When you walk into an eating establishment and you spot photos of Guy Fieri, you think you might be in for a treat. Indeed we had a fine dinner this evening at St Petersburg, Florida’s Metro Diner. This chain of diners offering amazing comfort food had it's beginnings...
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Cuban Cigars and Mojitós
It seems that if you go to Cuba folks back home expect that you will come home with Cuban cigars and rum. We were able to easily find some Havana Club rum both aged and white at a shop in the cruise terminal, one bottle of each and we were at our limit for US Customs...
Shuffleboard!
Times change. When we were kids growing up in St Petersburg, Florida, shuffleboard was a past-time reserved for the old folks. Well sorta. As youngsters we sometimes played at playing the game but it was the retirees that took the game seriously. Then about a dozen or...
Ford’s Garage
Ford’s Garage is the newest establishment to occupy the location at the southwest corner of 1st Avenue and 2nd Street South in St Petersburg, Florida. When we were downtown residents this was Midtown Sundries and we were regulars here. Now it’s a craft burger place...
Welcome to Gigi’s
Way back in our courtship days, the two of us loved to go to Gigi’s for pizza, it was the only place we knew of that offered green olives as a pizza topping. Since then the original Pasadena, Florida location has closed but lucky for us the Newberne family still runs...
Settling Back In
Just as dark was gathering here in the cove we arrived home from our rambles, backed our T@B into the driveway, greeted a neighbor, started the process of getting the T@B ready for winter, moving back into the house including getting the gas fireplace up and running...
Praline Cheesecake
It's the last leg of our 2018 Summer Ramble phase two. We started the day at Buffalo KOA near Hurricane Mills, Tennessee, Site #37 where we drained all our water tanks last night and enjoyed a nice visit with Sharon and Mike. They will continue their journey north to...
Into the East
Traveling in caravan and headed to Hurricane Mills, Tennessee, we've just crossed the Mississippi River at Memphis. For the two of us tonight will be our last night on the road as our 2018 Summer Ramble winds down. Sharon & Mike are weighing their options for...
Morning at Gulpha Gorge
See Park Video Early yesterday afternoon we arrived at Gulpha Gorge Campground in Hot Springs National Park and were immediately greeted by our delightful campground hosts, Becky & Gary. All sites here are first come and luck was with us, we were able to get side...
Hot Springs After Dark
After getting situated at the national park campground, we four piled into our truck and made our way into the heart of historic Hot Springs. First challenge was figuring out where to park! From there we toured one of the historic bathhouses along Bathhouse Row and...
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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Brooklyn Cruise Terminal
It’s here! It’s finally here! After a breakfast from the 9th Ave Gourmet Deli at the corner and some great coffee from Arvaci next door then making sure we were packed and ready, we summoned an Uber ride and enjoyed chatting with our driver. Now here we are at the...
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