Mile 202, Upper Mississippi River, Alton Illinois We started cruising again this past Wednesday (Today is Friday) after our long stop in Peoria, Illinois. I had a good visit with family and Carol made a . . .
Read MoreEPISODE 4 - The Great Loop
After the departure of La Ti Da, we decided to move on to Chicago but weather had prevented us from venturing out into Lake Michigan. We went about a half a mile out, it got very. . .
Read MoreEPISODE 3 - The Great Loop
I warn you that this is going to be a long post as we began our cruising in Canada and were without phone or internet connections for quite some time. I didn’t get this posted until about the 20th of August in Milwaukee. We were exploring Milwaukee by bicycle . . .
Read MoreEPISODE 2 - The Great Loop
It is interesting to revisit these days as I re-read and scan images. This feeling of independence was something that is rare and seldom duplicated. We were on our own, had sold the house and stored everything else, and had no timeframe for ending the adventure.
Read MoreThe Great Loop - Episode 1
In the spring of 1998 Carol and I sold our house and moved aboard our boat, Vera Segunda. That summer we sailed across the Atlantic with friends in a 53 foot staysail schooner, but that is a story for another time. This is the story of. . .
Read MoreThe 2021 Rally
We have been home almost a week, I just got busy with things that went undone while we were away, and may be a little bit lazy as well. So back at the rally, we got to know even more folks and made more acquaintances with great people that also have these wonderful machines. We had a. . .
Read MoreOn To The Rally
Watkins Glen is such a nice little town. After breakfast and a quick walk with Harper we set off toward downtown. Our campsite is a bit further from town that where we. . .
Read MoreSeptember Travels
This trip started much better than when we left in may with all the problems we had then. Our morning started leisurely with no particular rush. Carol put the coffee on and we both had our. . v.
Read MoreFinal Thoughts
We have been home a couple of weeks now and I have been trying to put it all straight in my head. We traveled many miles and saw so many wonderful parts of this country that it is kind of hard to . . .
Read MoreHome
As we left Dan’s hose we were driving straight into the sunrise, passing the weather radar station on route 10 a few minutes after we pulled u of the drive. We were heading east and planning a. . .
Read MoreA visit with Dan
We got an early start from the vineyard in Colona and made our way to a breakfast place a couple of miles down the road. The Brunch House 2 is a great stop for breakfast. Carol and I each had a breakfast ’skillet’ and . . .
Read MoreTravel Days
Our trip east has started in earnest. These are becoming travel days where we are just putting in the miles to work our way home. We are traveling routes we have traveled in the past so are making
Read MoreYellowstone
We were excited to visit Yellowstone the morning we awoke in Moran. Yellowstone was never on our list of places to visit on this trip, but since we were so close we made the decision to at least . . .
Read MoreGrand Tetons
Our Monday started early. We are headed to Jackson Wyoming and on through the Grand Tetons National Park. We got up, made our coffee, did all the chores and were underway at 7 am - which is earlier than normal for us. With a full tank of fuel . . .
Read MoreIdaho Falls
Before we left the 93 RV Park we filled the propane tank, as we had plans to boondock for the next few nights. Shopping done and fuel tank filled (we are still averaging 16 - 17 mpg) we headed for the Shoshone Falls, billed as the . . .
Read MoreTwin Falls, Idaho
t was a quick getaway in Echo, as the night before we had made plans to make a stop in Pendleton, Oregon, the home of Pendleton Wool products. We love wool things. We had stopped here . . .
Read MoreEcho, Oregon
Leaving Portland made for a long day. Not only were we saddened for leaving Jason, the drive up the Columbia River Gorge on I-84 is always an arduous drive. This is made especially taxing. . .
Read MorePortland
We made the drive into Portland a leisurely drive. We found a dump station (necessary stay) in a town along the way and made our way to a park near Jason's house. Our son Jason is the reason . . .
Read MoreTillamook
Today we moved to our northern most destination along the coast, the town of Tillamook. The home of cheese! We stopped a few places along the way but made steady progress. The day started. . .
Read MoreOregon
When we woke up, the rain had stopped and the sun was trying to peek through. We made a good breakfast, and did all the morning chores and were underway early but headed back south to . . .
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