Just a couple closing thoughts on Taliesen…we’re really glad we saw it, since it’s such an important piece of FLW history, but overall, the house is poorly constructed (his students built a lot of it, and plywood was often the material of choice) and not in the best shape...
Tumbled Rocks and Wright’s Beautiful Wisconsin
- June 22, 2023
- RV, State Park, Travel
This week’s travels take us north into Wisconsin, about 200 miles from home. We’re in Southwest Wisconsin, in a small town called Spring Green. We’re staying at the Wisconsin Riverside Resort on the north shore of the Wisconsin River. We’ve been to Eastern WI before, but not to this...
Parallelograms, Mosaics, and Arches
- June 10, 2023
- NationalPark, RV, Travel, Uncategorized
Wednesday morning started out a bit disappointing; we headed to nearby “Route 66 State Park” to learn more about The Mother Road…but when we arrived, the sign on the visitor’s center door said they were closed for repairs. Oh well…I’m just glad it was only about a 10-minute drive...
Glass in the Gardens!
On Monday, we headed out for our longest trip yet in RoVer Too…4.5 hours southwest to St. Louis, Missouri. And, of course, 4.5 hours on Google Maps equals about six hours in RV time, between slower speeds and rest breaks…so we always “round up” on the quoted time! Our...
Chicago – Beautiful Robie & Amazing Pompeii
I’m ‘cheating’ a little with this post since it doesn’t involve RoVer Too, but now that Mark and I live 30 miles from the country’s 3rd largest city (and the very best US city, in my opinion!), we get to do cool touristy things locally and I thought some...
Some Grand Canyons, So Close to Home
- May 12, 2023
- RV, State Park
This week’s travels took us about 70 miles west of home, to three of Illinois’ state parks. It was a very short & easy trip on Interstate 80, and fortunately, wasn’t windy like our trip a few weeks ago! We are camping at Starved Rock Family Campground which has...
The Land of Lincoln
We’re back at it! After months of preparation and planning, our first trip of 2023, and the first in the new travel trailer, are finally here! Mark’s been busy researching and learning and placing Amazon orders to get all the gear we need (there were a few things to...
The Next Chapter in our RV Adventures
- December 2, 2022
- RV
When I last blogged, back in August, we were trying to figure out how to get RoVer’s safety recall repaired. Ultimately, Ford ended up paying to tow RoVer to Mishawaka, Indiana (not far from the University of Notre Dame). On Friday, September 16th, they found a towing company in...
Better Safe than Sorry…
- August 22, 2022
- RV
So this blog post won’t be about our travels, but instead, about the trials and tribulations of owning a motorhome. Today should be the first day of a week-long trip to Green Lakes State Park near Syracuse NY…but the motorhome gods aren’t having it. We canceled last week thanks...
LOLing In and Around CHQ, and Some Really Cool Rocks!
- July 29, 2022
- RV, State Park, Travel
This week was the first of our two summer camping trips in NY. We have a light summer planned, since we knew it would be a busy few months with Connor’s move in June and our upcoming move this Fall. We headed out of Rochester Monday morning with Chautauqua...