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After our early morning walk to the beach, we returned to camp for a nap then an oatmeal breakfast before heading out to find a few geocaches on or way north. After about half a dozen finds in Maryland and then in Delaware, we stumbled on a breakfast restaurant that...
. In the twelve weeks since we left home we have done a grand loop around our great country. We've been to San Francisco and Boston and so many places in between. Tonight we are headed in the direction of our house in the Smokies. A funny thing has happened to us in...
Back in early 2002 we took American History I at the University of South Florida campus In St. Petersburg with Lee Irby. Among the things we talked about was The Great Awakening and the clergyman Jonathan Edwards. It was because of those classroom discussions that we...
We didn't know it ahead of time but today is International Geocaching Day. We are celebrating by geocaching as we travel across Pennsylvania toward Connecticut. Just now it's given us the opportunity to take a couple of short hikes to the far reaches of an interstate...
We began the day in Bluffton, Indiana, just south of Fort Wayne. We set a course for the closest KOA to Lima, Ohio, about one and a half hours away. Not exactly a strenuous day of travel! Although our destination campground is one we've stayed at before, the roads we...
Biography of Harrison We love it when we stumble upon places that we know about from history classes. Today it was the Tippecanoe Battlefield and Museum. We visited the site of the November 7, 1811 battle between U.S. forces led by then Indiana governor William Henry...
Last night as we were driving into Indianapolis, we noticed a sign mentioning General Lew Wallace. Since neither of us recognized the name we googled it and found a lengthy article that gave an excellent overview of his life and accomplishments. Then today we went in...
Today we broke camp and headed into the town of Crawfordsville for breakfast and geocaching. We found a parking place for the rig and lit out on foot to explore and to find food. We were successful. A find at The Old Jail Museum, a fine Hoosier breakfast at Allen's...
We spent the night at Lowden State Park near Oregon, Illinois. Found a couple of geocaches before the skies opened and sent us seeking shelter inside the gypsy wagon. This morning we took a short hike to see the statue The Eternal Indian that has looked out over the...
Or friends Mary and Jim invited us to visit their Prairie Edge Farm. A few years ago they purchased an old house on a piece of property that was once a farm owned by the Olsen family. They restored the name of the farm and are lovingly restoring the house. We got a...
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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Off the beaten path is Hampstead is the more than three hundred year old Burgh House with a fascinating history. It’s now a community center, local museum, gallery, concert venue, event space, and more open to the public four days a week. We popped over for a bite to eat and to peruse the galleries to learn a little more about Hampstead history.
Ever since its debut on Broadway the two of us have wanted to see “Wicked the Musical”. Today we realized that dream. In the Apollo Victoria Theater in London’s West End we were witness to the incredible prequel to The Wizard of Oz, the story of the Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.
London’s National Portrait Gallery’s temporary exhibition, “Six Lives: The Stories of Henry VIII’s Queens” presents an amazing collection of portraits, jewelry, personal effects, books, costumes, and more to illustrate not only the lives of the six women who married the second Tudor king, but the effort across five centuries to keep their memory alive.