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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
We have traveled to and through New Mexico many times, but we found two new (to us) places on this trip, this story being about Deming, NM at the Rockhound State Park, on the lower sides of the Little Florida Mountains. We left our sweet campsite in Terlingua behind us, and trekked to Rockhound State… Read More Deming, NM – Jan 2025
We made a 2-night stop in San Antonio for the main purpose of riding our bikes on the Riverwalk Hike and Bike Trail. Plus, San Antonio is kind of a cool town. If you have ever traveled to San Antonio, either for work or pleasure, you are most likely familiar with the Alamo and the… Read More San Antonio – Dec 2024
Undoubtedly you are wondering who travels in their camper in the middle of December, just before the holidays? Don’t you have family, friends, former cell-mates, bookies, to spend time with? Of course. That’s why we are traveling, hopefully before any of them realize we are gone. Mum’s the word. We left New Hampshire before the… Read More Head’n West – Dec 2024
Happy Thanksgiving to you! As a family we have had a rich tradition of celebrating Thanksgiving, sometimes in somewhat unconventional ways, places, and circumstances. We have, as a family, celebrated Thanksgiving over the years at home either in Lexington, MA or Marietta, GA, in our trailer at Big Bend National Park in southwest Texas and… Read More Thanksgiving – Nov 2024
“The journey is the destination.” (Reverend Niles, from his forthcoming book, Hold My Beer) Wow! It has been 10 years since TravelwiththeSlowskys first posted! Happy Anniversary to us! It was 10 years ago this month that we created our Slowsky travel blog. Our first post was about the Canyonlands National Park (technically, we visited in… Read More Slowsky Blog’s 10th Year Anniversary – July 2024
You can run but you can’t hide. Once again, we have weaseled our way into the lives of good friends and former neighbors for three days of fun and music. We traveled to northwest Pennsylvania in and around the Alleghany National Forest to join friends Kyle and Cherie at their cabin/camp. While we have traveled… Read More Northwestern Pennsylvania – Jun 2024
As happens every year at this time, I sit down to recap the year, and I think to myself, what the hell did we do? If this didn’t happen to me every year, I might think I was losing my mind. It could be the horse is already out of the barn. Karen had her… Read More 2023 in Review – Dec 2023
We have been camped for the past week at the Champlain Resort Adult Campground in Grand Isle, VT. I know this is probably a layup to make jokes about staying at an “adult” campground. You’re probably asking yourself a) what kind of activities go on there, and b) how did we qualify to get into… Read More South Hero Island – Sept 2023
September is the quintessential month for camping. Is it because the air is dry, the temperatures are cool, and the leaves are starting to turn? No. It’s because young families are home buying school supplies, taking kids to soccer, and fighting virulent diseases in daycare centers. That leaves us old, cranky misanthropes to scour the… Read More White Mountains of NH – Sept 2023
For the three of you who read this blog, I’ll bet you’ve missed us! Wait, you haven’t? I know it has been a while since we last communicated with you, but it hasn’t been for a lack of love. I thought to myself… do we even have anything interesting to write about? And then I… Read More Summer of ’23 – Aug 2023
No, we are not at Saint Peter’s Basilica. But we are near a royal place. People have their own most reverent places to go. Folks might go to Saint Peter’s, the Hurva Synagogue, the Pashupatinath Temple, the Masjid al‑Haram Mosque. The Simpsons go to the First Church of Springfield. The Slowskys go to Franklin’s BBQ… Read More The Basilica of ATX – May 2023
Going to visit your kids never gets old. For us. For them, of course, it is interminable. We made a trip to Washington, DC to see Child Unit 1, and as always had a fabulous time. Now I won’t lie – taking a 55-foot long rig into DC is no prize, much less the roads… Read More Washington, DC – Apr 2023
Greetings from the great white north (Eh, Hoser?). We have successfully endured our first full winter in the Live Free or Die state of New Hampshire – no worse for the wear. We sold our home in Georgia back in October, and then wandered cross-country until in December we moved full-time into our 800 square… Read More Winter in New England – Apr 2023
Wow. And I thought Wyoming was pretty! At first, I thought I would post one session about our trip to Idaho. Not so fast, big boy. This state is turning out to be one hell of a beautiful state, with so much to share! So here is our first post of several about Idaho. Based… Read More Idaho: Part I – Aug 2022
It feels odd to be summarizing the summer of 2022 on the first day of August, but we head west in just days. Think Lewis and Clark meets Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, perhaps absent the enlightenment. The route below will not exactly be our route, but we won’t burden you with details. … Read More Summer of ’22 – Aug 2022
If you are looking for a campground that is both chill and warm, this might be your ticket. We recently camped for a few days at Forth Clinch State Park in Fernandina Beach (FL), on Amelia Island, and it is a hidden gem. This state park is like Fort DeSoto Regional Park (if you have… Read More Fort Clinch – Oct 2021