As travel days go, this was a great one. Carol once again has outdone herself in finding gems of places to stop. While sorting through information about the local area. . .

Lots of unexpected things happened today. Nothing sinister or nefarious, just unexpected. First off I have to comment about the declining deer population. We have

With the car filled and with a smile on our faces we started out this morning at exactly 5:00 AM. A quick stop at . . .

Today is packing day, and finishing up all the little tasks. Carol is finished with work and we are making final preparations for the trip. We leave tomorrow (Saturday the 26th) morning at 5 am with the greater Cleveland area as a vague destination. We seem to have

The latest photos just arrived from the Vistabule factory. She now are looking like the trailer we dreamed of.  With the aluminum skin on, they have now installed the

She is getting her skin! More progress visible in todays pictures. Thanks Doug for taking care of me and sending shots so frequently. From what I can tell, not only . . .

Another Sunday walk. This is one of our favorite places, Conners Farm in Smithfield. The walk is an easy 2.6 miles. It has it's steep inclines but they are short, but the diversity is always special. I love the. . .

We are nearing completion of the renovations of our kitchen. Just about everything you see here has been

We are getting so excited. It is getting close, we are guessing just about a month from now we will be traveling to Minnesota to pick up our trailer. Carol and I spend part of every day

I was 18 years old and in the Navy in 1968 when I first met Bob, 50 years ago, and Bob and I have been friends ever since. This past weekend we . . .

Not many people have heard of Prudence Island, a small island that sits square in the middle of Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island and has a year round population of under 100, 88 total at the last census..maybe a bit more these days. We are fortunate to have . . .

In preparation for the trailer we needed to get a 7-pin connector installed along with a 2" ball which sits 19" above the ground. Yesterday I got this done. I had talked with several places that do this sort of work . . .

I received some photos today from Vistabule...our parts have all arrived from the CNC shop to the factory, it looks like construction has begun on our trailer. Yea! I received these pictures without explanation, so I will make it up from here. . .ha...we will see what I get right. . .

Over the past few Sundays we have done some very short hikes due cold, wind and other circumstances that have just been interfering with our time in the woods. . . I know, I know, whine whine whine. . . However, the time we. . .

Well we made the decision. If you have been following along with the blog for a while you may recall that last summer we went camping, only to discover that the tent life. . .

What a lot of you may not know is that every Sunday (or just about every Sunday) Carol and I go for a hike somewhere nearby. We try to make it somewhere new each time but

It is that time of your that you remember your friends and family who have had such an impact on your life. Thanks you all for being there for us this year and years gone by. I know life would be very different without your all in our lives.

Sunday morning we awoke to a fresh carpet of snow, our first for this winter season. Overnight we had about 4 or 5 inches of snow and it was wet and heavy. The snow started

Last Sunday Carol and I headed out for our Sunday hike with the destination of the Quabbin Reservoir in central Massachusetts. The drive is only about an hour and a half and even though

On Thursday morning Carol and I got up well before breakfast. We packed the car and with coffee in hand we backed out of the driveway promptly at five AM. Our destination is ...