So, here’s our day ….. We’re in Phoenix, and we’re all prepared to take off tomorrow, for California, the first leg of our summer adventure, our journey to Montana. Montana is the gateway for our Alaska Caravan. 63 days in Alaska and Western Canada. I know you know this, because…
We finally left Florida. I do like Florida, but damn, it was a cold, wet winter here. I feel like we saw everything, my gosh, we’ve been here, traveling around the state, since October. We had some great tourist days, connected with friends and enjoyed time with family. We’re working…
As you know, we’ve been in Florida for a while, spending the Winter here, bouncing around the state. Our latest travels took us South, to the Gold Coast – Miami and The Keys. OMG! I must say, I like this area of Florida. Couldn’t live here, too expensive, too many…
We’re still in Florida. Haven’t done much – went to some Christmas events with Orlando friends, vacationed in Cabo San Lucas for 3 weeks, spent Christmas Eve with family in Orlando, and New Years was just the two of us outside of Tampa. Christmas Eve with family was fun, and…
We spent some time in Crystal River FL, the Manatee Capital Of The World! We kayaked with a manatee!!! How cool is that?!? We followed her for a long time, then she said “See ya” and ducked under a row of docks & boats and left us floating there, all…
We skipped Georgia on the way up. No reason, probably just excited to get to Maine and eat lobster (after lobster after lobster). Doesn’t matter why, because we hit it on the way down. We spent our time on Jekyll Island, on the Georgia coast, and I must say, it’s…
We spent the last two weeks in North Carolina. If you follow the blogs, you’re thinking “Wait, haven’t they been to North Carolina before?” Yes, you are correct. The Big Rig has been in North Carolina four years in a row. I think it might know it’s way here by…
We’re back in Virginia. We were here earlier, on our way North. Now we’re here again, on our way South. This time we’re near Williamsburg, Jamestown & Yorktown. Virginia is for Lovers, if you remember, and this area of Virginia is for lovers of US history. Really, all of Virginia…
We just spent a week-plus in Maryland, not too far outside of DC. I used to live around here – a long time ago – the mid 80’s. Wow! Yes! That’s really a long time ago. You guessed it, Government Employee. NIH, to be exact. Pete and I would visit…
I’ve never understood why, but in New Jersey, they go down the shore. In neighboring states, Maryland and Delaware, they go to the beach. But not here, here they go down the shore. Pete spent a few summers down the shore. I always went to the beach. Pete and I…
Apizza. No, not a typo. Apizza. Turns out New Haven, CT runs with the big boys in New York and Chicago when it comes to pizza. New Haven even has their own name for it. Apizza, pronounced “ah-beetz”, which is a shout-out to the Neapolitan immigrants who first brought pizza…
Mother Nature is angry this year. She keeps circling all around us, but she continues to keep us safe. I don’t know if this made the national news, but Rhode Island had a tornado – the strength of which this area hasn’t seen since the 80’s. And where were we? …
We spent an absolutely wonderful week in Western Mass – there is a lot of Pete Goebel extended family here. Sisters, nieces, nephews and in-laws. Plus, an additional sister from FL came to visit too! It was perfect. Weather cooperated. We hiked, we biked, we kayaked, we touristed and we…
My Maine goal (Ha, see what I did there!) was lobster every day. I made it 8 days. 8 days! By day 9, my body needed salad, vegetables, pizza, something, anything, other than sweet, sweet lobster. I was totally surprised by that. I honestly thought lobster every day would be…
I found the weather radio. Good thing too, as the torrential rains followed us. We had warnings and watches – tornado, flood, lightning, 60 mph gusts. We are safe, all the big, bad stuff missed our little New Hampshire campground. Although, one morning, I did call the campground office to…
We were on the national news! Not us per se, but the state we’re in. Vermont. Rain. Floods. Mud slides. Locals said they hadn’t seen anything like this since Hurricane Irene came through in 2011. The interstate closed due to the floods, people were stranded for hours because the were…
This trip has changed my opinion about many of the states in our great country. When you fly into a place for a week of work or a week of vacation, or just see what the TV shows, news or movies present to you, you really don’t get a true…
We spent the week in Philly. Our old stomping grounds – me for 13 years, Pete for 37. We pulled into town with a pretty simple To Do list….. We’re full, in all the best ways! We’re tired too, but that’s OK because we will hold the memories of this…