Today was pack up day and get ready to move. This usually doesn’t take all day. In fact, we can have the RV put away and ready to roll in about twenty to thirty minutes. But we have the motorcycle to winch down inside the trailer which is being towed by the truck. On top of that, it’s [...]
Woke up this morning to what is going to be another sweltering day. I told Robin we would take a motorcycle trip over to Lake Jordan. It’s only about a 75 mile drive and I thought we could check out the lake, pack some swim suits to cool off the dawgs, have a nice lunch [...]
It always stands to reason that appliances or technological gadgets always seem to go down at the worst possible time. Such was the case with the air conditioning in our RV. The heat index down here has been hovering around 105 degrees the past few days. You’ll remember a month ago I needed to replace [...]
The weekend was somewhat uneventful but nevertheless seemed to go as fast as pre-retirement. We met a lovely couple Joe and Roberta, from the southern tip of Maryland, and there were camped right behind us. We shared stories and histories over the weekend and chatted about how our camping experiences have changed over the years. In [...]
We drove into neighboring Smithfield in search of more eye candy. We found a spot to park above the nearby Neuse River. Rivers in the south are more like thecreeks and streams I know of the north, they’re much smaller in nature. The path along the river had an interesting waterfall. But before you revel [...]
Yesterday, I met Lewis Mullen for breakfast at Short’s. Lewis had been perusing my website and took a liking to some of the July 4th photos. He had contacted me regarding talking shop and kibbitzing about cameras and lenses and possibly taking some photos.Lewis is the main photographer for both his own site andalso loading [...]
A good many of you readers have been asking about the RV, or rig, that we drive. Knowing now that we will keep this unit as opposed to trading for anyone else it would be much easier for me to give you a tour as to try and explain the inner workings of the RV. So if [...]
It started out as any normal Sunday. Put on the coffee, watch “Sunday Morning” on CBS and then read a little of the local newspaper. I talked with my sister Lisa, who now has her own website. If you’re into good food, simple and easy recipes, but an intriguing take on it all, visit her [...]
Since starting our fulltiming adventure in March, I have been utilizing Wi-Fi in the campgrounds and RV resorts that we have parked or rig in. In the few instances that the internet was down, I was able to drive to a local Panera Bread or Atlanta Bread Co. to use their services. I thought all Mac Donalds had WiFi but I have found that [...]
Robin was a bit stiff in the neck yesterday so she opted not to take a ride with me. She stayed back in the RV while I decided to motor the Goldwing down the highway to see something of a historical nature. As I left I-95 and headed down Route 701 it appeared that every [...]
