Thursday, September 1, 2022 We slept late this morning enjoying the bed’s cozy warmth against the chilled morning air. After arising and eating a hearty breakfast, we packed up the toad and left for a bike ride. Our route to the trail took us through the park along Little Pine […]
Wednesday, August 31, 2022 Yesterday’s rain ushered in a cold air mass so we slept our last evening at Sned-Acres Family Campground with the windows open, no AC. The cool morning air felt delightful and matched our expectations unlike the usual relentless heat we had been experiencing. When we first
Tuesday, August 30, 2022 Today we went to Buffalo to visit Jane’s and Nancy’s Aunt Phyllis. Jane drove us from our campground to the Riesling Cabin arriving around 10 am. We loaded into Nancy’s car and John drove the two-hour trip to Buffalo stopping at a Mennonite grocery store to
Monday, August 29, 2022 Jane woke up late this morning (about 9:30) to the dinging of incoming text messages. Nacny was inviting us over to their Riesling Cabin at Buttonwood Grove Winery to spend some time with Cathy and Pat before they had to leave for their jobs in Buffalo.
Sunday, August 28, 2022 After breakfast, we drove less than two miles to the Van Riper Conservation Area and parked in the trailhead parking lot. After a gently-descending hike through hardwood forests for about 0.5 mile, we arrived at the shoreline of Lake Cayuga. We found a bench on a
Friday, August 27, 2022 Before departing this morning, we decided to explore more of Little Buffalo State Park. We drove back alongside Lake Holman and past the Visitor Center to a parking area for several trail heads. We walked to Shoaff’s Mill, crossing Clay’s Bridge along the way. Shoaff’s Mill
Friday, August 26, 2022 We left the Charlottesville campground around 10:15 and only stopped to fuel up, again eating sandwiches that Jane had prepared along the way. Much of the driving was along I-81, one of our nation’s truckiest highways. After traveling through Virginia and West Virginia and finally entering
Thursday, August 25, 2022 Today, we left the campground a bit before 9 am and arrived early for our 10 am tour of Monticello. We presented our tickets and were scanned at the Rubenstein Visitor Center from which we took a short bus ride up to Monticello or “Little Mountain”,
Wednesday, August 24, 2022 We departed home today around 10 am and drove the 3.5-hour route to Charlottesville, VA, non-stop, eating sandwiches that Jane had prepared for lunch as we rolled along. The drive was pleasant taking us through serene Piedmont country with little traffic. In North Carolina, we traversed
Tuesday, August 23, 2022 While folks have always said I’m a little off, tomorrow, Rambling Jane & I will both be off, off on a new adventure to the Finger Lakes region in upstate New York with interesting enroute destinations. During the past week or so, Jane has meticulously cleaned and
Rambling Jane & John hit the road again. This posting summarizes our recent six-day trip to Fayetteville, WV and Kane, PA. ___________________________________________ Tuesday, July 26 Trails End Grill We left home this morning around 9:40. For lunch, we pulled off of I-77 with Pilot Mountain in view and ate lunch
Saturday, June 18, 2022 Well, we thought the background music featured early in our trip had forever faded into silence. Little did we anticipate the clamorous coda still in store for us. About 6:30 Friday evening, only a few hours after returning home from our six-week-long trip, heavy thunderstorms blew
Friday, June 17, 2022 There’s no place like home. We left Paris Mountain State Park in Greenville, SC, and arrived safely home near Apex, NC, after about a 5.5-hour drive including an accident delay in Charlotte and a couple of quick pit stops. Although our trip was an amazing adventure,
Thursday, June 16, 2022 After sleeping late, we breakfasted on a huge veggie omelet Jane made employing leftovers from last night’s dinner. We arrived at Lisa’s condo late morning where we ate a delicious lunch and dinner. In between, we talked, played games, and ate more boiled peanuts. During late
Wednesday, June 15, 2022 Today, we travelled about three hours from Vogel State Park in Georgia to Paris Mountain State Park in South Carolina. We stopped and ate lunch in the RV at the South Carolina Welcome Station. We have arrived in Greenville to pickup our black cat, Zorro, from sister