The Next Chapter in our RV Adventures

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...

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Better Safe than Sorry…

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...

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The One Where He Graduates

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...

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Museums, Cherry Blossoms, and Pandas

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...

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Trolleys, Waterfalls, and Vinyl Records

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...

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Civil Rights, Banksy, and Really Big Furniture

Our journeys through North Carolina continue! On Thursday, we visited Greensboro, NC, about 45 minutes north of our campground. We started our day at the Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, the site of a Revolutionary War battle in March, 1781. While the battle was technically won by the British,...

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Lions, Giraffes, and Elephants

On Friday, we headed to the last of the “Research Triangle” cities, Raleigh…also the capital of North Carolina. Our first stop was a fabulous garden and nursery, Juniper Level Botanic Garden, that is only open to the public eight weekends each year, and we happened to catch one of...

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