May 7, 2013 - Through VA, WV, and into MD

One good thing, it wasn't raining when I unhooked water & electric, and hooked up my car this morning! I actually went about 50 miles before the rain caught up with me! I spent over an hour at a rest area in VA waiting for the heavy rains to go through. Oh - another good thing - I actually saw the sun shine for about an hour today! This was the first time since April 30! Woohoo! There was a tractor trailer flipped on its side over both lanes of southbound lanes of I-81 stopping that traffic for hours I bet. The backup was at least 4 miles...

Nov 21, 2012 - Now entering Maryland

Making pretty good time, lot of traffic though which we had anticipated. Traveling isn't too bad. With the exception of some minor electrical glitches, blower motor for the heater stopped working, then started again. Interior lights in the back have been intermittent, everything else has been all systems go!

Jul 24, 2012 - Mystery Solved

The mystery sighting in Utah has been solved. "Metaphor, The Tree of Utah" was sighted near the Utah border. The free beer, or in this case glass of wine, goes to Kathie Bomze. I would also encourage you to look at the daily journal pages again. Laura has updated them with her comments so you can see what really happened instead of my fuzzy recollections.

Nov 21, 2010 - and so it ends!

We drove through 19 states, camped in 14 of them; saw friends in Palm Springs, El Paso, and Dallas; family in Las Vegas; spent 56 days on the road. Happy to be home? Yes. Sad it's over? Yes Would we do it again? In a New York Minute! Thank you to all of you for sharing our journey with us!

Sep 26, 2010 - Last night at home!

Well our bags are packed, the trailer is ready. Nothing to do but try to get a good night's sleep so we can get out of here early tomorrow morning. Amanda came out to help us finish putting things in the trailer, and Gaia was so freaked out -- she kept running in and out, trying to make sure we weren't leaving her behind. Tomorrow night, God willing, we'll be sleeping in Zanesville, Ohio.

Sep 24, 2010 - Departure day minus two

So. . . . today was the day to do major organizing in the trailer, since tomorrow we are going to the Renaissance Festival with RB, Liz, and our beautiful Greta and Lorelei. Of course, there is always drama. First, the fuse to the garage door blew, suggesting that the trailer battery problem wasn't just a glitch (trailer was plugged into house power overnight.) Second, it is an outstanding 95 degrees in Hagerstown. Not the time to be working in a small hot space. And so it goes. . . If we have to revise our departure date then I will have...

Sep 23, 2010 - Departure day minus 3

Picked up the trailer today, to bring it home for packing. Adventure #1: no ladder installed 'tho they've been promising it for 6 weeks. One hour lost at service center, task done. Adventure #2: trailer battery is dead after sitting on the lot for a month; service people reminded us we can plug the trailer into the car and use the car battery to raise and lower the hitch unit. Duh!

Sep 4, 2010 - Day 10 turns to PA

if you can follow this, we drove 400+ miles today on I-70e into w va/pa - I-79s into w va again, I-68e into md I-81ne into pa., to camp in carlisle, pa...while the weather was cloudy and cool then clear and mild at lower elevations it was very windy making our little camper look like a jumping jelly bean going down the hiway... if you have never taken I-68 in maryland, that's a must drive one of the best interstates for scenery... i just bet it would be awesome in the fall for foliage... you go over several very well know mountains, if you...

Aug 31, 2010 - To Hagerstown, MD

I get to sleep in again. Maybe I could get used to this. John and Justin are off fishing again. They get back around 9:00. Again, the fishing is good but not the catching. We pick up the trailer and head east on I68. We do not usually drive interstates but this is an exception. We have to get over the mountains. Even on the interstate, there is a lot of climbing! We stop for lunch at Penn Alps. We have stopped here before but the artisan shops were not open. Today we have a great lunch and then tour the shops. We have a long talk with a...

Oct 23, 2009 - Day one -- Yogi in Maryland

We left home today and arrived at Yogi in Hagerstown, MD. We are here for the night (very nice park, well kept and very nice folks) then on to Summersville, WV to see the New River Gorge Bridge. This is a 876' high bridge over the New River, they close down the bridge one day a year and let people base jump from the bridge. (hope the chute opens) Then on to Kentucky to see Harold and Lorena. Will give as many pic's and update as I can when we get wireless. Ron & Jean

Jun 24, 2009 - Antietam , Maryland

We took the audio tour of the battlefield in the truck, it was pretty interesting for me. Not sure Uschi enjoyed it as much as I did. It all worked out because we spent the rest of the afternoon going through 2 or 3 Big antique store's and I picked up a few things. It was interesting, they really have a lot of old stuff there. The picture of the white building is called the Dunker Church right in the battlefield. The church was started by some German Lutheran Missionary folks. It was called The Dunker Church because when they baptized the...

Jun 23, 2009 - Hagerstown

We left Gettysburg and arrived at the Hagerstown/ Antietam, Maryland. It was only about an 1 1/2 hour drive. We picked up our rental truck and just laid around for the rest of the day. Tomorrow we will go see the Antietam Civil War battleground and stop at a few Antique store's and get back in time to watch OUR soap opera.