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Biography Video What a delight! As we were visiting the Hayes Presidential Site we saw preparations for a concert on the lawn. Although it took a bit to overcome inertia and to leave our comfy little T@B and travel back into Fremont this evening, we're glad we did....
Home Tour Video This house at Spiegel Grove was home for a hundred years to five generations of the Hayes family. Built by his uncle in the 1860's, Rutherford B. Hayes and his wife Lucy enlarged it considerably in the years following his presidency. Visiting his home...
We just couldn't help it. Our plan to drive from Cincinnati to northern Michigan would take us through Toledo so we just had to call Sue and text Julie to see if they could join us for dinner since they had not been able to make it to the family reunion. It was...
It's a tradition that dates back to 1973. On September 1st we go out for Steak and Eggs. The tradition started at The Carousel Inn on Reading Road when we were offered a complimentary breakfast and our server suggested the Steak and Eggs. Today we consulted Yelp and...
We enjoyed a quiet day at home today going out only once for a couple of hours at midday. When we got back to Winton the weekend crowd had cleared. As daylight began to fade, we welcomed a couple of cousins to talk around the campfire while the moon rose over Winton...
We discovered The Century Inn today as part of a geocache search at the location of the tollbooth on the old Cincinnati & Hamilton Turnpike. Although we haven't yet uncovered the cache, it was a fine thing to discover a part of Hamilton County history that links...
Unusual for us to have a day in Cincinnati that is not scheduled with family visits but that's just what we experienced today. We took the opportunity to run errands and to savor Cincinnati specialties. Haircut at Great Clips, a new connector ans computer bag at The...
Winton Woods, Site 57! We're back! It's our third stay on this particular site this year. Looking back, we think our first stay at Winton Woods Campground was in August 1990. Hard to believe we've been coming here regularly for twenty-five years! Guess there's a...
Home Tour Video We routed ourselves through Georgetown OH to visit the home of the boy who would later lead Union forces to victory and lead the American people as the 18th President. Hiram Ulysses Grant was known as Ulysses or Lys during his youth. Through a clerical...
We're headed to Winton Woods today where we have reservations for six nights at an electric only site. Since we have a water hookup here at Bayview we think it's prudent to fill the water tank this morning. Besides that it gives us the chance to use our nifty...
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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It’s an Indiana State Museum site about four miles up the Wabash River from Vincennes, Indiana and just around the corner from Ouabache Trails Park Campground, our home for the last four nights. Named for the country's first Secretary of War, Henry Knox, Fort Knox II...
Documentary Video Here Wow! This is a part of the story of the American Revolution that the two of us knew nothing about. Here at the George Rogers Clark National Historic Site here in Vincennes, Indiana. Here we learned that George Rogers Clark, son of a prominent...
An incredibly talented entertainer, Red Skelton came from very humble beginnings here in Vincennes, Indiana. He was the youngest in a family of four boys whose father passed away just months before he was born in 1913. Very early on he discovered a passion for...