New England Bound: Adventures in Massachusetts, Maine, and Vermont

Exciting East Coast Journey: Preparing for Trips to Massachusetts, Maine, and Vermont!

In this episode of the We Should Move Here Travels Podcast, hosts Brittany and Josh kick off with an open and honest check-in about their podcasting journey so far. They dive into the challenges and rewards of managing the podcast, and share their excitement for their upcoming East Coast adventure. The duo will be exploring Ipswich and Salem in Massachusetts, Portland in Maine, and Burlington in Vermont. They talk about their detailed plans for each destination including picturesque road trips, vibrant autumn foliage, diverse food and drink experiences, and the thrill of Halloween in Salem. They also highlight the reasons they chose these locations based on quality of life, safety, education, and overall appeal. Don't miss out on their candid reflections and anticipations as they gear up for another exciting travel escapade.

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00:00 Welcome to the We Should Move Here Travels Podcast

00:31 Reflecting on Our Recent Travels

00:58 Podcasting Journey: Challenges and Rewards

05:12 The Joys and Struggles of Working Together

16:46 Upcoming East Coast Adventure

21:58 Exploring Massachusetts: Fall Colors and Halloween in Salem

24:06 Portland, Maine: Yoga, Sunset Cruises, and Lobster Rolls

31:19 Burlington, Vermont: Vineyards, Breweries, and Cozy Fall Vibes

38:22 Concluding Thoughts and Future Adventures

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Transcript

Brit 0:11

Hello and welcome to the We Should Move Here travels podcast. My name is Brittany.

Josh 0:17

I'm Josh,

Brit 0:17

and we are your host. Today we are going to do a brief check-in, and then we are also going to talk about the trip that we are about to go on and embark on a new journey.

Josh 0:28

Yeah. Another one. Mm-hmm. It's only been, uh, two weeks since we got back, just over two weeks since we got back from the last one. So

Brit 0:39

yeah, it has been a whirlwind. We have been trying to spend time with family, friends, and also be home

Josh 0:46

take care of the cat.

Brit 0:47

Yeah. But also just so grateful that we get to do this as well. Mm-hmm. So a mix of emotions going on.

Josh 0:53

Yeah, for sure. For sure. Really excited about all of it though

Brit 0:57

yeah. Yeah. So why don't we start with a, a brief check-in. we wanna be intentional about being as open and honest as possible. Mm-hmm. Uh, so I think it's important that we do some brief check-ins.

Josh 1:10

Yeah.

Brit 1:10

So how are you liking the pod so far?

Josh 1:14

I'm liking a lot. It is definitely more work than I would've ever thought. Yeah, it could be. Which is good because I like to be busy. I like us to be busy with this.

Brit 1:29

Mm-hmm.

Josh 1:30

But also, you know, it's just a lot. Sometimes, you know, like right now we're recording this at seven o'clock the day before we're leaving for our East Coast trip here, so

Brit 1:42

yeah. We're leaving in less than 12 hours.

Josh 1:45

Yeah. Yeah. So we, uh, wow, we're recording this and then eating something quick and then going to bed, waking up and starting our drive out east. So, yeah. yeah, it's, it's going good. it, like I said, just a lot of work, but it's good work. You know, we're starting to get a few people reaching out to us that wanna talk to us, talk about the pod, wanna talk on the pod.

Brit 2:08

Mm-hmm.

Josh 2:08

we're still looking for viewers and listeners to reach out to us and tell us where to go.'cause that's, fun and exciting. And I, I, I wish people gave us suggestions, but, you know, that's,

Brit 2:18

yeah. I think it'll happen the more that we grow. But, um, it has been cool to kinda get some other travel creators, you know, reaching out to us mm-hmm. And Wanting to collaborate with us. I think that's been really cool to see.

Josh 2:35

Yeah.

Brit 2:36

So it makes me feel like it's growing.

Josh 2:38

Oh yeah, for sure. Yeah. So we're still babies.

Brit 2:41

We are, we're babies. Little babies. I'm just a baby.

Josh 2:49

Or the podcast is, but, uh, no, it's great. I am really enjoying it. Really loving it. We are still getting our footing, we're trying different ways of recording. how to structure the pod, you know, what to talk about. how people like to listen to us, you know, still figuring that all out.

Brit 3:06

Yeah. Um, it's been cool to get some feedback too, from mm-hmm. Family and friends. We definitely appreciate that. So if you have any, let us know.

Josh 3:15

Yeah.

Brit 3:16

I have really appreciated that feedback, whether, positive, negative, whatever, you know, I've, I've just really appreciated, hearing that people are invested and want us to do well.

Josh 3:26

Right. Absolutely. And on top of that, just so Vicki knows, if you're watching, I covered up my can this time, so I don't think, oh, it still shows a tiny bit. It still shows. No.

