Winging It

Branson Trip 2013 – Part 2

April 16, 2013
/ travel
/ By tom

Sugar Leaf Bakery Cafe Day five was our first free day of the trip but it was pretty cold and wet. We spent the day exploring many of Branson’s craft malls and bought show tickets for Thursday and Friday night. We had planned to go to Silver Dollar City for a couple days but found […]

Branson Trip 2013 – Part 1

April 16, 2013
/ travel
/ By tom

Instead of a short shakedown trip with our new travel trailer, we dove right into an 1100+ mile round trip to Branson, Mo. We had never been there so, when I found an opportunity to get RV driving instruction in Branson we decided to make a week out of it. There is a red barn […]

The Kodiak Comes Home

April 3, 2013
/ RV
/ By tom
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We took our new Kodiak travel trailer out of storage Monday and brought it home to get ready for our first trip of the year.We will be spending the next few days loading it with all the stuff we will need for a week away. Some of the things we have added so far include […]

Georgia’s First Grandchild

April 2, 2013
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Georgia first grandchild, my step-grandson has arrived! Maxwell Browning Galloway was born March 29, 2013. He weighed 5 pounds 4.8 ounces and was 20 inches long. He arrived six weeks early but he is doing great.

Chicago RV Show

February 18, 2013
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/ By tom
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The Chicago RV and Camping Show ran from Feb. 13 through Feb. 17 of 2013. Georgia and I visited the show on Saturday. We weren’t shopping for a new RV since we already have a trailer on order but we did want to check out campgrounds and RV accessories. We left with a good 20 […]

Happy New Year 2013

January 1, 2013
/ By tom

Happy New Year!

Silent Night

December 24, 2012
/ By tom
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A young priest named Joseph Mohr came to St Nicholas parish church in Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria in 1817. A year earlier he had written the lyrics to a song he called “Stille Nacht” but had not set it to music. Before Christmas in 1818, Father Mohr took his lyrics to Franz Gruber, the town’s […]

Smoky Mountain Thanksgiving – 2012

November 29, 2012
/ travel
/ By tom
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The day before Thanksgiving, Georgia and I left Illinois for the mountains of Tennessee. That first day we drove to Shelbyville, Kentucky where we spent the first night. There was plenty of traffic on that traditionally heavy travel day but no major backups so it was a pretty easy trip. Thanksgiving morning we got an […]

Happy Thanksgiving 2012

November 22, 2012
/ By tom

Happy Thanksgiving to all my readers. Georgia and I are in Tennessee for the holiday. I will post a full report on the trip when we get back next week.

Trailer Shopping

November 19, 2012
/ RV travel
/ By tom
/ 1 COMMENT

Our tiny travel trailer is tucked away for the winter but camping is still on our minds. We have been spending time at RV dealers looking through every trailer on their lots. We haven’t definitely made up our minds to buy a new one but we are seriously considering it. When we bought our 15 […]