Adventures including Visit(s) with Family
Leaving Lizzy and The Beast in Minneapolis We just spent 13 days (~1,500 miles in a rental car) in 4 states … Scranton included a Brief Re-Visit to 1 National Park Site: Steamtown National Historic Site (#14-Revisit), where we had an hour to look around again. Could have been 3 Read more…
Mostly just hanging out…in camp or at Linda & Steve’s We planned our week in Sarasota to mostly visit with Gail’s good friend Linda and her husband Steve. Unfortunately, they had to go back to Seattle just before we arrived. Instead, we had time to catch up a bit on Read more…
Or West Everglades…Big Cypress National Preserve Five nights camping in Big Cypress National Preserve (#231), at Monument Lake Campground. It is only our 5th time camping with Lizzy in a National Park! Despite the website info that there was limited cell service and no showers, we were pleasantly surprised to Read more…
First stop, Jersey Shore & Family We left Lizzy outside Philadelphia (Clarksboro, NJ) to “hotel it” on the Jersey Shore, spending Friday, Saturday and Sunday with Mark’s Kids & Grandkids. We had a lovely family weekend, with included Mark’s 1st & 2nd 70th Bday Parties: dinner on the beach in Read more…
Nine nights back in Jackson, NJ No touring planned, our only goal being more visits with Family & Friends! And we were pretty successful. Only one day did we see no one. We had dinner out a couple of times with friends, Ed & Diane, John & Joe, and “just Read more…
While Lizzy got a 5-Year Check-Up at Colonial Airstream… We left New Jersey a week ago Tuesday, for a 9-day Road Trip to Philadelphia, Annapolis, and Dover. In 9 days (including stops enroute, on 3 driving days) we packed in quite a bit, walking quite a few miles as we Read more…
Lots of Family Time! From New Holland, we got to visit Gail’s cousin Lee Ann a couple of times, just before her birthday, so it included 2 birthday dinners, one at her house with friends, and one a cookout in camp, when she came to meet Lizzy. Then we got Read more…
Made it to Amish Country…3rd stop in Pennsylvania! We spent another week around Donora, PA, mostly visiting Mark’s family. Then we spent 4 nights/3 days in Gettysburg. There we spent a day in Harrisburg and 2 days in Gettysburg. Some fun included: Spending Joy’s Birthday in Pittsburgh! Spontaneous! Walk across Read more…
Before we left for 3+ weeks at home in Bellevue As predicted, we had a busy 4 days in Western Pennsylvania at the beginning of May…camping in Washington (“Little Washington”) for 2 days. Mark visited with brother Dave, and we cleaned out Lizzy and took her to Monongahela to store Read more…
Left Seattle Area yesterday, after 3+ weeks at home We didn’t do even half of what we had on our To-Do List! No surprise. We did get in all our planned (and follow-up) doctor & dentist visits and did the most pressing yard work (i.e. hedge trimming). Mark worked on Read more…