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Aug 19, 2018 | 0 Comments
Heading from Hartland Winery to Traverse City State Park we're beginning our Michigan adventures with a rest area geocache find near Kalamazoo. We're looking forward to a fun visit with Sally before heading to the Upper Peninsula and our westward trek.
Sep 22, 2015 | 0 Comments
There are many cool things to do in Porcupine Mountain State Wilderness Park but the road to many of them is closed today. Nonetheless we were able to check out the visitors center for an overview and a bit of history. This place might have been a national park but...
Sep 20, 2015 | 0 Comments
One of the aspects of life on the road is that you must periodically replenish your food stores. No different than from life in a house. But their is a difference. Every grocery is arranged differently and may or may not carry the product or brand you want. And you...
Sep 18, 2015 | 0 Comments
See Park Video See History Video (Delayed Start) The town of Calumet, originally named Red Jacket, sprang up around the Calumet and Hecla copper mines. Today we explored the area a bit. In an attempt to locate the Visitors Center we got into an amazing...
Sep 22, 2015 | 0 Comments
The shore of Lake Superior has been our neighbor for these past two weeks. From Whitefish Bay to the Porcupine Mountains we've explored and hiked, learned about local history, enjoyed some delicious local foods, seen incredible night skies, found it easy to meet our...
Sep 21, 2015 | 2 Comments
It seemed time to move on. We've enjoyed our stay at McLain State Park and have only begun to explore the treasures of the Keweenaw so we're looking forward to our next opportunity to visit here. Now we are staying at Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park in the...
Sep 19, 2015 | 0 Comments
This has been a glorious day! We were up before dawn for a quick breakfast and a drive up US-41 to Fort Wilkins State Park to participate in their 9th Annual Geocaching Event. We had to learn a new technique in order to find the nine temporary caches inside the park....
Sep 22, 2015 | 0 Comments
As we prepare to take our leave of the U.P., it's necessary that we make sure we partake of a quintessentially U.P. delicacy, the Pastie. This delicious complete meal in one neat pastry package pays tribute to the highly skilled hard rock miners from Cornwall England...
Sep 20, 2015 | 0 Comments
We Recently we replaced our electric drip coffeemaker with a stovetop percolator. It made sense in that the one pot could replace both the tea kettle and the bulky drip machine and we wouldn't need shore power in order to make ourselves a pot of coffee. Then we...
Sep 18, 2015 | 0 Comments
In Michigan State Parks the Campground Hosts often offer the opportunity to gather with other campers. This morning we met Dave & Sarah and their dogs, Finn & York at the Coffee gathering. This evening it was a campfire and S'Mores. As the sun lit up the sky...
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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From London we made our way to Tunbridge Wells in Kent to dance to the strains of The Jive Aces and later enjoyed the opportunity to hobnob with the band members at The Ship and Castle in Portsmouth. Two fabulous experiences!
Our last day in London this trip we ventured underground on the Hidden London Charing Cross: Access All Areas Tour for a peek into the workings of The Underground a bit of its history and the uses of the Jubilee Line Charing Cross Station that no longer serves passengers but still has usefulness including as a filming location for movies including Skyfall and Paddington.
A half-day bus tour from London to Stonehenge gave us enough of an opportunity to gaze in awe at this ancient sacred monument, learn a little more about its history and construction and make us want to return for perhaps a more intimate experience.
