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James K Polk Birthplace

James K Polk Birthplace

James K Polk video This morning we spotted an interesting brown sign informing us that the President James K. Polk State Historic Site in Pineville, North Carolina was nearby. We made a quick decision to reroute, found parking for our rig, and headed inside to learn...

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Downtown RV Park

Downtown RV Park

This is definitely a hidden gem. Downtown RV Park is a private RV park located on the edge of downtown Franklin, North Carolina, only about ten sites. After getting ourselves organized and out of the house we headed here for a two night stay. It was a fun time getting...

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Standing Indian Campground

Standing Indian Campground

Finally, Labor Day 2020 has come and gone so the camping season should begin winding down. Although we’ve stayed isolated at home since mid-March (with the one exception of a quick trip to Sugarcreek), for many it's been a year to foray into the world of RV travel....

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Forager’s Canteen

Forager’s Canteen

Wanting to spend a little time with friends Stan & Mary during our interlude here in the North Carolina mountains, we met them for lunch at Forager's Canteen in Dillsboro, North Carolina. Oh, yum! We'd heard good things about this place from a friend, now we're...

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Wild Woody’s

Wild Woody’s

Ten days ago when we exited the Blue Ridge Parkway at Laurel Springs NC, we passed Wild Woody's Campground & Antiques. Instead of stopping we started researching and making plans. We learned that it had been featured on North Carolina Weekend. Now we're headed...

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Jack’s Wines

Jack’s Wines

It was Cherry Bounce that brought us back to Linville Falls Winery. Last time we were here we had to stop back by to get two more bottles of George Washington's favorite. This time we got to meet the founder, Jack Wiseman, and taste a white blend he is developing....

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Grandfather Country Store

Grandfather Country Store

Once before we darkened the door of Grandfather Country Store, an historic business on US 221 at Holloway Mountain Road just off the Blue Ridge Parkway near Blowing Rock NC. That time we were in search of ice but came away enriched by a delightful conversation with...

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Seasonal Reverse

Seasonal Reverse

See Park Video Yesterday we traveled only 242 miles but in a northerly direction and with a gain in altitude that took us back to early Spring. The deciduous trees are bare, this morning the temperature is in the thirties, and we see robins! We're on Site A32, a...

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And a Bit of Jeeves

And a Bit of Jeeves

The opportunity that prompted this visit downtown Asheville was the NC Stage production of Jeeves Takes a Bow. We have been fans of the P.G. Wodehouse character since our son introduced us to the series of short stories in which his valet, Jeeves, consistently and...

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Flat Iron

Flat Iron

This giant old fashioned iron sculpture graces the corner of Wall Street and Battery Park in downtown Asheville, NC. We've seen it a number of times but never stopped to learn why it's here until today after our breakfast at Early Girl Eatery and before more...

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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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Six Lives: The Stories of Henry VIII’s Queens

Six Lives: The Stories of Henry VIII’s Queens

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.

Caligula at Strawberry Hill

Caligula at Strawberry Hill

The purpose of our trek to Strawberry Hill House in Twickenham in the southwest of London was to see a recently recovered bronze bust of the Emperor Caligula but we discovered so much more in the recently restored 18th Century “little Gothic castle” built by Horace Walpole.

Imperial War Museum

Imperial War Museum

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.