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Georgia Mountains – Part 2
Wednesday was going to be a long day of driving with stops for shopping and sightseeing – especially waterfall viewing. Our first stop was in Highlands, North Carolina for shopping in the downtown area. On the way into town we saw just how dangerous the mountain roads can be. A fireman directed us over into […]
Continue readingGeorgia Mountain Trip – Part 1
On Saturday October 4th, Georgia and I left home for a trip to the Blue Ridge Mountains. We were going to meet up with Georgia’s brother Eddie and his wife Bonnie. We have vacationed with them before and were looking forward to getting together again. Our first day of driving took us through Indiana and […]
Continue readingSeason Opener
The very cold winter has turned into a cold spring but, Georgia and I made our first RV trip of the year last Friday. It was opening weekend at Fox Hill RV Park in Baraboo, Wisconsin. We always enjoy the Wisconsin Dells area, and we have been to Fox Hill before, so we took advantage […]
Continue readingAll I Want for Christmas is a …
Sewiepig??? My Christmas wishlist was mostly RV related and I got plenty of accessories I wanted. I will be posting details as I install them and when I do that will depend on the weather. One gift needs no installation though. I got a Sewiepig! This little pink porker weighs almost nothing and just rides […]
Continue readingCamping World RV Rally
42 RVs owned by members of the Camping World of Chicago Owners Club, plus another 4 occupied by Camping World staff, descended on the Wagon Trail Campground in Ellison Bay, Wisconsin for their 2013 Door County rally. The 22cd annual event was held from August 21-25 and Georgia and I attended for the first time. […]
Continue readingAirVenture 2013 – Part 2
Thursday morning I got the campground shuttle over to the bus park then got on the Seaplane Base bus. The atmosphere at the lake is completely different from that at the main show area. It is very peaceful and laid-back out there. If you go to Oshkosh, you should spend some time at the Seaplane […]
Continue readingAirVenture 2013 – Part 1
This was the first time that Georgia and I planned to spend the whole week at AirVenture and the first time we would take a trailer there to live in for that week. We hitched up Sunday morning and made the three hour drive to Sleepy Hollow Farm Campground in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. There are a […]
Continue readingWisconsin Dells 4th of July
The trailer was ready to go by the night of the 3rd. Refrigerator cold, food and clothes loaded and truck fueled. We planned to get up and get an early start to Wisconsin Dells on the morning of July 4th. So much for plans. We woke up that morning to the sump pump battery alarm […]
Continue readingIndiana Amish Country – 2013
The long Memorial Day weekend gave us the opportunity to take the travel trailer on a road trip. I added a vacation day on Tuesday to make it an even longer weekend. We hitched up on Saturday and towed to Elkhart, Indiana, in Amish country. The rural areas here are dotted with Amish farms and, […]
Continue readingBranson Trip 2013 – Part 2
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 […]
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