Aug 2, 2011 - Home Sweet Home

We spent a liesurely morning at Western Village before starting home. One nearby roadside attraction to visit in Dillsburg, PA. The Pickle Man Statue looks suspiciously like the Planter's Peanut Man. He welcomes people to Dillsburg. The rest of the trip was pretty uneventlful. We arrived home to an overgrown lawn (Jared didn't cut the grass before we got there), but everything else at the house seemed to be okay. We finished another adventure with Winnie. We had a great time in spite of the heat. We hope you enjoyed it too. Stayed tuned...

Jul 18, 2011 - Things To Do In Chicago This Weekend

Planning and visiting the great city of Chicago is a great opportunity, but can be pricy. If you are visiting the windy city on a budget there is still much to do, and many ways to experience the fun that Chicago has to offer. There are tours, museums, parks and all sorts of low price and sometimes free family activities to be a part of. Many of the admittance tickets for the famous museums in Chicago can be quite pricy and add up quickly, but there are ways to see many of the tours without breaking the bank. For $49, what is called a...

Jun 15, 2011 - Prepping Winnie for the trip

We'll be heading south tomorrow so it's time for the last minute preparation of Winnie and the house for an extended absence. I spent most of today on the roof of Winnie trying to get the satellite system to work. Found a bad coaxial cable, but I was able to run a new cable through the window temporarily untill I decide I want to drill a hole through the roof. We slimmed down for this trip. We're "Fit"! See the new Honda Fit we're towing. It weighs about 1,000 lbs less than the Equinox and should be easier on Winnie. It replaced the...

May 31, 2011 - Home

No pictures here, but wait until you see what's coming for our summer trip. I got a new gadget that I tested this week end. It worked great so I'm ready to put it into production when we leave for summer vacation in a couple of weeks. See you later in June.

May 1, 2011 - Safely at Home

We travel I95 for the trip home. It was a bad decision as there was a lot of traffic sometimes crawling at 10 or 15 mph. The only advantage of this routs is that I get to Stop at Dixie Bones, my favorite BBQ joint. I'm going to nominate it for Guy Fieri's Diners, Drive-ins and Dives. Probably qualifies as a dive, but the food is good. As luck would have it they have a Sunday buffet that has everything on the menu except ribs and catfish. By the time we left we were stuffed. I hope I don't blow up the scale on Monday Weight Watchers...

Apr 26, 2011 - Escapees RV Club All Chapter Rally

Sue and I are headed to NC for the Escapees RV Club All Chapter Rally. It's a short trip since Sue has to be back in NJ next Monday to be with her father for some minor surgery and the back to work on Tuesday. We haven't been to any RV club events so far so were looking forward to meeting some others with an interest in RV lifestyle. The event is in Marion, NC near Asheville. It looks like I'm finally going to get to visit the Biltmore Mansion as one of the events at the rally is a tour through the mansion. I'm looking forward to it.

Mar 8, 2011 - Quick Update

Winnie and I returned home on Friday, March 4. Not planning any long trips over the next couple of months. Winnie needs to go to the doctor for a checkup and a little surgery on the hydraulic system. She should be ready to go for our summer trip as well as a few short trips planned between now and then. We'll (including Sue this time) be back with a trip report in June. Enjoy the spring and keep your feet dry.

Jan 19, 2011 - Home

Hapyy New Year everyone. I have had enough of global warming (I forgot "climate disruption") and am heading south for awhile. For those of you not in the mid-Atlantic, you can see from my first picture I need to do a little snow shoveling before moving Winnie out of the drive-way. If everything works out all right I should get home right about the end of winter. Hopefully after the last snow for the season.

Dec 25, 2010 - Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

Sue and I along with Winnie would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year (Happy RamaHanaQwanzMas to cover all the bases). We made it through another year. If you've been following the journal, our travels with Winnie have taken us from Delaware to Ohio and from Nova Scotia to Florida. Over 11,000 miles in all. We've been fortunate to have met some great people from all over the US and Canada along the way. We're looking forward to another active year, especially if I can convince Sue to retire. Stay tuned for my next...

Sep 27, 2010 - Here I go again

We've been home for about a month and I have the itch to get back on the road again. I'm leaving Sue at home and I hitting the road with Winnie for some work. I'm traveling to Jacksonville, FL where I'll be putting pontoons on Winnie and setting sail for Puerto Rico. Not really, but I did see an amphibious motorhome for $1.2 million. I'd need to work ALOT more to be able to afford one of those. I'll be flying to Puerto Rico for an audit at a J&J site and then I'll return to Jacksonville for another audit. I should be back home by the end of...

Aug 22, 2010 - Headed Home Again

We left Pittsburgh Sunday morning in the rain. We planned to stop at Flight 93 Memorial on the way , but it was raining so we passed. The memorial is apparently nearly finished and we’ll have to schedule a trip in the fall for a look. We arrived home without incident. We’ll be here for another couple of days so Sue can get her classroom set up before we head to DC for the Restoring Honor event on Saturday.

Aug 15, 2010 - Home for a day

We headed for Delaware this afternoon. On the way, I couldn't resist one more stop at Camping World to buy some sewer parts that we lost on the ride from NH to VT. We'll stay at home for a day to do some laundry and cleanup Winnie before departing for Pittsburgh. I'll post a few more notes from the Reunion.