Looking back on this Labor Day weekend, here are more of YOUR summer road trip photos. Some were taken along the usual roads - and a few on routes "less traveled by," to paraphrase the oft-quoted New England poet Robert Frost - that sometimes make "all the difference."
Michael Kimble took a road trip to Vermont and south of Middlebury, found the cabin Frost lived in during summers from the 1940's until his death in 1963.
When Michael was there, he says, "no one else was around. The location, as you would expect, is beautiful, secluded, and peaceful." The locals don't want to invite too much attention to the cabin, he figures, as it's "accessible only by an unmarked dirt road that must be taken (pun intended) for a half-mile and then a trail walked for about 100 yards."
Ingrid and Jonathan Cheng and their family took a road trip to Boston and then to Acadia National Park, where a third of the way to the summit of Penobscot Mountain, "the kids (ages 3, 5, 7, 9) were taking a breather and enjoying the view of Jordan Pond from up high."
Ingrid went on to say, "the view from the summit was totally awesome. I was so proud that the kids and Grandpa (age 60) climbed to the top without any carrying, especially at one point, when we were pretty much climbing some pretty steep rocks."
Grandpa, Ingrid's father Jung-Yiao Yeh, who was visiting from Hualien, Taiwan, said they have "beautiful mountains and the blue Pacific Ocean, but this (Acadia) is incomparable."
"Maine is definitely a place where I would love to come back again, for a longer period of time. It's so peaceful and life seem to slow down," Ingrid added.
Mallorie McRea visited the mountains of Tamaqua, Pennsylvania, where her father spent his summers as a child. "In keeping with his family tradition," Mallorie writes, "he likes to drag us to this middle-of-nowhere town every summer."
They started at the local neighborhood pool, and "on this particular day," she continued, "the fire company was having its annual summer block party. How lucky were we! Little did we know my dad had this planned the whole time."
Her dad, Tim McRea, emailed me to recommend Heisler’s Dairy about 5 miles outside of town, "a great place to enjoy ice cream, miniature golf and a great golf driving range all surrounded by mountains. They just celebrated their 50th anniversary in July."
Rosemary Mackintosh sent in a photo - taken just last week - of her sons Owen and Luke on the early morning beach at Ocean City, NJ. They were searching for “good shells” before everyone else got there, she explained.
Lisa Polidora likes to photograph nature in the wildlife-rich waters around Cape May. The muskrat was in Lake Lilly, across from lighthouse. "That one in particular was very friendly and wasn't bothered by me at all," she told me.
Inquirer staff photographer Charles Fox and his family traveled out West in a rented RV this summer (that's not their home on wheels in the photo). The super-sized prairie dog was in South Dakota's Badlands.
Also in the West, Harry George photographed an automotive yard sale in Glendale, Utah. He titled the picture: "Another Man's Treasure."
Diana Keat made this still life in Pennsylvania Dutch County, at the Mascot Roller Mills. "A wonderful place to visit," she wrote, "stepping back in history even for just a few minutes. These clothes caught my eye on account of the way they were hung and how it just added life to the mill."