Brit 3:40

Yeah, she told us not to have any labels because in the future maybe we'll have sponsors.

Josh 3:46

Yeah.

Brit 3:46

So that could be cool. That could be a thing.

Josh 3:50

Kinda like, uh, Kylie Kelsey, she does, what is it? What's the, is it death water or, oh,

Brit 3:55

I don't know. That sounds dangerous.

Josh 3:57

No, it's just the water brand. It's

Brit 3:59

Oh, is it like caffeinated?

Josh 4:01

No, I think it's just water, but they just got like a cool name. liquid death.

Brit 4:06

Interesting name for water. Mm-hmm.

Josh 4:08

I mean, they have some other stuff, like they have sparkling, they have like cola, stuff like that, but they start out just as. A water, canned water brand.

Brit 4:15

Wow. Okay. Okay. Well if you wanna sponsor us,

Josh 4:20

what about you? How are you liking the pod?

Brit 4:22

I am really loving it. I feel like I've said this more in the past, I don't know, two weeks since we've been back than I think I've ever said, but I feel more myself than I have ever felt in my life. I feel like being able to have the time to take care of myself has been a game changer. Mm-hmm. It has really stepped up, how I feel, how I talk to people how I see my relationships in life. It's just been, it's been really great. Yeah. I've gotten a lot of comments from people saying, how happy I look and how happy I seem to be and I am. Yeah. So thankful for this pod.

Josh 5:03

Yeah. I mean, we're both We've continually said, like so grateful and privileged to be able to, try to do this, however long we get to do this for. It's, it's awesome that we get to, like you said, relationship wise, you know, with other people, but with us it's definitely a different. Dynamic.

Brit 5:23

Yeah.

Josh 5:23

Doing this podcast.

Brit 5:25

No, it is like, I never considered that working with you would ever be tough.

Josh 5:31

Mm.

Brit 5:31

But sometimes it is. Oh

Josh 5:33

my gosh.

Brit 5:34

Yeah. Sometimes it really is working with

Josh 5:37

me.

Brit 5:37

Yeah. Well, who would've thought, no, I love you and I love spending time with you. I love that we get to spend 24 7 together and we really, I don't think we really get sick of each other. No. I think if anything, if there's like a heated moment or if there's like a difficult conversation that we need to have, we're like, okay, we're gonna take a beat.

Josh 6:03

Mm-hmm.

Brit 6:03

And we'll come back to it, but we're still next to each other.

Josh 6:07

Right. Yeah. It, it, it forces us to deal with those communication problems or communication issues, that all relationships and couples have, but we just have to face it head on.

Brit 6:20

Mm-hmm.

Josh 6:20

Cause like you said, we're, we're around each other, not 24 7, but a good chunk of the time. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, it's so interesting to go from, what most people do, going to work for eight hours a day and then seeing your, your spouse in the afternoon, in the morning, two days on the weekend, you know, and then the vacation for every year to go from that to now where it's been August, September, October. So it's been three months basically of us together almost the entire time.

Brit 6:56

I feel like some couples can hear that and be like, oh my gosh, I would kill my partner. But I feel so in love. Like I, I feel like I grow more in love with you every single day. But I also, like, this is the most in love I've ever felt in my life. And like I was, I guess maybe a little nervous that we would get sick of each other, but we, we really haven't.

Josh 7:21

No We have the benefit of, we met and started dating during COVID. Yes. So we, we started out right away being around each other For extended long periods of time.

Brit 7:32

Mm-hmm.

Josh 7:33

Just because. We didn't go out and weren't in groups a bunch. So we had a couple of, you know, where it was weeks on end where we just together'cause you were in school and I was work or work from home or on break, stuff like that. So

Brit 7:45

yeah

Josh 7:46

we have the benefit of already having those time periods where not every, not every couple started during COVID.

Brit 7:52

That was a wild time to start dating. Like we were inseparable in a month. Yeah.

Josh 7:58

yeah. the people who got pets and got dogs during that time that Yeah. That got like super attached. like my brother and sister-in-law with their dog Nelson, that that dog's just on him. He's such a good boy. He is. Nelson's a great dog.

Brit 8:13

He is. He's a good boy. Mm-hmm. Yeah. So with all of the good things happening with the pod mm-hmm. The growth, you know, us. Mm-hmm. I feel like we're making pretty good content. I'm curious if there's anything that you would change or that you want to change.

Josh 8:31

Yeah. Get us more views.

Brit 8:33

Well, I wish we could have that happen, but,

Josh 8:36

Anything that I would change, I'm not sure. I, I wish I could just tell myself to stop thinking that we're doing something wrong. I have that thought a lot, that we are, we're doing something wrong, or something's not correct because, we're not getting the views or the likes, comments, subscribers, whatever, that the, top travel podcasts or brands, what have you are getting. And I always forget, like we just said, like we're just babies. Like it's been since September. It hasn't even when we're recording this right now, it hasn't even been two months yet.

