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,...
Lions, Giraffes, and Elephants
- March 2, 2022
- RV, State Park, Travel
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...
Gardens, a Chapel, and the Bull City
Our travels on Friday were easy and quick, after a crazy night of rain and wind. Wind is the one thing that really bothers me when I’m trying to sleep (I can sleep through anything…but windstorms keep me awake!), so it was a restless night. Fortunately it was just...
Riverwalks, Boardwalks, and Piers
We had about a 3.5 hour drive to our next campground on Tuesday. Everything went smoothly when we left Virginia – got our propane tank filled, hooked up the car, and were on the road pretty quickly. The drive was smooth and easy – hardly any traffic, which is...
Monticello, Bonsai, and Electricity
We had a really interesting and fun weekend…when we weren’t worrying about electrical issues with the RV! If you’re interested in the details of that, it’s at the end of the post…feel free to skip it if you’d prefer. I’ll start with the fun stuff! Saturday was a bright,...
On the Road Again…
On the road again! We are back for season two with RoVer, and we’re testing out the snowbird lifestyle…heading south for the winter (or most of it, anyway!). While we have talked about doing this for a while, our ‘real’ planning for this trip started back in September when...
Season One Finale
- October 13, 2021
- RV, State Park, Travel
Warning, this is a long post…but it is the last one for several months and covers several days! We had a quiet morning at the campground on Saturday; Connor had a paper to write, so he focused on that for a few hours while we relaxed, took a walk,...
Field of Honor
- September 14, 2021
- NationalPark, RV, Travel
For our final night, we enjoyed a nice Solo Stove fire and a much quieter campground. We were amazed at how many people left Sunday morning – the place was completely different Sunday night vs. Saturday night (and much more to our liking!) Monday we were up early and...
Tunnels, Gorges, and Cantilevers
- September 12, 2021
- NationalPark, RV, Travel
Before I continue, a couple of quick thoughts about The Biltmore that I forgot to include with my last post. My new bucket list item is a return visit at Christmas time. I saw some photos of what the house looks like in full décor, and it is stunning....
Gardens, an Estate, and some Ducks
Once the rain ended on Wednesday, we were treated to the most amazing sunset! What was particularly interesting is that the pictures we took were actually towards the East, where the sunset was reflecting onto the clouds and creating the most incredible colors in the sky. Wow! Totally worth...