North Carolina and Virginia North Carolina Raleigh Durham Some Spreadsheet changes had taken place in North Carolina as we decided to meet Jenny and Mackie in the Raleigh Durham area as they had decided to investigate the territory as new potential places to live. The Loch Norman Highland games will have to wait, we neededContinue reading “North Carolina, Virginia, and Pennsylvania”
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Florida Keys 2024 April
Key Largo, John Pennekamp State Beach This is another one of those premiere state parks that get sold out immediately. This year we made reservations as Florida residents which allowed us to make reservations 11 months before out of staters. I got lucky and will have 2 weeks here in January 2025, but most daysContinue reading “Florida Keys 2024 April”
Manatees, Sanford, Flagler, Fernandina, St Agustine Beach
Blue Spring State Park – Manatee Central Bo and Julie’s House Fernandina Beach, Florida January to April. This is our home base and where we stay at our own Florida address much of the time, going back and forth between campgrounds and their home. We came for the manatee and they had record numbers atContinue reading “Manatees, Sanford, Flagler, Fernandina, St Agustine Beach”
Cold, Cold January 2024 – Carlsbad Cavern, New Orleans and Florida
As I write this I have fallen behind with my blogging and will get it published today because we did the following over a month ago! We are headed across the country to Florida, but first, two awesome stops are Carlsbad Caverns and NewOrleans. It was a record cold week for the country and VinnyContinue reading “Cold, Cold January 2024 – Carlsbad Cavern, New Orleans and Florida”
Maui – December 17-29, 2023
We are here for the snorkeling! There are so many places to snorkel in Maui although the weather has been a bit uncooperative this year. Luckily the concierge at the front desk told us about the Maui Snorkel Report > The Snorkel Store > scroll down to see the rating of the day at theContinue reading “Maui – December 17-29, 2023”
Hawaii Big Island
Left Vinny on the mainland for a month for the tropical fish, tropical forests, manta rays, crashing waves, dolphins, jagged lava rocks, and time with family and friends. We went to Kaui for my 40th birthday in 2002 and we didn’t return until 20 years later. Now I have been here for theContinue reading “Hawaii Big Island”
California Central Coast– Big Sur, Pt Lobos, Carmel, Monterey
Vinny VanGo has completed the first circumnavigation of North America, and we are back in California for a month of November, well not John he is off to Philly to do his annual Eagles game with the siblings. He made it as far as San Francisco where we spent the evening with Brynn and DavidContinue reading “California Central Coast– Big Sur, Pt Lobos, Carmel, Monterey”
Oregon( Silver Falls, Sisters, Bend)
Silver Falls State Park is in my top 3 for state parks. You can walk behind four of them as the spout drop some 170 feet ft from the rock ledge. There are rock amphitheater-like alcoves that have been carved away, I think they need to be man-made, but John thinks otherwise. We will haveContinue reading “Oregon( Silver Falls, Sisters, Bend)”
Washington Central – Rivers, Lakes and Oktoberfest
Projekt Bayerischer Oktoberfest, Wenatchee Washington Projekt Bayern Oktoberfest in Wenatchee – this was on the spreadsheet all along, since they had advertised many months ago when I was doing my planning. Seems like the Bavarian Town of Leavenworth (20 miles away) has their own Oktoberfest going and there is a big kerfuffle between the two. Continue reading “Washington Central – Rivers, Lakes and Oktoberfest”
Olympic National Park, WA
Olympic National Park, diverse with a capital D. Rainforest, Ocean, Mountains, Glaciers, Rivers and Lakes and we have been running around here for about 2 weeks. This is my second visit to Olympic NP, the first was with my girlfriends in 2022 when we did out trip to the San Juan Islands. Caroline, Ala PinkContinue reading “Olympic National Park, WA”
Travels with Vinny VanGo 