We were humbled and delighted attending a Healing Garden Concert this weekend. If you are not familiar with Healing Gardens, that is awesome. If you are, you or a loved one may be suffering from cancer. We became aware of this charity event through a long-time, and well-respected singer and songwriter, Antsy McClain, when he… Read More Healing Garden Concert – Apr 2026
I asked her to marry me, and like a crazy person she said yes. That was 38 years ago. I asked the big question the day after she said she liked to mow the lawn. Right. We have known each other since first grade, but we didn’t associate or meet up until our 15th high… Read More 38th Wedding Anniversary – Apr 2026
Question for the audience: if someone is writing about this past winter and it is already April, does that imply a) low motivation, b) a lackadaisical lifestyle, or c) a highly enriched brilliant mind. I think we can confidently rule out one of these. For anyone breathing and located anywhere in North America, I think… Read More Winter of ’25/’26 – Apr 2026
I wasn’t going to do a year-in-review post this year, because no one ever reads these posts. Well, besides me. I suffer from a medical malady called CRS, so these posts do a yeoman’s job of summarizing our debacles during the previous twelve months. My guess is we stuck our toes in about 25-30 states… Read More 2025 in Review – Dec 2025
This post is about the GFCI electrical circuit in our 2019 Airstream Classic 30 RBT, which I have had many (zero) requests to write about. Before reading further, let me make clear that I have no technical knowledge, nor am I an electrician. If I was, we would have far more money than we do.… Read More Airstream GFCI Circuit – Dec 2025
Like probably most families, we have storied experiences in our family of celebrating Thanksgiving. Storied experience is code for this family ain’t right. But all our antics are laced with love and laughter – and thankfulness. We celebrated Thanksgiving this year in downtown Denver at Child Units 2 and 2b’s house, with some of their… Read More Thanksgiving – Nov 2025
Kind of a short stop in the Phoenix area – an area we have been many times before and still really enjoy, but honestly a lot of bang for the buck on this short stop. We did a cool tour, had lunch at one of our favorite (pizza, no less) restaurants, met up with friends/ex-neighbors,… Read More Phoenix – Nov 2025
Once again, Karen’s poor behavior has caused us to get thrown out of yet another perfectly good campground. So, we hit the road and got halfway between LA and Las Vegas where we stopped for the night in the gravel parking lot of Peggy Sue’s Diner. Nothing is too good for my bride – what… Read More Southern California – Nov 2025
You’re probably thinking Ace Ventura. Not so fast, Rubberneck. We’re talking Ventura, California, north of LA and south of Santa Barbara on the Pacific coast. Ventura turns out to be a most awesome place, and in particular our campground, the Waypoint Ventura Vintage Trailer Hotel and Campground. Talk about nice weather! You could train a… Read More Cute Puppy, Ventura – Nov 2025
Because we had never been there but had heard great comments, on route to our next planned destination, we stopped to just drive through Valley of Fire State Park. This is a stunning state park, and we are so glad we did. When we entered the park, we explained to the ranger that we were… Read More Valley of Fire State Park – Oct 2025
Keeping the Utah theme going, we spent a few days at Snow Canyon State Park in Ivins, UT, near St. George. As you might expect from its location in southwest Utah, the views are fabulous – petrified dunes, lava flows, and sandstone peaks and walls. Aside from being in the general Zion area, it is… Read More Snow Canyon State Park – Oct 2025
Like most national parks, there’s not a lot of explaining to do – the views speak for themselves. And so it is with Zion National Park. It has been years since we last visited Zion, and of course it maintains its beauty. Even during this government shutdown, the park remains open, although with somewhat limited… Read More Zion National Park – Oct 2025
I say Utah (like we’re reporting on the whole state), but really, we are talking about the southeast corner of the state in San Juan County, which is less than 10% of the Utah land mass (I looked it up). We could probably fit most of New England into Utah, size-wise. And truth be told,… Read More Utah – Oct 2025
We departed Denver heading west to the Western Slope of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. While we generally try to avoid interstate travel, I-70 west of Denver to Grand Junction has got to be one of the prettiest sections of interstate highways in the country. Heading into the foothills past Golden, Evergreen, and Idaho Springs… Read More Western Slope – Oct 2025
We made an encore return to Denver, primarily to visit Child Units 2A and 2B; always a great time. We explained to them long ago they can run but they can’t hide. Our time included laughing, eating, golf, Monopoly Deal, and just a whole lot of fun. The weather was primo, other than one day… Read More Denver – Oct 2025
