Take Me With You Podcast

(Ep. 121) Working Remotely from New England with Mikaela McGee

February 22, 2021 Ryan & Cheryl Season 3 Episode 17
Take Me With You Podcast
(Ep. 121) Working Remotely from New England with Mikaela McGee
Show Notes

Mikaela joins us again, and this time she shares about escaping to a lake and then the mountains in nearby states to work remotely from beautiful locations. 


Travel Story - 5 months in New Hampshire...in the middle of nowhere...then to Vermont 

  • She snuck in a trip to Costa Rica 
  • Had not had a year without a stamp in her passport since age 8 
  • The New England culture of having a “summer home” 
  • “Summer Fridays” - no one works on Friday during the summer in Boston (or only works until 1pm) 
  • Boston was bad with COVID in March 2020, so they went to a family friend’s lake house in New Hampshire 
  • People in Vermont aren’t happy with out-of-staters buying property and moving to their state 
  • She loves their condo in Boston and walking everywhere in the city, but right now, that life isn’t possible, so living in Vermont is a much better situation 


  • If someone had about a week in New England, where should they go? 
    • Fall: Fly in to Boston & rent a car 
      • Drive up to New Hampshire 
      • Stop in Lincoln - White Mountain Nat’l Park 
      • The colors are beautiful and amazing 
      • Drive down thru Vermont, starting with St. John’s Berry 
      • There are breweries that only distribute in the state or close by 
    • Summer: Fly in to Boston & rent a car 
      • Fly in mid-week & go straight to Cape Cod (avoid the crowds!) 
      • Day trip to Nantucket or Martha’s Vineyard 
        • Take the ferry (you can walk on), but they book quickly on the weekend 
      • Go up north to Maine because the coast is gorgeous 
        • Bar harbor (go camping) 
        • Spend at least one night in Portland (cute walking coastal town) 
      • 6-hour drive total 
    • Winter: Fly into Burlington, Vermont (don’t waste your time in Boston) 
      • A bunch of mountains in Vermont 
      • East Coast skiing is very different than in the West: it’s ice, not powder 
      • There are some good mountains in New Hampshire & Maine, but Vermont is the best; all the mountains are within an hour-ish of each other 
    • Interesting how perceptions of time and how far is too far away to drive differs from place to place 


Wish You Were Here 

Cheryl: The Fremont Troll, Seattle, WA 

Mikaela: River Boat Cruise and Monastery Beer, Bruges, Belgium 

Ryan: The Candy Store, Leura, Australia 



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