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It was another glorious Deck Day, our twenty-second annual! And the weather was perfect. Today was a gathering of thirty-nine people including we two. Folks came from Massachusetts, Ohio, Georgia, Florida, and further afield in North Carolina. A few folks were new to...
Is there ever a good time for a washing machine to fail and need replacement? This certainly wasn't. Our four year old Frigidaire stacking washer failed this past weekend. We've learned a lot in the last four days. Front loading washers are very difficult and very...
Without getting too optimistic about it, we are beginning to see signs of Spring. We've had a few days this past week that were warm enough in the afternoon to warrant opening the glass doors and letting some fresh air into the house. It's a bit strange to have a fire...
Like geeks everywhere we celebrated 3.14 as Pi Day. Although we know that for a circle, Area = π × r2, we also know that pie are round. We did, we celebrated with a pie. No we didn't go to the extreme of decorating the crust with the value of pi to many many digits,...
This is the sixth time in our lives that we've followed the events in Rome as the Cardinals gathered to elect a new pontiff. This time has been historic in many ways. It's the first time in more than five hundred years that a pope has been elected while his...
One of the challenges of life in the mountains is getting electronic access to the outside world. To get a decent cell phone signal we have to plug a cell signal booster into our DSL modem. That works well as long as the DSL is up and running. And we are not utilizing...
We woke up to a snowy scene, not a lot of accumulation but still it's snowy. We agreed it's nice to be on the inside looking out. We did venture out at midday. Ran a couple of small errands, took a short walk in the park,...
Home again. It's good. Then again, the warmth and the sunshine in Florida in February was pretty nice! Just have to remember the weather in August. It's good to be home and to be with our friends again. Now to get all that laundry washed, dried, and put away. Hope for...
We traveled down to Naples to visit Pat and Tom. Steve is related to Pat two different ways. She is a third cousin through one line and a second cousin once removed through another line. We met their three more generations of the family. Their daughter and her...
Spent the day with Oscar and some special people in his life. We lunched on Fish and Chips, walked out on a pier into the Peace River, visited the Fountain of Youth and the reputed landing place of Ponce de Leon, then dined on Blue Crab Cakes all the while catching up...
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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Video: Voyageurs National Park This has been an amazing introduction to an incredible place. We successfully managed to rendezvous with our dear friend Amanda on her journey east from Washington State as we were making our way west. Actually we'd both departed from...
This week has been a dream come true for Karen. Ever since 1962 when she not only became best friends with Ann, the new girl at school, who later became a college roommate, but developed a friendship with her whole family, Karen has dreamt of visiting two small towns...
Soudan Mine Tour Video - Click Here After purchasing our tickets online yesterday we headed this morning over to the Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park just east of Tower, Minnesota for the Soudan Underground Mine Tour where we had the privilege of...