Brit 9:14

No,

Josh 9:14

and I mean by what we were thinking beforehand, I set out realistic expectations for me to think about and we're doing better than my expectations were. Before we started posting, but still, now that we are in my head, I look and compare to others and I'm like, oh, we should be doing better.

Brit 9:34

No, you can't help but compare yourself to others.'cause I feel like that's human nature, but also you are so correct. We are babies. We started two months ago, like there's no way we would be huge right now. Like we're mm-hmm. We're the rule, we're not the exception. Right. Right. it's going to take some time. Right. And. I also, fall victim to those thoughts.

Josh 9:57

Yeah.

Brit 9:57

And I'm like, ugh. I don't know if we're like posting too much, if we're not posting enough. But also it's not about like social media, it's more about the pod. Yeah. And since I do a lot of the posting on social media, I find myself wanting to get more of those, likes mm-hmm. Wanting to get more of those followers on social media, but that really doesn't matter. Yeah. Right. Mm-hmm. Like it's the YouTube channel. Mm-hmm. That's the most important.

Josh 10:25

Don't get us wrong, e everyone that interacts with us across all the platforms are important.

Brit 10:30

A hundred percent. Yes. I'm just trying to be like, as honest as possible. I don't know, I feel like social media is a really strange thing where you're seeking these likes. Mm-hmm. it's almost like you need that validation mm-hmm. To know that you're doing this. Right.

Josh 10:46

it's a weird. Business, if you wanna call, what we're trying to do, business to be in because by getting those likes, views, common subscribers, you are seeking that validation that you're doing something right? Yeah. It's, it's based off of that. So,

Brit 11:02

and I've never really been like that before on Facebook or Instagram or TikTok. I've, I've never really sought likes like I do now because I, I feel like now if we get a lot of likes, it means we have good content.

Josh 11:18

Mm-hmm.

Brit 11:18

But that's not always the case. Right. Sometimes it just doesn't reach the target audience. Yeah. I dunno, man.

Josh 11:26

I mean, you asked me what would I change is what you would change your thought process or you got something else?

Brit 11:33

I mean, I think my thought process is probably, I always kind of steer myself back to that we are babies. Mm-hmm. Even if we don't do, as well as we want to within this next year. That's okay. Yeah. Like, we're still gonna be traveling a bunch. And who gets to do that? You know, in their early thirties, like with their fiance who gets to do that for this long. Yeah. I just keep bringing myself back to that and yeah, I mean, I guess I wish I didn't have those initial thoughts about, you know, social media and likes and all of that, but I'm just, I'm really grateful. I do think that we could bring more honesty. Into the pod.

Josh 12:15

Yeah.

Brit 12:15

And I think we could do more of these check-ins. Mm-hmm. I don't know if people will like them. Mm-hmm. Let us know if you do. But I do appreciate that mm-hmm. On the podcast that I listen to. Yeah. You know, I appreciate the honesty, the realness, the, candidness of this conversation.

Josh 12:35

Yeah. I think one that we get that from, you've listened to it more, but on some road trips, I've listened to it.'cause you put it on the cars the giggly squad with, uh, Hannah and, and Paige,

Brit 12:47

we love them.

Josh 12:48

They are just so funny, on, what was it, summer House? Is that the show that they run? Yeah. On, on Summer House. I was kind of like, oh, kind of like mixed bag. But he, they're such funny and such like a complimenting pair.

Brit 13:05

Mm-hmm.

Josh 13:05

And I, I really appreciate their banter. And basically what they do is just check-ins. Like that's the podcast for them is check-ins.

Brit 13:14

Yeah. They just talk the whole time about, what's going on in their life, what they've watched, you know, what they've seen. So we could do some of that if people wanna hear it, but I, I still wanna keep it mainly travel based. Mm-hmm.'cause that's what I mean, I don't know.

Josh 13:32

We've thrown some in, in our episodes.

Brit 13:34

Yeah. Yeah.

Josh 13:35

I mean, I think if, if we do a little more, it might bring out some of our fun banter that we get into sometimes. And, and it has that's pulled through into some episodes, so, um, I think

Brit 13:49

so. Yeah.

