Teresa
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Danville, VT
Read more: Danville, VTSunday, June 9 to Friday, June 14 We enjoyed 5 nights camping at Sugar Ridge RV Village & Campground in Danville, VT. It’s in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont about 70 miles from the Canadian border. Charming area! Sparsely populated, hilly and very picturesque. Most of the sites in the campground were seasonal (meaning people…
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Patriot Place, Foxboro, MA & Home
Read more: Patriot Place, Foxboro, MA & HomeMonday, April 15th We headed out of the D.C. area after morning rush hour so traffic wasn’t too bad. We traveled about 225 miles to Mohegan Sun Pocono, a casino in Wilkes Barre, PA. It was a night of “dry” camping, which means we had no hook-ups like water, electric or sewer. We’re camping in…
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Washington D.C.
Read more: Washington D.C.Tuesday, April 9th We left North Carolina and headed into Chesterfield, VA to camp at Pocahontas State Park for the night. We’d been here years ago. It’s a large state park with great campsites. We would certainly come back again when we had more time to enjoy some of the hiking trails etc. We had…
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Crystal Coast, NC
Read more: Crystal Coast, NCSaturday, April 6 Gary got to see the huskies one more time before we left Huntington Beach SP. I missed out. But as we were pulling out our Newmarket, NH camping neighbors came out to wave goodbye. Hopefully we’ll all get together when we’re home. We headed further up the coast about 160 miles to…
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Murrells Inlet, SC
Read more: Murrells Inlet, SCWednesday, April 3 As we were packing up to leave the campground on Wednesday morning, we saw five huskies being walked by their two owners. The owners have a website called thethunderingherd.com that talks about their rescued Siberian huskies. The huskies were so sweet. I had to take a picture. We managed to get out…
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Charleston, SC
Read more: Charleston, SCSaturday, March 30th – Sunday, March 31st On Saturday we did final preparations for leaving Brunswick and went to visit the bunnies one more time at Blythe Island. Spring has definitely sprung in the low country so lots of greenery for the bunnies to be feasting on. We only saw two fat bunnies who we…
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Final Post from Brunswick, GA
Read more: Final Post from Brunswick, GAGascoigne Bluff, St. Simons Island, GA Monday, March 18th With our time growing short in Brunswick, we’re looking to explore the few areas we haven’t seen yet. One being Gascoigne Bluff, a historic site that is adjacent to the Frederica River and was once the Hamilton cotton plantation and then the site of a lumber…
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Ft. McAllister & Amelia Island, FL
Read more: Ft. McAllister & Amelia Island, FLJuried Art Competition at Jekyll IslandFriday, Mar. 8th Since we didn’t get our bike ride in on Thursday at Okefenokee, after lunch we loaded the bikes on the truck and headed to Jekyll Island, parked, then biked over to see the juried art competition at the Goodyear Cottage (yes, that Goodyear… the tire giant once…
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Darien, GA & The Okefenokee
Read more: Darien, GA & The OkefenokeeDarien, GA Wed., March 6th The city of Darien was established in 1736 as a military outpost by Scottish Highlanders under the command of General James Oglethorpe (who was instrumental in the founding of Savannah and St. Marys) making this historic town the second oldest planned town in Georgia. Darien is about an hour south…
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Fernandina Beach & More Beaches
Read more: Fernandina Beach & More BeachesSunday, Feb. 17th – Tues., Feb. 26th We flew home today from the Jacksonville airport. Our flight was 2 hours late leaving because of engine trouble earlier in the day in Boston. I’m perfectly happy to endure a 2-hour delay to get a plane with 2 functioning engines. With time to kill, I walked the…
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Biking, Beaches & St. Marys, GA
Read more: Biking, Beaches & St. Marys, GAThursday, Jan. 31st We headed to Brunswick to see Lover’s Oak which is a 900 year old oak tree. It’s trunk measures 13 ft. in diameter. According to local legend, Native American braves and their maidens met under the majestic spreading limbs of this enormous oak, hence the name. It is truly remarkable in its…
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Savannah, GA & Other Environs
Read more: Savannah, GA & Other EnvironsTuesday, Jan. 22nd We visited the Georgia Sea Turtle Center on Jekyll Island. It’s in a historic brick building that used to be a power plant. Beautiful building! They rehabilitate sea turtles, educate the public, and do research projects. When you enter (thru the gift shop of course), you’re met with an enormous hanging replica…