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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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Over a long weekend we sampled some of the myriad things to do in Cuyahoga Valley National Park, unique among national parks for it’s environmental reclamation, historic preservation, and recreational opportunities adjacent to the populous cities of Cleveland and Akron in northeastern Ohio. Can’t wait to return and explore more.
Our journey from Portsmouth, England to our home in Ohio might have been accomplished in about sixteen hours but my avoiding air travel we were able to enjoy a fifteen day journey home via train, ship, Uber, train, as well as our own feet and finally our personal vehicle.
It’s been a fascinating two day visit to Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. We managed to pack in tours of the HMS Warrior, the HMS Victory as well ast Victory Live: The
Big Repair, and finally the Mary Rose. All were incredibly informative and well presented.