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Our cousins Steve & Nancy host have hosted a 4th of July party for neighbors, friends, and family at their Columbus home for quite a few years. This evening we joined in the fun. It felt so familiar though we'd not been here before. It was such a fabulous melding...
Karen has always known that she was born and baptized in Columbus but the family moved shortly afterwards and never even returned for a visit. With a bit of sleuthing she found the house address. Dad confirmed that he and Mother rented a second floor bedroom and a...
No trip to Cincinnati is complete for us without a visit with Steve's uncle and aunt. They are special to us in so many ways. Neil is Steve's godfather and a surrogate father. Vi was so welcoming to Karen when she spent a summer in Cincinnati just after we two became...
After setting up on Site 23 at Indiana's Paynetown SRA, we joined CJ and Phil in Bloomington for a visit that started off on the front porch of the century old house they call home. After a delicious dinner at Upland Brewery (a. Best Fish & Chips in Bloomington,...
Tonight skywatchers around the Northern Hemisphere will witness a Strawberry Moon, a full moon on the Summer Solstice. We'll not be among them. With a mountain covered in trees blocking our view of the eastern sky it will be hours before the moon will be visible to us...
Back in June 1967 Stan and Steve were part of a party of four from Explorer Post 266 who hiked 67 miles on the Appalachian Trail in the Smokies. Today they hiked the Kephart Prong Trail to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of that AT hike. Not bad for a couple of 35 year...
Linus, Greg, and Rachel rang us up on FaceTime this afternoon with Father's Day greetings. It was a fun opportunity to chat, to wish Greg a Happy Father's Day, and the play catch with Linus with his blue rubber ball!
Downtown Hazelwood, we discovered it during Mary's post-Deck Day visit. Lunch at Bourbon Barrel Beef & Ale and decadent pastries at Nettie's Bakery. Yum! Today the two of us returned for lunch at the Barrel. A Classic Reuben accompanied by a chilled Potato Leek...
It was with immense pleasure that we made the short trip this evening from Tween Creeks to Balsam to visit Sharon and Paul. Our lives and stories have run parallel and intertwined throughout the last few decades. We reminded them of part of our shared history when we...
It's the official end of Deck Day with the departure this morning of the last of our houseguests. Mary lingered longer than the others because she could, because she's now retired, because we were delighted to host her. She reminded us of the benefits of massage as...
Planning a trip? Dreaming of travel? Perhaps some of our adventures could inspire yours! Over the last several years we’ve had the distinct pleasure of many cross country journeys traveling though the Lower 48 in tents and our various teardrop campers as well as an amazing Alaska adventure that did not involve a camper.
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It was a fabulous opportunity to not only view the 2024 Solar Eclipse from within the path of totality but also to enjoy a five day weekend with friends from the T@B trailer community at Ohio’s East Harbor State Park on the shore of Lake Erie.
Spent a most enjoyable March sunny day watching alligators and hiking in St Mark’s National Wildlife Refuge south of Tallahassee, Florida.
Eight nights at sea aboard Carnival Pride gave us visits to Costa Rica, Cayman Islands, and a Panama Canal Partial Passage as well as lots of fun, camaraderie, and of course dancing.