Adventures including Visit(s) with Friend(s)
SO MANY TO SEE!!! The first 3 days post-convention, we spent a majority of our time visiting National Park Sites, new & repeats, “counted” & only affiliated. Then we took a day off. DC Mall Visits to 4 (5) new National Park Sites and 8 (9) repeats: Monday, we drove Read more
Family, Friends, US 250, and a Mini-Vacation Over the last 2 weeks, Lizzy spent 12 nights in Sturbridge, MA and 2 nights in Susquehanna State Park, MD. Much of that time we were visiting with family and friends in Massachusetts and Maryland, including weekend US 250 Celebrations at Gail’s family Read more
Visiting with Family & Fixing up Lizzy We camped in New Jersey for 2 weeks, to visited the Kids & Grandkids. They visited us, too, and swam in the pool, played in the playground, hung out at the campsite, and were strangely entertained by the pedal flush of Lizzy‘s toilet Read more
The one in the mountains of West Virginia Took a bit of a break…no long hikes, no new or revisted NP‘s…just chores, hanging out in camp, a visit from RSE friend Jim Bob, Mark working on PE credits. Time to enjoy the quiet setting in Elkview on Buffalolick Branch (a Read more
Heading north out of Florida through rural Georgia We stopped first for 4 nights in Americus, Georgia and then continued north for 2 nights in Forsyth, Georgia. Mark got to catch up with another old high school friend, Jim-B, and we spent 3 days… Visiting 2 new National Park Sites Read more
And some unexpected adventures We planned a couple of days in Starke, Florida, hoping that Mark could reconnect with his high school best friend Ernie (after ~20 years). Mark finally made contact 2 weeks ago…AND…Ernie and his wife Deb were around (less than 2 miles from the campground we’re in)! Read more
Visiting friends from Sarasoto to Wesley Chapel Gail got a lot of time with her friend Linda in Sarasota: some “Girls Time” just hanging out and lots of time with our hubbies, too. When we arrived, we tried our first Puerto Rican food…Mark had Mofongo Relleno and Gail had roast pork Read more
Mark Family & Friend Visits It is now warm enough for shorts, on the west coast of Florida. Our short stop started with a visit to Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve, where we walked the 1.2 mile boardwalk and saw an alligator, several turtles, and lots of birds. We must Read more
Gail Family/Friend Visits And finally SOME warmth, on the east coast of Florida, camping between Cocoa & Melbourne. Lots of visits with Gail’s Aunt Carolyn, cousins Jeb, Lee, Bill-G and and their spouses Karyn, Cherie and Gerri. Gail got in some time “just visiting” with Aunt Carolyn. There were also Read more
AKA…hanging out near Charleston, SC After we picked up Lizzy, we spent the rest of the day getting settled in camp and getting Lizzy cleaned and stocked up for travel. Then we had four days, mostly just hanging out, although we did venture out a few times (in addition to Read more