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Back in August, before we left St Petersburg, we gifted our treasured "Old Tavern Pine" bedroom furniture to friends. We knew the pieces were too big to fit up the stairs and into our bedroom here. Since then our bed has been an air mattress on the floor. Our guest...
It was Rachel's first visit to Great Smoky Mountain National Park and Greg's second trip since 1984. There had been so much snow on the park road that it had been closed until about an hour before we arrived. We didn't venture too far into the park but we did walk...
Back in December Greg and Rachel made plans to come visit during Greg's Spring Break. It turned out to be a snowy weekend. A good time for staying in, baking yummy treats, and toasting buns. Despite the weather we got a few around the house projects done. Greg aligned...
Matt & Emily and their mother Cathy are visiting on their Spring Break. Besides helping with some of the tasks related to the renovation of our mountain house and exploring the creeks, they've joined us for a trip into Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It's too...
We spent just a couple days in St Petersburg, several appointments - not enough time to see all the people we would like to see. Visited just some of our old haunts. Spent a little time at The Arts Center, got some gelato at Paciugo, had a bite to eat and some...
We didn't go out to dinner or anything like that, just stayed home enjoying our new digs, enjoying the cut flowers that we got the other day, and making a yummy dinner at home. Sat in our living room looking at some of the woods that we might choose for our new floor...
The house is twenty-six years old. We built it in 1982 then in 1984 we signed a one year lease with a new tenant. At the end of a year we agreed to allow her to rent on a month to month basis not realizing at the time that she would ultimately stay for twenty-four...
To celebrate this auspicious birthday, Steve and company hiked up the creek that runs in front of our house. The two of us hiked up to a huge boulder that we opted not to clamber over. Dave however had a standard to live up to. He climbed all the way up to "the witch...
On Sunday Dave put a post on our family web pages about the pancakes he and Riley cooked up to celebrate a snowy day. Greg responded with news that he and Rachel had made pancakes because they seem just right on a snowy day. So while we still have snow on the ground,...
We had an appointment for Verizon to come out an install DSL for us on Tuesday. When we had not yet seen them by midday Wednesday we called and discovered that the installation had already occurred. Best we can figure out is that they came on Friday. So we could have...
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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Today's travels have taken us a bit north of US-20 to Abbott Farms in Baldwinsville, New York. It's another great Harvest Hosts site. In accordance with Harvest Hosts Etiquette, we made a point to arrive early enough to be able to shop in the farm store. Since it's...
Today's route is US-20 eastbound across New York State. It's one of our favorite highways. Our first trip along this stretch was in September 1976 driving a 1971 Pontiac LeMans from Niagara Falls, Ontario to Glens Falls, New York. If memory serves us correctly we...
Last night when we were chatting with Laura, we mentioned how much we enjoy Johnson Estate Wines in Westfield, New York and she agreed, especially their Red and White Ipocras, spiced wines. It’s the oldest farm winery in New York State. We’ve visited a few times since...