Josh 13:50

I mean, that, that could be, uh, that could be a fun part that kind of bleeds into the episodes that, uh, maybe we should think about doing it more. But I am, I'm having fun doing this, and we're gonna keep evolving. We're gonna keep growing. And you were talking about likes common stuff like that. Right before we started recording, I was talking to my mom and dad and, they follow and everything. So thanks guys. But I was talking to them, I'm like, I don't understand the algorithm or analytics. Like I, I look at those all the time and try to see how we're. Getting trends, where the views are, where the likes are, and see if we can follow those up. And even when we do a trend at the right time, it's posted at the right time. Sometimes that post just bottoms, like it's the worst views. And then when I post something, I'm like, ah, this isn't too great. And then that's the one that gets the most views and it's like, at a weird time of day that I post it, don't understand it. So,

Brit 14:47

yeah,

Josh 14:48

I think we just gotta be ourselves because being ourselves and posting our content is, is what this is. You know, we're Yeah. Agreed. We're not gonna get the views or the likes or anything by being, a, a Hannah Page or a Rick Steves or mm-hmm. Um, any of the other big travel, people, we, we just gotta do our own thing.

Brit 15:11

No, I agree. Yeah. And I think even, even if we do, tank, even if we get no more followers, would you still do this?

Josh 15:22

Oh, absolutely.

Brit 15:23

Me too.

Josh 15:24

Like you said, we get to spend time with each other. Yeah. It's like that, that guy on TikTok you know what rips dude spending time with your hottest homie, like all the time, just absolutely rips. we just saw that the other day and I'm like, that's kind of what this is. You know, I get to spend time with you and go on these trips and see places. Try food, talk to people.

Brit 15:49

I'm your hottest homie.

Josh 15:50

You're my hottest homie. Aw. And it just rips man. I hope everyone gets to experience this with their hottest home.

Brit 15:59

Me too. I wish everybody could do this. I feel like we would live in a lot, in a much happier world.

Josh 16:06

Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. If, if people got to, if spend more time with their partners with their family, with their kids, their friends, oh yeah. It'd be so much better.

Brit 16:18

Mm-hmm.

Josh 16:19

Yeah. People would be a lot less sad.

Brit 16:21

I am. And I was sad, but that's a conversation for another day.

Josh 16:27

I'm like, this check-in's gonna take a turn. It's going No, no. Gonna head right towards a therapy session.

Brit 16:34

No, we're not going there.

Josh 16:35

But you know what will be therapeutic? This trip,

Brit 16:39

the East coast in the fall,

Josh 16:42

you see that transition?

Brit 16:43

Yeah, we're

Josh 16:45

learning how to do this. So like we said, we are waking up 5:00 AM tomorrow and we're starting our drive. Where are we going to first Britt?

Brit 16:53

So we are gonna start in Ipswich, Massachusetts. and here we are going to take a train to Salem. Yeah. Uh, so we're gonna go to Salem twice, one of which is Halloween. So that's really exciting. It's gonna be super busy, so we're preparing ourselves for that. Yeah. But we get a lot of alone time in the car, so,

Josh 17:19

right. Yep.

Brit 17:20

It's a 22 hour drive.

Josh 17:22

I mean, with stops it'll probably be about that, but I think if we were to do it straight, it'd be 20 hours, so.

Brit 17:29

Oh, okay. I also found a yoga studio here called Elephant Tree.

Josh 17:34

Elephant Tree.

Brit 17:35

Mm-hmm. And then when we are in Salem, we are going to do a food tour and a magic show. Yeah. So it's like a haunted magic show, I think with like spooky characters. Mm-hmm. If I am remembering correctly. Yeah, I

Josh 17:50

believe so.

Brit 17:51

Um, and then also the fall colors in Massachusetts are supposed to be so beautiful. So I think this road trip in general is just gonna be stunning. I think it's gonna be so gorgeous. Mm-hmm. Ugh. I hope we get some good videos from, you know, just being in the car.

Josh 18:09

You gotta be on that. No sleeping during this long.

Brit 18:11

I gotta be on it. I don't sleep in the car. Are you kidding me? Yes. So those are the things that we have planned. Mm-hmm. Uh, but we have a lot of open, free time here as well.

Josh 18:23

Yeah. Yeah. I mean, we had initially done the trip, like we did our Europe trip where we had six full days at each location. We decided to dial that back for the second two locations, but keep six in Ipswich because we were dedicating the two days to going to Salem.

Brit 18:40

Yeah.

Josh 18:41

Because those are, those are gonna be full days, like you said. Especially on Halloween. Fortunately, like you just pointed out, we got some bookings. So even if it's busy, we're set to, to have some fun and participate in, in a few things. But yeah, then we got, four other days to, I. Just go around Massachusetts, you know? Yeah. And see what it's about. And I mean, we picked these places again because they fit kind of our criteria of places we're looking for.

Brit 19:13

Yeah. I was gonna ask you, why did we pick this place as a possibility to move?

