When we decided to visit the Everglades we didn’t expect a lesson in Cold War History but the Everglades was the site of one of the Nike missile defense bases - HM-69. We participated in the ranger led tour and our ranger had served on a Nike Site in the early 1970’s....
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Alligator Eyes
We broke camp on Pine Island and headed for Ft Myers. We stopped at a McDonald’s long enough to use their Wi-Fi to replenish our eBook library then went to Mass at Blessed Pope John XXIII Church. Wow! It may be the biggest church we’ve been in. After that we stopped...
Breakfast on the Beach
Started the day by breaking camp at Fort DeSoto Park Campground Site 38. Took a couple of moments to watch shorebirds foraging for their breakfast. Then met Kay and headed to Paradise Grille on Pass-a-Grille Beach. We fell in love with this place when it was Seaside...
Down by the Riverside
An absolutely glorious end of summer day. We made our way to Harvard Square for two festivities. First was the Urban Agricultural Fair which included some roasted corn on the cob and local brew. In between we visited Greg's workplace and checked out a couple of local...
Feasts of Two Kinds
We ventured out to the Museum of Fine Arts today. Oh, there is so much to see. We sampled but a small amount of the offerings but relished beauty from Ancient Egypt to Dale Chihuly. We were dazzled by the special exhibit on jewelry and awed by Early American art such...
Public Gardens and Beyond
Still didn’t make the trip to the National Archives at Waltham, Mass. Still working out details of how to transport ourselves there. Instead we achieved a different goal for this trip. We went to the Apple Store on Boylston an purchased a Magic Track Pad to use with...
Visiting JFK
A visit to the John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site. Birthplace of America’s 35th President
Polk Place
South of Nashville, in the community of Columbia, Tennessee is the James K Polk Home and Museum. The only surviving residence of the 11th President of the United States, it was his parents' home, where he spent his young adult years and much of his adulthood. It was...
Exploring Portland Head Light
It started out as a quest for tea bags, hoping to find a store open in Portland ME on Thanksgiving, but turned into a hiatus in dinner preparations and all of us going to explore the area of the Portland Head Light at Port Elizabeth, Maine. A fun time was had by all.
Reintroduced Elk in Cataloochee
Bull Elk Cataloochee Great Smoky Mountains On Day Two of Gary's adventures exploring our new neighborhood we headed to the Blue Ridge Parkway enjoying views from Waterrock Knob and other overlooks along this scenic highway the park service calls "America's Favorite...
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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Fitzgerald Marine Reserve
Mark and Patti suggested one more Pacific Coast adventure before we part ways so we headed to the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve at Moss Beach, California. It's renowned for the diversity of marine flora and fauna and is s great place to visit tide pools. We arrived just...
Brunch at La Nebbia Winery
As a bit of an afterglow those of us still in Half Moon Bay, California this morning gathered at La Nebbia Winery this morning to enjoy the company of the bride and groom and one another. There was coffee and tea, breakfast burritos, coffee cake bites, yogurt...
They Still Do
Last summer Megan and Arden made a decision to get married on short notice so Meg could return with him to Stuttgart, Germany as a military spouse but solemnly promised her mother who would be traveling with her sisters in Ireland on the wedding day that they would...