Heading west again. Truth is, when you live in New Hampshire, it’s hard to go east. Alas, we are making our way out west for several activities over the next few months that should be awesome. At the time of this writing, the government has not closed, and hopefully it won’t, but we will deal… Read More Heading West – Sept 2025
I know this is a travel blog, but in the summertime, since we live in New England, we don’t generally travel very much, or very far. It’s just so freaking nice right here. But that doesn’t mean we sit on our fat ass and wait for fall. Well, truth be told, we do some of… Read More Maine Lighthouse Ride – Sept 2025
Two years ago, we camped at the Champlain Resort Adult Campground (previous post) along the shores of Lake Champlain in South Hero, north of Burlington, VT, so I’ll try not to rehash old territory too much. Suffice it to say that the reason we came back is because it is such an awesome place. The… Read More South Hero Island – Sept 2025
It’s been a few months since we were on the road, and waking up in our trailer is always awesome. In the hazy mist of dreams our first night, for some reason I was thinking of Joe Pesci in Goodfellas. What do you mean I’m funny. Funny how? I mean, like a clown? I amuse… Read More Franconia Notch – Sept 2025
Two of our kids, Child Units 2A and 2B, were in town this week, so we chartered Captain Bob’s Lobster Tour out of Hampton Harbor (NH) to go see what lobstering really looks like. This was SO cool! We know our way around eating a lobster and have probably eaten more than is healthy over… Read More Captain Bob’s Lobster Tour – Aug 2025
Bicycle, bicycle, bicycle I want to ride my bicycle, bicycle, bicycle I want to ride my bicycle I want to ride my bike I want to ride my bicycle I want to ride my bicycle, races are coming your way (Queen) We participated in the Bikes and Beers Hampton bicycle ride, a 15, 30, or… Read More Bikes and Beers Hampton – Aug 2025
I was occasioned the other day to wander through the Arnold Arboretum in Boston, and more specifically in the JP (Jamaica Plain) and Roslindale neighborhoods of Boston. If you are not familiar with the term, arboretum is Latin for big ass wooden things with leaves. This place is simply stunning! Think of it as a… Read More Arnold Arboretum – July 2025
It’s been a minute since our last post, but on a recent trip to see friends in Ohio we stopped at Letchworth State Park in New York on our return trip home, and wow, what a find! Like all state parks, this 14,000-acre park, located east of Buffalo, south of Rochester, and a bit west… Read More Letchworth State Park – June 2025
Having never been to Heavenly Mountain previously, and having now skied there, I can report back that Heavenly is heavenly. While the snow has been light so far this season, the conditions were fabulous, and can I just say that peering out over Lake Tahoe on a bluebird day is not awful. To back up,… Read More Heavenly – Jan 2025
As our last, full-on camping destination, we camped at Catalina State Park, a little bit north and east of downtown Tucson in Oro Valley. This is a fabulous campground, on the foothills of the 9,000+ foot Santa Catalina Mountains (altitude at the campsite is about 2,600 feet), with tons of hiking and biking trails available,… Read More Tucson (Catalina SP) – Jan 2025
Tucson is such a beautiful place – a desert city surrounded by mountains that erupt to thousands of feet above the desert floor. What you miss in photographs is the fact that in almost any direction you turn your head, you are exposed to deep blue skies, gorgeous desert views, and staggeringly beautiful mountains. Tucson… Read More Tucson (Gilbert Ray Campground) – Jan 2025
While in the general Phoenix area we spent a few nights at Cave Creek Regional Park in Cave Creek, AZ. I’ll get to our camping experience but first a couple of observations about greater Phoenix drivers. There’s about a 5:1 ratio of signage protecting animals over pedestrians and cyclists. If you are a pedestrian and… Read More Cave Creek Regional Campground – Jan 2025
One of the beauties of McDowell Mountain Regional Park, located in northern Maricopa Count in Fountain Hills, AZ is that you are surrounded by beauty and quiet, and yet you are a short drive from a host of interesting things to do in the general Phoenix/Scottsdale area. We have stayed here multiple times over the… Read More McDowell Regional Park – Jan 2025
We are poking around Arizona for a few weeks and have started at one of our “tried and true” campgrounds – Lost Dutchman State Park in Apache Junction, AZ. Leaving New Mexico, we headed down blue highways, and along the way encountered Thomasz Sobania, from Poland, who is running across the US (3,300 miles), east… Read More On the Road to Lost Dutchman – Jan 2025
Not School of Rock. City of Rocks, in Faywood, NM. What? You don’t know where Faywood is? Neither did we. But, located in Faywood is City of Rocks State Park, and this you don’t want to miss. I don’t know if this post will resonate with anyone else, but this campground was right in our… Read More City of Rocks – Jan 2025