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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
This trip is a bit unusual, as it has had one purpose…Connor’s college graduation! Oh, and packing his stuff to be moved from Oxford to a storage unit in Columbus for a month, and then to Chicago. It’s kind of amazing how much stuff he has accumulated in four...
Thursday was our first day in DC, and we started by meeting up with Connor and Emily. They flew in from Cincinnati Tuesday night and had already had a day of fun in DC! The timing worked out great that it was Spring Break week for Miami University, and...
Our final weekend in Asheville was pretty quiet, and we departed early on Monday for our next stop. After six full weeks in North Carolina, we crossed the border into Virginia to start our journey back north. We stopped in Roanoke, VA and our primary destination there was “Black...
Before I get into the new stuff, I have an interesting update to my last post. As you’ll recall, we visited Winston Salem where RJ Reynolds tobacco company is headquartered. When he worked for Videk (a spinoff/subsidiary of Kodak), my Dad received a patent for a “Cigarette Package Inspection...
Tuesday was an “eclectic” day according to Mark…lots of variety! We started with a tour of “Korner’s Folly”, a home in Kernersville, NC. They bill it as “a house like no other” and I have to agree. The house was built in 1878 by Jule Gilmer Korner who was...