In October, I had 5 work-related trips that we did our best to turn into fun. One was to Portland, Maine, so I hit my 43rd U.S. National Park–Acadia ! We started in Myrtle Beach, flew to Phoenix, then drove to Jekyll Island, GA, and then flew to Baha Mar in the Bahamas before flying to Maine.

In between, we saw Smashing Pumpkins with Jane’s Addiction and Death Cab for Cutie concerts, and I participated in my first group ride with the American Legion Riders, which was awesome.

The last day of the month, our family Halloween costume was Disney villains.

It was an awesome (but harried) month. Here are its 31 seconds!