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It's Labor Day Weekend and a busy campground time all around the country but perhaps especially so in Michigan where according to state law the school year cannot commence until after the first Monday in September. Reservations for state parks apparently filled up six...
After yesterday's walk along the shore of of Big Portage Lake and our overnight stay in the Waterloo State Recreation Area we added the Michigan mitten sticker to our map. This holiday weekend we are staying outside of Oscoda MI near the western shore of Lake Huron....
We made it back to MI! For three years we've been waiting for an opportunity to get back and explore this state some more. We've visited here a number of times for family events in Bay City or visiting our friend Sally in Traverse City. Back in 2012 we had to cut our...
It's Ohio farmland we've been driving through these last couple of days. Last night our campground was in the middle of farmland. We stayed at Clinton Lake Campground near Republic OH. If you want an adventure, set your GPS to the address on their website. It will...
Biography Video What a delight! As we were visiting the Hayes Presidential Site we saw preparations for a concert on the lawn. Although it took a bit to overcome inertia and to leave our comfy little T@B and travel back into Fremont this evening, we're glad we did....
Home Tour Video This house at Spiegel Grove was home for a hundred years to five generations of the Hayes family. Built by his uncle in the 1860's, Rutherford B. Hayes and his wife Lucy enlarged it considerably in the years following his presidency. Visiting his home...
We just couldn't help it. Our plan to drive from Cincinnati to northern Michigan would take us through Toledo so we just had to call Sue and text Julie to see if they could join us for dinner since they had not been able to make it to the family reunion. It was...
It's a tradition that dates back to 1973. On September 1st we go out for Steak and Eggs. The tradition started at The Carousel Inn on Reading Road when we were offered a complimentary breakfast and our server suggested the Steak and Eggs. Today we consulted Yelp and...
We enjoyed a quiet day at home today going out only once for a couple of hours at midday. When we got back to Winton the weekend crowd had cleared. As daylight began to fade, we welcomed a couple of cousins to talk around the campfire while the moon rose over Winton...
We discovered The Century Inn today as part of a geocache search at the location of the tollbooth on the old Cincinnati & Hamilton Turnpike. Although we haven't yet uncovered the cache, it was a fine thing to discover a part of Hamilton County history that links...
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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London’s Imperial War Museum in Southwark founded even as the First World War raged offers insights into the myriad costs of the wars of the 20th and 21st Centuries. It was a most disquieting but valuable reminder of the myriad costs of war.
The two of us have long been fascinated with the history of canals and their role in the history of transportation, industrialization, and more recently recreation. This stay in London has given us new opportunities to explore and learn more about how canals contributed to the growth of this great city and how they are being used and preserved today.
It was a most educational visit to the newly renovated National Portrait Gallery at Trafalgar Square in Central London. We were intrigued with the contemporary approach to presenting British History.