am glad one joined you in the adventure. Onward to Vermont!
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Aw, thanks, Pat. Yeah, I see the ladybug sightings as a wink from my brother. 🙂
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Love your road trips pictures. Have only driven up the coast once and it brought back memories. What beautiful pictures of the park and waterfall.
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Thanks, Patricia! Hope they’re good memories. 🙂
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