Josh 19:18

Massachusetts in general is, blue State, well-known for great schools and like high quality of life. Mm-hmm. I, I think they're one of the top rated states in the United States for like education, quality of life, income, that sort of thing. When we had planned the trip, we were looking at Salem right away.'cause we were coming during the Halloween. We're like, we gotta go to Salem.

Brit 19:42

We have to. Yeah. This has been on my bucket list, so I am so excited.

Josh 19:47

But. When we looked at some of the Airbnbs and hotels, man, they book out. And then also expensive.

Brit 19:56

So expensive.

Josh 19:58

when we were looking at doing this trip and booking, it was at the beginning of August, end of July. And the only hotel rooms that were close by, which were still close, but were 400,$500 a night.

Brit 20:14

Mm-hmm.

Josh 20:14

And that's just not in the budget? No. For us to do as cool or as nice as those hotels probably are. That's just not what we were looking for. And then also we wanted to combine it with, the podcasts. Like a place that's, who knows, like maybe in this area or this surrounding area. There could be a potential to live there.

Brit 20:37

Yeah. And I already don't think that we could have Salem as a place to live because it's such a tourist town. And we've talked about this before, like we are not wanting to move to a tourist city. I think that it would already not be, a place to live for us, but that's why, like you said, that's why we started, you know, searching for areas around Salem, right. So that we could possibly get a train which we are going to be doing. Yeah. Um, and that way you don't have to drive to,

Josh 21:08

thank goodness. Yeah, so if we can take a train a couple times to and from Salem, take the pressure off driving just for those days, that'll be great. But Massachusetts has some beautiful scenery and beautiful towns, so I'm sure in those four free days that we have, uh, we'll do some driving and check out not only Ipswich, but some surrounding areas in the scenery around there.

Brit 21:32

Yeah.

Josh 21:33

Massachusetts is ranked top 10 for quality of life in the nation. So that's one of the, the biggest ones. They got great healthcare. Massachusetts, I already mentioned schooling. They got great schools. So just kind of well-rounded state.

Brit 21:51

Yeah.

Josh 21:51

Yeah. But we're gonna go do our in-person research and check it out.

Brit 21:55

Gotta do the in-person research.

Josh 21:57

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

Brit 21:58

So what are you most looking forward to in Massachusetts?

Josh 22:04

I don't know. I've never been to Massachusetts, so just getting to explore it, see what it's about. Yeah. Salem. For Halloween is gonna be really fun. I mean, this time of year that we're going, tomorrow is the 27th, we're gonna be there 28th. So by some of the, the foliage trackers online, some of them are in peak colors. So we're gonna get some really beautiful fall colors going. I mean, there's so much I, that east coast culture that I always see on TV shows and, and movies and stuff. I've never really experienced that. I've never been to the true kind that East coast area. So seeing people talking to people, just experience it. I'm looking forward to that. What about you?

Brit 22:54

Yeah, I, I think the same, Salem is really high on my list. Mm-hmm. So I'm really glad that we're getting to do that.

Josh 23:03

Yeah.

Brit 23:03

And the fact that it's Halloween is just gonna be so great. I hope we get to learn a lot about the witch trials and we get into some of the museums that I wanna get into. But I also think that the fall colors are gonna be stunning. And I just, there's something about the fall, there is something about the fall that just makes me feel so warm and comforted and I just, I love being in the fall. Yeah. I love the leaves, the colors, the hot. Cider or cocoa or hot coffee or whatever it is, warm beverage and mittens and strolling around a park with leaves all over. Just something about the fall. So I'm excited to experience that in the East coast. I think that's gonna be really beautiful.

Josh 23:59

Yeah. Yeah. It's gonna be gorgeous. Amazing. Can't wait.

Brit 24:04

Yeah.

Josh 24:05

Where are we going to next?

Brit 24:06

So next we will be going to Portland, Maine. Yes. And here we have some yoga options. Uh, so there's several different places that we could go to if we wanted, which I'm sure we will check out some yoga places here. We are here for three days.

Josh 24:24

Yep. Three days.

Brit 24:25

Yeah. So maybe like if we're feeling like we need it, then we'll probably check out a place. Mm-hmm. We also have looked into a sunset cruise.

Josh 24:36

Yes.

Brit 24:36

Which is really exciting. Mm-hmm. Because it is colder out. I thought that they would be closed, but there are some like private ones that we could do. Mm-hmm. There is also the ferry. Yeah. That does a sunset cruise. Mm-hmm. That's way cheaper and does like kind of the same route.

Josh 24:53

Yeah.

Brit 24:53

So. I, we'll probably end up doing that one and I think it's gonna be stunning. Yeah. I'm really excited about that.

