What if … On Monday night we talked to Nathan Watson and wished him a happy birthday. It was the year of Lego’s for this young man. It was what he wanted and it was what he got. Now Flat Nathan traveling with us did not necessarily want Lego’s but it is what he got […]
The Lure of the Mountaintop
Shenandoah National Park on a cloud covered day looked like this. Who needed sunshine? It was a late start to our day on Saturday. We used the GPS on my phone to find what we thought was a good route to Skyline Drive which is the road that was built explicitly to drive the 105 […]
Gettysburg Farm Campground
Fun With the Animals It is the end of a beautiful sunny day. After we left New York on the 21st we headed west into Pennsylvania. Gettysburg was our next stop and we arrived in the afternoon to cloudy and rainy weather. The campground was unique in that it was situated on a farm. There […]
Full Circle
So the storm came during the night and it was a doozy. But we have fortunate in that we have not had to set up or take down during a downpour. About 30 minutes before we left the rain stopped and we were on the road. Within 10 minutes of being on the road we […]
Farewell to a Dream
We left the campground about 9:30 this morning. Ambivalence is the word for the morning. It is always exciting to be going someplace new and unknown. But it is particularly hard to be leaving this National Park. It was a bucket list item that certainly has not disappointed. In fact, it surpassed all expectations that […]
Bikes, Lobster and a Kayak
As we continued to explore the park, there were still a few things on our list to do. We started Sunday afternoon by taking our bikes to the Loop Road at Eagle Lake. We set out for a 10 mile ride. We had no idea that the route would take us around two mountains with […]