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First the bad news: Although we could hear the refrigerator run all night, apparently it was only the fan and not the compressor. The food and milk were nearly as warm as the outside temperature. Bummer. Based on our location it looks like it will be easier to return...
On another ramble with a new tiny trailer a few years back we set the gps for Hot Springs VA but allowed ourselves to be sidetracked along the way by wonderful and delightful things. But this time we wanted to actually get there. We programmed the Maps App for...
Peter and Kathy live on the outskirts of Washington DC and he works in the heart of the city. They graciously offered to give us a nighttime personally guided tour of the monuments in our national's capitol. It was Karen's first ever and Steve's first visit in many...
Mount Vernon, home of the First President George Washington, mecca to many Americans. The house tour was crowded but sitting on the porch gazing at the Potomac was relaxing. And listening to "Martha" talk, checking out the museum, and wandering among the outbuildings...
Thursday found us again listening to a CD and driving the Wilderness Battlefield Tour. Just after visiting the site of Grant's headquarters we stopped and parked outside the gates of Ellwood where Gen Warren had his headquarters. The house is open for tours only on...
Stopped by the Chancellorsville Visitor's Center and then drove the battlefield tour with and audio CD. It took us all day because we often stopped and got out of the car to walk the trail or stand in the field and to ponder the importance of the events that took...
Animated Map Video Tuesday we visited Fredericksburg. Thank heavens for the National Park Visitor Center and the orientation movie. After immersing ourselves in the events of those December 1862 days and nights, we walked the trail along the stone wall. In the years...
Montpelier Video Madison Biography Spent the best part of the Monday at Montpelier, the home of James and Dolley Madison. It's an incredible place, still undergoing restoration. Too much to see all at one time. It was incredible to stand in the room where the Father...
Park Video Interactive Park Video On Sunday we spent several hours at Monticello touring the house and grounds and learning more about the 3rd US President and his times. The home is wonderful and the restoration is impeccable considering the fact that all of...
Tavern Tour Video We lunched at Michie Tavern where the modern restaurant still serves the kind of food that you might have eaten at the tavern if you were traveling two hundred years ago. Afterwards we toured the tavern and learned more about living and traveling in...
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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Singapore is an city-state located on an island at the tip of the Malay Peninsula in Southeast Asia that during its sixty years of independence has carefully and thoughtfully created an ultra modern city that honors its past as it looks to the future. One aspect has been promoting a Garden City to in part to improve livability, public health. Our first visit to this spectacular city concentrated on the incredible gardens here.
Knowing very little of the deep history of Vietnam, we chose to spend our one day in the country immersing ourselves in their 18th Century imperial history including a sumptuous nine-course lunch in the ancestral home of a princess.
With three curated experiences, a Hidden Hong Kong Tour, a Chinese Cultural Extravaganza stage production, and a Grand Tour of Hong Kong we got a intriguing introduction to the history, culture, and landscape of this dynamic city where East meets West.