Getting Ready to Travel . . Again!
Hi everyone. Time flies when you’re having fun – and even more so when you have a lot to do. I can’t believe that we’ll be back on the road in just over a month, and at the same time…
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Christmas in Atlanta
While I like all the good things about Christmas like visiting family, eating sweets and junk food with reckless abandon, watching Christmas Vacation and Rudolf and so on, I pretty much abhor commercialism and everything that modern Christmas represents. As…
Inspiring Day in Joshua Tree with New Friends
Rich and I had a great time last Sunday, venturing out for a day trip from Orange County to Joshua Tree National Park. Of course we’re always up for travel – but we were also looking forward to this day…
Leaf Peeping in New England
Kathy and I moved from New England to California back in 1998. For a while we’d take one trip a year ‘back east’ to visit family during Christmas vacation, as Christmas is a naturally good time to see family and…
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Kathy and I left Atlanta with plans to reach New England in 2 weeks. I wanted to visit The Smoky Mountains and drive the Blue Ridge Parkway. Kathy wanted to see Lancaster County PA, and visit Hershey. Everything should have…
Mexico to California to Atlanta
It’s been a LONG month since we’ve posted, and we have a lot of making up to do. First, you might be wondering where we are and where we’ve been, and I’ll take this post to fill you in. We’ve…
Atlanta – The Hub of the New South
Note: This post was was written after leaving Atlanta, where we stayed with family for about six weeks from Dec. to mid January. It covers a few highlights of activities we did while in the area, so it’s a bit…
Southern Charm in Richmond
After driving over 520 miles down the U.S. coast from MA through Washington DC and Philadelphia, we are ready for a rest here in Richmond, VA. It seems we’ve been following a sort of ‘history trail’, so are looking forward…
The Lesson Continues in Washington D.C.
Up until 2010, I’d never visited our Nation’s Capitol – Washington, D.C. (District of Columbia). Somehow during the past year, I’ve visited Washington not once or twice, but three times! The first two times was without Kathy, so I was…
A History Lesson in Philadelphia
On November 15th, Rich and I packed up and left western Massachusetts as planned. After being in New England for 6+ weeks, packing up felt like moving all over again. I guess that’s part of the vagabond lifestyle. At the…
Boston Reunions
Last weekend Rich and I went to Boston, to see the city and visit his brother, James, and his fiance Kelsey. We enjoyed a peaceful drive in by way of the Mass. Pike- or ‘The Pike,’ as it’s called here.…
Bohemian Provincetown Retreat
The only way to Provincetown is a small highway through the center of Cape Cod, and the 40 mile trip was uneventful. You do see a number of small lakes, which I later learned are called kettle ponds — clear,…