Click Here for Part I WHEN: A sweltering week in August (Day 3-6) WHERE: New Orleans, LA WHY: We were drawn by the lower off-season rates...

WHEN: Random Days in August (we call these Sandwich Days ) WHERE: Freedom Riders NM, Chickamauga and Chattanooga NMP, Kings Mountain NMP,...

WHEN: July 28th for 4 days WHERE: Vilas, North Carolina (Dale's Wheels Through Time & Oconaluftee) WHY: To Escape the Heat and Finish our...

WHEN: July 28th for 4 days WHERE: Vilas, North Carolina WHY: To Escape the Heat and Finish our trek of the Blue Ridge Parkway (see April,...

WHEN: May 10th (7 days, way too short of a visit) WHERE: White Mountains, New Hampshire WHY: Chasing Winter SHELTER: Random Resort in...

WHEN: May 10th (7 days, way too short of a visit) WHERE:  White Mountains, New Hampshire WHY: Chasing Winter SHELTER: Random Resort in...

As we have spent the last year and a half chasing sunshine and misty mountains we realized that we missed winter. Partly since home base...

Alone Together on The Blue Ridge Parkway: Where is everyone? WHEN: 4/24 through 4/26/2024 WHERE: Blue Ridge Parkway milepost 1 to 295,...

Home is wherever we are together; but this time we decided to staycate with the kids and see a bit more of Richmond, Virginia while also...

If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance. --Orville Wright...

WHEN: Week of 2/9/2024 WHERE: Gatlinburg, Tennessee WHY: the mountains were calling SHELTER: Hotel/Resort PERKS: mountain air and local...

Part 2 of Hilton Head trip November/December 2023. Ferry ride worth the cost, no charge for museums on the island. Part 1 if you want to...

Hilton Head, South Carolina fooled us with its endless free historical and natural adventures, low gas prices, and moderately priced...

Family in NC and random Virginia day trips: Northern Neck, Richmond, Hardy, Fort Monroe, Appomattox, and Fredericksburg Ok, so we didn't...

A week in the Carolinas half roughing it and half rooming it up! WHEN: Week of 9/18/2023 WHERE: Stop #1; Oyster Point Campground, Croatan...

We refuse to grow roots; a little wandering of Virginia Guess where we are? At first, we were fighting our fate and staying focused on...