Adventures
Two weeks in Worcester
I keep looking for ways to return this blog to the topic of travel, but with cancer looming over our heads and having no RV to live in, that is nearly impossible. So I will have to just record our lives and strive to make it less than totally depressing. Our first residence in Worcester … Continue reading
TN5 Hop 3: Flagler Beach FL to Worcester MA
1436 miles via I-95, Merritt Parkway and I-84, about 960 miles on Amtrak and 220 tow miles to return the RV to Ft Myers. Cumulative tow miles: 457. Cumulative truck miles: 1675. The additional truck miles were accumulated in traveling between the Bulow RV Resort and the Jacksonville Amtrak station, visiting the Florida state parks … Continue reading
Hospital drama and the radical reshaping of the TN5
To say that the fifth trip north (TN5) has not gone as planned would be a massive understatement. The entire trip has morphed from an RV journey to New Hampshire to a rather desperate attempt to get to Massachusetts by any means available. After 5 weeks in Flagler Beach – rather than the planned 3 … Continue reading
Solving the Rusty problem
Rusty is a good dog and is rarely a problem. Except when we have to travel by some mode other than truck or car. He is not a large dog, weighing in at 35 pounds, but he is too large to carry on board either a passenger plane or a train. He probably would do … Continue reading
Insulin in our lives
During her second hospitalization it was discovered that Jett’s blood glucose level had drifted dangerously high – 244 when 150 is the upper limit for normal. I was there when this was detected and I didn’t believe it. I made the nurse do the test again. 242. So insulin was added to her long list … Continue reading
Jett has cancer
This is a post that I hoped I would never have to write. But the facts are that she has been a heavy smoker for over 50 years and hasn’t felt well for 18 months. During that time she has seen her doctor several times and each time her lungs were checked and found to … Continue reading
Bulow Plantation Ruins Historic State Park
I finally got to visit the Bulow Plantation Ruins Historic State Park which is basically adjacent to our RV park. Despite its proximity it wasn’t easy to get to, requiring a long drive down a narrow dirt road. I paid the $4 fee and got in to see… not much. There are some ruins, yes, … Continue reading
Tomoka State Park
Another day, another state park. This one, Tomoka State Park in Ormond Beach FL, is larger and has a wider variety of recreational activities than the Bulow Creek State Park. Florida apparently thinks it is better because it charges $4 to enter. The park encompasses the site of an ancient Timucuan Indian village, documented by … Continue reading
Bulow Creek State Park
We have a TV problem at our new campground. No OTA stations and the funky cable system, which requires a cable box (free) doesn’t seem to work either. So we are facing 2 weeks with no TV – a period which includes the finale of Big Bang Theory. This is not good. And it is … Continue reading
Tripus interruptus
English translation from the Latin: interrupted trip. Yes, for the fourth trip in a row (the transatlantic cruise, TN4, TS4 and now TN5), the trip has not gone according to plan. The truck is not the problem this time; as with the transatlantic cruise, the problem is Jett’s health. She has not been well for … Continue reading