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...

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,...

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...

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...

Okay, not just the weather...but a lot about the weather. A little Shenandoah National Park Day Trip to break up the heat. It is an...

Rootless without the Rambler: Definitely will come back WHERE: Kiptopeke State Park, Cape Charles, VA site E9 WHY: the youngest baby...

Field Trip: Day 1, Petersburg National Battlefield, Virginia We took a day this week to explore the Petersburg National Battlefield, one...