Josh 25:01

Me too. Yeah. It's gonna be super fun again. Beautiful. We had some friends that were in Maine, but in the summer last year and we were just talking to them about this and they're like, oh yes. Mm-hmm. Sunset Cruise that you gotta try that. So yeah, we're gonna check it out. Probably do the ferry one and see if that's a good option.'cause when we looked, like you said, there's a lot of private options too, like Yeah. You can get on like a private sailboat. I think there was, or just mm-hmm. Some other sort of boats. So

Brit 25:31

I think you would be scared by that

Josh 25:32

on a sailboat. Yeah, I might be. Yeah.

Brit 25:35

I would have the time of my life on a sailboat. I think it would be so much fun.

Josh 25:39

Oh gosh. I mean, I love ferries because they're like so stable. Yeah. So level. So

Brit 25:44

we'll check out the ferry and then we'll see. Yeah. If we, if we like it.

Josh 25:48

Yeah. If it's really cool. And maybe we'll talk to someone on the ferry that says they've done a private one. if they recommend it or not. Yeah. Maybe we'll do another one. But, uh, that lobster rolls. Oh my gosh. Mm-hmm. The lobster rolls. Mm-hmm.

Brit 26:04

I cannot wait. I've never had a lobster roll ever in my life, and

Josh 26:09

neither I, yeah.

Brit 26:10

Maine is the spot to try'em first.

Josh 26:12

Like what a place to have it first,

Brit 26:14

honestly,

Josh 26:15

could potentially ruin it for any other future lobster rolls.

Brit 26:19

I don't care. I'm so excited. I am so excited. I love lobster. I love bread. I love butter. Like what could go wrong here? Nothing. Nothing.

Josh 26:30

I'm looking forward to, always looking to forward to all the food culture that we get to experience on a trip, but mm-hmm. I would have to say this is the one that's definitely sticking out in my mind. Mm-hmm. For this trip, so

Brit 26:44

yeah. Agreed. Agreed. Um, we also are going to be making our own, food and drink tour here. Hmm. Yeah. Using ai. Mm-hmm. Um, and all of the spots that we wanted to go to. Mm-hmm. I've done a lot of research on food spots and there are some that I'm really looking forward to. Mm-hmm. We will share them if they're really good. Fall colors again. Yeah. That's gonna be great. Mm-hmm.

Josh 27:11

I'm looking forward to it for those as well as far as why we chose it for the pod. Very similar to Massachusetts. Ranks second nationally for quality of life. Only two our last stop that we're going to it's also. Got the lowest violent crime rates in the US. Mm-hmm. Great air quality, uh, another state with outstanding education. So yeah just a lot of good things going forward as well.

Brit 27:38

I love that for Maine, and I'm really excited to go there, check it out. I feel like Maine is going to be maybe my favorite spot on the trip.

Josh 27:47

You think so?

Brit 27:48

It might be. I don't know. I mean, with all of the lobster, with, you know, the water right there with all of that, it, it seems like it could really have some potential.

Josh 27:59

Yeah. Yeah. I think so too. And it's going to be interesting because we're only doing three days in these last two spots. So if both of'em or one of'em were like, oh my gosh. This is great. Then we just gotta plan long road trips back to them again.

Brit 28:17

Yeah. I mean, I'm still really glad that we shortened the road trip Oh, for, because we were just gone for 31 days. Yeah. And now we're leaving again.

Josh 28:27

Mm-hmm.

Brit 28:28

Like, we need to stick home for just a little bit.

Josh 28:31

Yeah. But who knows if, I mean, we were just talking about getting reached out to by other people, if we have to plan a trip to, to go and visit someone, they have a podcast, they want us to come on, or someone wants us to come see where they live, you know, we might have to make an exception and do a, do another week somewhere.

Brit 28:52

But I, I would not say no.

Josh 28:53

Yeah, same. But I, I'm a hundred percent with you. We did need to shorten it. We had decided that it's, it's best for us to evaluate the. The countries, the states, cities, anyways, so,

Brit 29:05

yeah. Mm-hmm. No, it is like we've, we've said before and we'll say it again, we know within the first two days mm-hmm. Whether it's a spot that gives us that feeling. We need a word for that feeling. We'll think of it. Yeah. But yeah, it's that feeling that we've been talking about that draws you in that, mm-hmm. It's just, it's so indescribable. Like it's,

Josh 29:28

I feel like it's something you're gonna come up with.'cause you had, we should move here, travels, or we should move here. So you got the name in person, research that was all you. So this one, I'm not putting the pressure on you, but I think you'll, it

Brit 29:42

feels like pressure.

Josh 29:43

I, I. We'll come up with something, the feeling,

Brit 29:46

that's what we're calling it for now. The feeling. Yeah, the feeling. Yeah. So you mentioned some really great reasons as to why we could possibly move there. Mm-hmm. I'm curious what you're looking forward to the most here.

