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Home Discovery Tour Monroe at Ashlawn-Highland Saturday we visited the James Monroe home, Ashlawn-Highland where we had a private tour and learned a lot about the 5th U.S. President. The original portion of the house is amazingly modest but comfortable. The...
Home Tour Video Biography Video We cannot pass up the opportunity to visit a Presidential site. So we had to visit Staunton VA and the birthplace of Woodrow Wilson. We were fascinated and want to return. Perhaps for a Veteran's Day Parade so we can see the Pierce...
Arrived later in the afternoon at Natural Bridge. Steve knows that he was here as a young child and has wanted to return for many a year. Came for the dramatic light show and a look at this awesome geologic feature in the evening light. It was surveyed by George...
Miller Center Videos We have two rules. 1. Drive back roads. 2. Stop when something looks interesting. As we left Hot Springs NC we set the GPS for Hot Springs VA. The route took us through Greeneville TN where we found something that looked interesting. So we stopped...
Biography Video Home Tour Video When we left Dayton this morning we intended to meander our way north and east and explore some of the lesser highways and byways of Ohio. We did travel SR 4 to Marion. Wanted to visit the Warren G. Harding Museum there but it's not...
Biography Video It looks as though North Dakota's cottonwood trees think it's autumn. We spent the day enjoying Theodore Roosevelt National Park, both south and north units. The human history, the geology, and the wildlife are all rather remarkable. Late in the...
See Park Video You've probably heard the story of our first visit to Mount Rushmore National Memorial. We drove in, rushed out to the viewing platform, snapped about a dozen excellent photos of the four presidents using a variety of lenses on a 35mm SLR camera then...
Camped last night at Wilson Island State Park on the western border of Iowa. For yet another night we set up camp in a light rain and broke camp in the mist. This was our most primitive camp yet. We had pit toilets! But $11 a night is not bad. In Omaha, Nebraska, then...
Biography Video Park Ranger Home Tour Our first stop of interest in Iowa was the Herbert Hoover Birthplace, Presidential Library, and Museum. Herbert Clark Hoover was born here near West Branch, east of Iowa City, Iowa in 1874. At the age of eleven, having been...
Although we knew that the remnants of Hurricane Gustav were headed our way and arranged our camp for minimal mess breaking camp in the rain, it was still a messy affair. We had to return to the laundry room to dry our bedding before heading out. The rain...
Planning a trip? Dreaming of travel? Perhaps some of our adventures could inspire yours! Over the last several years we’ve had the distinct pleasure of many cross country journeys traveling though the Lower 48 in tents and our various teardrop campers as well as an amazing Alaska adventure that did not involve a camper.
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Today’s excursion to The Victoria & Albert Museum established in 1857 gave us a glimpse into the Victorian world and a chance to see some glorious originals and copies up close.
With Karen’s sister, niece, and her family we visited Stotfold England to walk in the footsteps of ancestors and to explore a lovingly restored historic water mill.
To meet up with some family members for the weekend, we headed north to explore Ely one day then Lavenham the next, two incredible historic communities.