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…
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…
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…
While Kathy and I often stay in campgrounds during extended periods of travel, we also spend our fair share of time in motels and hotels. Some of these Motels/Hotels are absolutely fantastic. I have fond memories of the Hyatt Place…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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,…