Josh 30:00

I mean, we already, mentioned the lobster roll plenty. That's really exciting. I'm interested about Portland, though, where we're staying and where we're mainly gonna be, since it's only three days, we're probably gonna be in Portland, Maine. Probably the two out of the three days we're there. And it's such a popular spot, like big tourism there. However, while doing the research, it was also just one of the top spots for, a potential to live there. Mm-hmm. So I'm just interested what it's actually like. Again, like Massachusetts, I've never been to Maine, never. I've never been anywhere up there. So it's gonna be a whole new experience. What it looks like, what the weather's like, what the people are like. It's, yeah. It's just gonna all be new to me and I'm just really excited about that. I'm excited about that every time.

Brit 30:54

That's awesome. Yeah.

Josh 30:55

What about you? Anything that you're minus lobster roll.

Brit 30:58

Dang, you took mine. Yeah. I am really excited for the sunset cruise. Oh yeah. I think that's gonna be beautiful. Yeah. And there's some lighthouses. Mm-hmm. And just, I have seen some pictures of stunning sunsets. Mm-hmm. So I think that's gonna be really nice. So next we will be going to Burlington, Vermont.

Josh 31:24

Yes.

Brit 31:25

Uh, here, just like in Maine, there's plenty of yoga options where we could find a yoga class. We are also going to be making our own food and drink tour here as well. Uh, with all of the spots that I had done some research that I wanna check out. And there are some really great vineyards and breweries mm-hmm. That we have to check out.

Josh 31:46

Yes.

Brit 31:46

I am so excited for some of these spots.

Josh 31:49

Yeah.

Brit 31:50

It's gonna be so cool.

Josh 31:52

It seems to be a big thing for Vermont, but specifically Burlington, that when we looked up, it's a good kind of like boozy area, couple breweries, like you said, couple.

Brit 32:06

Yeah.

Josh 32:07

Vineyards, like you said. So it's gonna be a good place for that.

Brit 32:11

Yeah. It might be a good, good place for that. We definitely won't go as hard as we did in Germany, but like one or two, like yeah. We'll be on our best behavior. Um, but the vineyards and breweries are going to be stunning. I think also with the fall colors. Mm-hmm. That's gonna be so cool. I can just envision us, like, when you think about a cozy place with a fireplace in the fall, in the Rolling Hills of Vermont, like that's, that's what I think of. Mm-hmm. And I really hope that it lives up to that in my mind,

Josh 32:49

it's like that episode of New Girl when Jessica's. Dating the guy that's into model trains and they're trying to convince Jess to, to date him long term. And the parents are like, oh yeah, next weekend we can go up to our Vermont house. And she's like, Vermont house. Oh yeah, just a 18th century. The house that we fixed up a little bit. That's what I envision is like, oh, what is that 18th century house? Yes.

Brit 33:19

Well, we're actually staying in a hotel that looks like that. Mm-hmm. It looks like it is gonna be that. Exactly. So I am really excited about that. I think that's gonna be so beautiful. It's gonna be so cozy. It's gonna be perfect. Fall vibes, like exactly what I want.

Josh 33:38

What does it have?

Brit 33:40

A pool.

Josh 33:41

It

Brit 33:41

has a pool. It has a pool. We get to go swimming.

Josh 33:46

Had to, Had to get you your pool time. So

Brit 33:48

The whole Europe trip. We did not have one single pool. I think I've said that before, but it really irked me because I love swimming.

Josh 34:00

No, no mermaid time.

Brit 34:01

I love being a mermaid.

Josh 34:03

No, no. Back flips or handstands.

Brit 34:06

Okay.

Josh 34:07

But you'll get to on this trip.

Brit 34:08

I'll, I'm so excited. Okay. So it does have a pool. Like I said, the fall colors are gonna be stunning.

Josh 34:15

Yeah. The drive from Portland, Maine to Burlington, Vermont Yeah. Is gonna be,

Brit 34:21

it's through the, through the mountains, right?

Josh 34:23

Yeah. I'm pretty sure it's like the white mountain ranges, I'm pretty sure. Mm-hmm. Is what it's called. And yeah, my parents have given me a couple like viewpoints that we need to stop off at. So that's gonna be really beautiful. Really exciting. Especially with driving, you know, when we have driven through mountains, both of us are just always peeking out the window, like, oh my gosh. In

Brit 34:48

awe, but terrified. Oh yeah. I get so scared. Mm-hmm. I am, yeah. I'm actually really scared for this one, but I think it's gonna be fine. Well, and I just, it always is. I

Josh 34:58

just thought of this, this is our maiden road trip Voyage with our, our new SUV. So, new to us, SUV. So

Brit 35:06

if it is snowing, you gotta drive slow.

Josh 35:09

Oh, yes, yes. But we'll be good.

