I’ve had this week on my travel bucket list since we began this adventure. My ancestral roots began here. In the 1600’s my family, who were Mennonites came to America with William Penn to escape religious persecution. They settled in Lancaster and were a prominent family. I’ve never been to Pennsylvania, but in my heart, …
On our second day in the city, with rain on the forecast and a checkmark on the box for visiting monuments, we focused on the Museums and inside activities. Did you know that all the Smithsonian Museums are free!? (If you didn’t already read about DC day 1, do so here.) Some folks might be …
The truth is, I didn’t think I’d like visiting Washington D.C. I don’t like cities, busy places, or traffic, and I’m not particularly patriotic or fond of the government….all that considered, I didn’t really want to go. Turns out I was wrong and I actually loved our time in DC. I love history, I love …
Oh, how the ocean has my heart. I do love forests and mountains and rivers and lakes but the ocean calls to my soul, unlike other places in nature. If I go too long without a visit I get weird and sad. Maybe it’s because my name literally means “of the sea.” Whatever the reason, …
We really liked Aiken. We entered the town as the sun was setting, the light was golden, and everything was beautiful. We were surrounded by cotton fields and instantly felt the peace and calm that comes with country roads and farmland. The kids had never seen cotton growing so we pulled over to check it …
Part of our traveling adventure is to keep our minds and hearts open to where we may want to settle down after our chapter of travel life. Our next step is a place we will hopefully want to stay for the rest of our time on earth, a place where grandkids can come swing on …
Just west of the Smoky Mountains, we found a campsite right on a lake where we could gaze across it and soak in all the beautiful colors of fall. For years I’ve joked about how life would be better if we got rid of all, or at least most of the children’s toys and electronics. …
The Great Smoky Mountains We found the perfect camp spot with our own little beach on Lake Santeelah (Update: a year after first journaling this, it is still one of our favorite sites). I can’t get over the fact that places this wonderful are around and free to camp at. We had a summer-style day …
We traveled along the North Carolina section of the Blue Ridge Parkway. We camped along the way and enjoyed hiking and exploring.
As we drove through the rolling green hills then the thick woods of West Virginia, our excitement rose higher and higher with each mile. After all the months of hard work restoring the Airstream, after all the work to pack our things and sell our house, and after the last couple weeks of driving across …
