Places
Old friends
How many friends have you had for over 45 years? I have at least 14 – thirteen from college and one from high school. I feel I am very lucky. I will tell you about the high school friend some other time; this post is about my thirteen college friends. To be fair, I actually … Continue reading
Catching up: Memorial Day
Yes, it is July 6th and I am just now blogging about Memorial Day. Well,… I’ve been busy. And it is oh-so-hard getting those photos downloaded from the camera. But first, just because you were wondering: yes, the repairs on the site’s electrical box were successful. We now, once again, have full 50A service. End … Continue reading
QTN Hop 5: Foxboro, MA, to Littleton, MA
This was the delayed ending to the QTN: two short travel days separated by a 2-week stay at Circle Cg Campground. QTN Hop 5, Day 1: Foxboro, MA, to Bellingham, MA 14 miles via US 1, I-495 and MA 140. This trip took about 20 minutes. Tearing down and setting up took much longer. This … Continue reading
Normandy Farms
Sometimes you get what you pay for. And sometimes you REALLY pay for what you get. Normandy Farms Family Camping Resort illustrates both. Yes, it is really nice. Yes, it is REALLY expensive. I have to say that we really liked staying there for two weeks, but we couldn’t afford to stay longer. How expensive … Continue reading
QTE Hop 4: Lorton, VA, to Foxboro, MA
This was a get-more-states-on-the-map hop. We stayed just four days at Pohick – and it warmed up after that icy start, fortunately – then did three quick trips to MD, DE and CT. It was an uneventful hop… until the end. QTN Hop 4, Day 1: Lorton, VA, to Greensboro, MD 105 miles via I-95, … Continue reading
QTN Hop 3: Roebuck, SC, to Lorton, VA
Yes, back to Lorton and the Pohick Bay Regional Park for our fourth visit. This will be the shortest of the four – just four nights this time – because we are committed to getting the MD and DE stickers on our map. These little states are hard to get to – particularly Delaware. Who … Continue reading
QTN Hop 2: Biloxi, MS, to Roebuck, SC
We had no particular reason to pick Roebuck, SC, for my work week other than it was on the shortest route between Biloxi and Alexandria. And it was in South Carolina, which added another state to our map. It is about 15 miles from Spartanburg which is larger and better known. We will likely get … Continue reading
Cousins
Once again I am playing catchup on my blog postings. This one should have been posted before I left Fort Myers because it was that last weekend before leaving that I traveled up to the Tampa Bay area – specifically, to Valrico, FL – to see my cousin Wayne and his wife, Patty. As an … Continue reading
Biloxi
Biloxi, MS is a small town (less than 45,000 residents) with a big profile. Whether it is Neil Simon’s Biloxi Blues or its prominent place in headlines about Hurricane Katrina or the BP oil spill, everyone knows Biloxi. But I had never been there. Never been to Mississippi, in fact. It turns out that, geographically, … Continue reading
Halfway
With our first night in Biloxi we added another state to our map, raising the total to 24. There are 48 contiguous states. You do the math.