FINALLY! It’s really happening. Third time’s a charm. After two aborted attempts to spend the summer in Alaska (2023 = I needed a knee replacement, 2024 = RV issues), we are finally heading to Alaska. James got a “go ahead”…
Maine – West border and East coast
The past two weeks have found us exploring the western part of Maine (and New Hampshire) and the East coast of Maine (aka “Downeast”). Bethel, Maine We left Paul and Kay’s driveway (see our previous post) and made our way…
It took us a while to get to Maine
Where to begin? When we last posted (way back in May…holy cow!), we had just acquired our new RV, the Sandpiper (Sandy for short). The rest of May and June were spent getting it set up the way we wanted.…
Time for an upgrade
Yeah, we did “a thing.” Something we have been thinking about for a while. As much as we have loved the Blue Flame (and still do), the thought of taking a 20 year old RV to Alaska wasn’t sitting well…
Another Awesome Eclipse
It’s been a long time since we posted anything, since last October to be exact. Since then, I have fully recovered from my knee replacement 8 months ago. I must say, it’s nice to be pain free. It’s also ironic…
Annular Eclipse 2023
annular eclipse (noun): A solar eclipse in which the moon covers all but a bright ring around the circumference of the sun. total eclipse (noun): An eclipse in which the entire surface of a celestial body is obscured. When planning…
Traveling again…
I just took a look at when I wrote our last blog post. February? I can’t believe it’s been that long ago. Our on-line silence in an indication that our summer did not transpire as we had hoped. The plan…
Arizona in February
We decided to “get outta Dodge” for a few weeks…meaning “let’s leave our home build and give ourselves and our builder a breather.” It was time to let him do his thing without us underfoot. Our friends Dan & Amy…
Start of a new year – 2023
We are back on the road again. After the holidays, we left Rochester and headed west again. We were fortunate to meet up with Jim’s brother and sister-in-law again. They were headed from Wisconsin to the Southeast. We were going…
Summer & Fall 2022 – Not typical…
It has been a good long while since we did a blog post (June 9!). Let’s just say this summer and fall have not been typical nor quite what we expected. I have had to look a calendar to see…