This little campground in a forest not far from the jungle of metropolitan New Jersey is a delight. We walked into Mahlon Dickerson Reservation on Thursday and scored Site 9 for two nights. Built in the 1960's it was long a well kept local secret. Preston, its...
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America’s Worst Winter
See Park Video It was the beginning of the worst winter in recorded history when General George Washington arrived on the doorstep of Theodosia Ford on December 1, 1779. The family had agreed to quarter Washington in Morristown NJ as the Continental Army went into...
Haircut in New Jersey
Shall we say that getting a haircut while on the road even under the best of conditions is not a stress free experience as Ray Stevens warned us back in 1985? But it's not always possible to go back home when the locks get long. Today's experience was complicated by...
Robert & Phoebe
As long as we have been involved in researching our family history, we have known of our link to Elizabeth, New Jersey and the Revolutionary War era. What we didn't know until the last couple of days was that Karen's 5-Great Grandparents Ogden left Elizabeth during...
Into New Jersey
As we pass through through the Delaware Water Gap at the Pennsylvania - New Jersey border we're feeling a tug to go and do more exploring in the National Recreation Area. At the same time we're hearing a call to go exploring family history and American History in the...
Thirty-Ninth!
After our travels of last summer and this summer we had visited thirty-five states in our T@B but still had gaps in the map in the Northeast. In the past four days we've added four more states: Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, and Rhode Island. We've overnighted,...
Their T@Bin in the Woods
Arrived after dark last night to The Great Divide, what seemed to be an empty campground. Awakened this morning to discover that there was one other camper set up nearby - another T@B! Got talking to the owners, Gid and Terry, and discovered that we had met them at...
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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Reykjavik Walkabout
On our first visit to Iceland we did a self guided walkabout in the center of Reykjavik.
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
Our adventure in Halifax was an extremely informative visit to the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic coupled with a beautiful walk from the ship and back again.
Aboard the Pearl
Departing aboard the Norwegian Pearl on a repositoning cruise as the first leg of a three month adventure.