Dave and I were blessed our first two years of traveling after retirement. First, our epic adventure completing the Great Loop and then last year’s RV adventure to the Canadian Maritimes and northeast United States. This year was just as memorable including a few “dips” along the way. Perhaps it was good our dips occurred […]
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Murphy here. What an exciting week this week! I got to see some friends from my boat life and bicycles…lots of bicycles. Every time I heard a bicycle go by, I had to pop up and look out the window to see if it was Mom and Dad. I enjoyed seeing my Looper friends because
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Our six days of riding started out great. As I mentioned in last week’s blog, the ride was headquartered out of the gorgeous newly opened Lodge at Paris Landing State Park about 2 hours west of Nashville, TN. At BRAT, breakfast and dinner were provided, plus other activities including yoga and pontoon boat rides. Also
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After leaving the Grand Design National Rally near Elkhart, Indiana, Dave and I made our way to Paris Landing State Park in Tennessee. We had two overnight stays along the way. The first was a Grissom Air Museum in Peru, IN. Pretty cool to be parked right outside of lots of historic airplanes. The second
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What do 1,352 people camping in 640 Grand Design RVs at the Elkhart County Fairground do for a week? Attend the Grand Design National Rally (GDNR) and have a great time! Fairgrounds full of RVs; We are in the racetrack Fireside Chat with CEO Don Grand Design, the manufacturer of our 5th wheel, is a
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Dave and I arrived at Ohiopyle State Park in PA. Its 20,500 acres of rugged natural beauty includes the rushing water of the Youghiogheny (yawki-gay-nee) River gorge for whitewater enthusiasts. The park has over 75 miles of hiking trails and the Great Alleghany Passage (GAP) bike trail runs through the park. We were able to
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One of the goals Dave and I have since retiring is to visit as many national parks as we can. During the past week, we were able to check off Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Located just north of Akron, Ohio, CVNP boasts 125 miles of hiking trails, a section of the Ohio Erie towpath trail,
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Dave and I first stopped at Geneva-on-the-Lake (GOTL) during the Great Loop two years ago. Located on the bank of Lake Erie, GOTL began as a summer resort in the late 1800’s, with an amusement park type atmosphere. Some of the original stores are still there, including our favorite, Madsen Donuts, opening in 1938. One
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Woof Woof. I know you haven’t heard from me since, well, since Mom & Dad took me on that house on the water. What was it called? Oh, yeah, a boat. Boy, was that an adventure. I loved every minute of it. Can you imagine a Labrador Retriever living on the water? It just does
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Dave and I spent this past week at a campground on the southern shore of Lake Ontario, near Niagara Falls. I was supposed to go on my annual girl’s trip, this year to Montreal, but one of my friends was unable to go, so the trip was postponed. Dave and Murphy missed out on their
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