May 27^th (Memorial Day weekend) – This was a huge weekend for me, because my best friend got married! She’s the first of the friend group to tie the knot and we made a whole weekend of it, so this Friday was spent traveling to Rhode Island and starting the festivities a little early!

July 1^st (4^th of July weekend) – My mom’s side of the family owns an amazing piece of land on the Saco River right in North Conway, NH. Every year we spend the 4^th of July holiday camping on the river, so again we got an extra day of hot dogs, campfires, tubing, and fireworks!

July 15^th – This is the weekend I moved into my first post-grad apartment! My boyfriend, our puppy Bailey, and I moved in on Saturday. That meant that this Summer Free Friday was spent finishing up packing and buying all of the last-minute things.

July 29^th – Since before I was born my family has spent as much of August as possible at our camp on East Grand Lake. I used this as a travel day to start my vacation week, since driving to my favorite place on Earth is a four-hour drive right to the border of Maine and Canada. Literally, if you go out to the middle of the lake you’re technically in Canada!

August 12^th – This was a simple but perfect day spent on the water with friends, family, and my pup!

August 26^th – Another wedding weekend! This one was in Jefferson, NH so we took the opportunity to camp for the weekend & do some hiking in the White Mountains.

September 2^nd (Labor Day weekend) – This was probably the most relaxing of all of my Summer Free Fridays, but I got to go home to see my family for an extended Labor Day weekend!

When I look back on my Summer Free Fridays I am so grateful I had this time to connect and celebrate with family and friends, enjoy the Maine outdoors, and so much more without the stress of knowing I was missing anything on the work-front. I’m so thankful for this wonderful benefit of being a part of Team Rinck!