Oct 18, 2012 - Starting our Trip!!

Tomorrow we will start our trip! Everything we think we need is on board our RV, including Mack and Holly, our 2 rescue cats. We think we are traveling light, bringing only what we need, but our total weight is about 22,000 lb! Our plan is to hop down the east coast, stopping along the way to see family and sights, with Cape Hatteras and Key West as the eventual destinations. Then we will head west along the Gulf with the goal of being in Houston to spend Thanksgiving with our 2 sons. We will wander around Texas for a bit and then make our...

Jul 21, 2011 - George & Toni head for FMCA Rally

FMCA stands for Family Motor Coach Association. Toni and I are here in Essex Junction, VT for the NEAR (Northeast Area Rally). Essex Junction is a suburb of Burlington, VT which is located on the banks of Lake Champlain. Here is a list of 11 reasons WHY you might want to consider Motor Homing.... In a motorhome, you can travel and enjoy the great outdoors with far more creature comforts than other forms of camping. Here are 11 reasons to go motorhoming ... 11. To feel at-home … on the road Motorhomes are equipped with comfortable living,...

Jun 17, 2011 - Essex Junction, Vermont

Rain, Rain Go Away!!! We now know how Vermont got its nickname “Green Mountain State “. With all the rain we are having this week it could have been called Atlantis. The reason Vermont has so many covered bridges is that they can easily be converted into Arks.In spite of all the rain 180 plus coaches showed up for our club rally, seeing and spending time with old friends is what our club is all about!!! On Monday night we enjoyed some good live entertainment, by Sherwin Linton and his group that played a two hour set of great country...

Jul 5, 2010 - Last night at the rally

Wow hot hot hot. Today has been the hottest day yet. Many have left that have to work tomorrow and we have been running the AC since late afternoon. Guessing we will run it now all night and all the way home tomorrow. We saw some good seminars again today. Mine was on computer security and Bonnie went to one on cooking in a dutch oven on a fire and then she made earrings with Alexus. Then we both went to a seminar on caravanning to Alaska. I did buy a few things today. 5 fire extinguishers, a time pressure monitoring system, and some of...

Jul 4, 2010 - Thanks to all the troops

Happy Birthday America. I hope everyone had a great fourth of July. I had a busy day and enjoyed all of it. We had the morning coffee hour and then I went to a fire and life safety seminar with Mac the Fire Guy. He gives a great talk and information and then you go outside to put out fires. He has the woman put out the fires and I think they really enjoy it. I came back to the coach for lunch and it was 91 degrees inside and close to the same outside. We ran the ac all last night, it was much more humid last night. Not sure we will need to...

Jul 3, 2010 - Saturday

Saturday Well an early day today, Alexus was up early as she did not want to miss the coffee and donuts. So we went up to the expo area and checked out the activities for the day. There were a few cancellations and they were ones Bonnie was interested in. But we found others and the day went quickly. I learned about RV electrical systems, supplemental braking, tire pressure monitoring systems, and general RV maintenance. The vendors had a hot dog roast at lunch time which I even found time to attend. Alexus is in the youth program so that...

Jul 2, 2010 - FMCA NEAR Rally

Friday This morning dawned bight and clear. We all slept until about 8am and then got up showered, and had breakfast. I looked at the short route for the day and then went out and dumped the tanks. Then we put away the loose stuff inside and rolled on out of the campground around 10:30. Both Middlebury and Shelburne are good sized towns with lots of traffic and lots of red lights I think we hit at lease 75 percent of them. I also fueled up and found that driving at 63 on the interstate resulted in getting just over 10 miles to the gallon...

Jul 5, 2009 - Essex Junction, Vermont

From 1000 Islands, New York we proceeded to Essex Junction, Vermont to meet up with 35 other RVs to attend our clubs region 7 rally and to spend the 4Th of July. Other than raining every day we had a great time, with some absolutely great people. One of the highlights of our trip was a visit to the Hope Cemetery in Barre, Vermont. Bill Flint, a friend that lives in Atlanta, told us about this unique place. Barre is one the largest granite producing area's in the world, and home to many granite carvers that apparently compete to leave a...

Sep 8, 2008 - Essex Junction, Vermont

Five couples met at Massena in upstate New York at the Massena International Kampground. We enjoyed dinner under the tarps while renewing our friendships. This morning we packed up our trailers and started the convoy to Essex Junction. We decided to take the ferry across Lake Champlain. If the timing had been better, I’m sure all five rigs could have taken the same ferry. We split up and took two ferries to make the trek. It was pretty calm, but we were still getting queasy before we made it across. We arrived at the Grand National Rally at...