Brit 35:11

I ain't fucking with that in mountains.

Josh 35:13

We'll be good. Yeah.

Brit 35:15

I'm just scared.

Josh 35:16

I know. But Vermont is super exciting. Vermont is. Ranked number one in quality of life in the United States. Just ahead of Maine? Yep. Oh, wow. Maine. Maine's number two. Vermont's number one. So we're getting back to back. And that's for the past five years, so it's not like a, a new designation? Nope. For the last five years, it's been ranked number one. Okay. So, they're praised and ranked high for inclusivity. They, again, excellent air quality. They have a very low crime rate. And again, just another East coast states that has some really good schools.

Brit 35:55

Mm.

Josh 35:56

So, yeah. Lots of, lots of positives coming from the East coast. So

Brit 36:02

there are so many well-rounded states that we're going to

Josh 36:06

Yeah. I mean, we, we picked them. Well, so we did. Mm-hmm.

Brit 36:10

Yeah. That's exciting.

Josh 36:11

Mm-hmm.

Brit 36:11

Okay. So what are you most looking forward to here?

Josh 36:15

Man, I don't, there, there's so much. I'm just again, looking forward to exploring the area with you. I'm sure there's plenty of good breweries that I know I looked up before that I'm really excited to go and see in Vermont.

Brit 36:32

Yeah.

Josh 36:32

You know, we've mentioned that we're not huge drinkers. Mm-hmm. You know, just when we're at home, like these last two and a half weeks, we haven't had. Ton to drink. We've had a few, but nothing crazy. But I do appreciate a good brewery, especially a new one when we get to,

Brit 36:51

yeah.

Josh 36:51

When we have the chance. So if we go and we find a new one that's gonna be really fun for me. But also the drive from Portland, Maine to Burlington is gonna be fantastic. I wanna say it's like a five hour drive, but it's gonna probably be even longer because of the stops we're gonna make and

Brit 37:11

the videos we're gonna take mm-hmm. Of all the mountains. Mm-hmm.

Josh 37:14

And we're just gonna stay tuned

Brit 37:16

for that.

Josh 37:16

We're just gonna be in awe of the scenery, you know? Hopefully not all the leaves are gone, but even if they are, it's gonna be stunning. Mm. It's gonna be lovely. Yeah. What about you? Is there anything you're specifically looking forward to?

Brit 37:32

I would have to say I'm really looking forward to the fall colors in Vermont. Hmm. I think that, uh, they might be at the end. But I've just always envisioned Vermont in the fall and like I said, I really hope it lives up to the hype in my mind of what I think it's going to be like.

Josh 37:55

Mm-hmm.

Brit 37:55

And I also am so excited about this hotel. It looks so cozy. It really does. It looks like such a vibe and I'm so excited about it. I think that's a really good last stop that we're gonna be doing. I think it's a very solid choice for a last stop.

Josh 38:12

Yeah. Yeah. I totally agree. It's gonna be. It's gonna be great.

Brit 38:16

Yeah.

Josh 38:16

Mm-hmm. It'll, it'll, it'll really cap off this two weeks that we'll be gone

Brit 38:22

yeah. Is there anything else that you want to talk about with this trip?

Josh 38:29

I think it's gonna be fun. It's the first in the United States kind of adventure that we've done in a while.

Brit 38:35

Yeah.

Josh 38:36

Or at least it feels like it.

Brit 38:38

It is. I mean, we did, we did go to Seattle last March. Mm-hmm. so I guess that was, that was the last US adventure we've been on. Yeah.

Josh 38:49

I guess in comparison to total number of days. Since then we went to Sweden and then we did this last trip in Europe. So if you're going by days, we've spent a lot more days

Brit 39:02

Yeah.

Josh 39:03

Traveling, exploring out of the United States than we have in so. It will be nice to see again, the east coast that has so much to offer.

Brit 39:12

Yeah.

Josh 39:13

Or at least the, the little bits of it we get to see. yeah. Hopefully we find some, you know, really great spots that we're gonna want to come back and visit. What about you? Anything that else you wanna say about the trip or just anything at all?

Brit 39:26

I don't think so. I mean, I'm just really excited to do it.

Josh 39:30

Yeah.

Brit 39:30

Yeah.

Josh 39:31

Ready? Ready for more adventures.

Brit 39:32

Ready for more adventures.

Josh 39:36

Yeah.

Brit 39:36

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Josh 39:53

and please, I know I said it in our check-in, but I would love to see someone, anyone comment, send us a message about any recommendations on places they would like us to go travel to, or just any comments about places we have gone to. Leave a comment, send us an email. Just give us some more ideas on where to go.

Brit 40:16

Absolutely.

Josh 40:17

Yeah.

Brit 40:18

Thank you so much for listening. Until next time.