Pit Stop

Shredded Tire

“Your on fire,” came over the radio as we left Charlotte on our way up the road. We both looked into the rear camera to watch the front tire of our tow vehicle rolling off and down through the guardrail and into the ditch on the side of the interstate. The smoke was what my Read More

Strawberries, Strawberries at Parkesdale Farm Market

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About 14 or 15 years ago, we made our first trip to visit Parkesdales Farm Market in Plant City, Florida while we were visiting for Sun-n-Fun in nearby Lakeland. If you happened to miss previous posts about Sun-n-Fun, it is a week-long airshow and convention for pilots held every spring. We try to go each Read More

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Memorial Day Camping Recipes and Meal Plan

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  Even though the summer doesn’t actually begin until June 20th this year, Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial beginning of the the summer season around here. For many people, the weekend is full of grilling, picnics, playing by the pool or boating on the lake, and camping. Regardless of the activity though, we always Read More

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Heading West

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  What is it about planning a trip? My wanderlust tendencies grow stronger at just the mention of a trip and as I start planning – fuhgeddaboudit. I might as well declare myself useless in all other major projects. I become smitten with the entire process of planning and preparing and then drive everyone batty Read More

Crater of Diamonds

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My family loves to pack up our RV and hit the road on an adventure to see parts of America we’ve not yet seen and show our son many of our favorite areas of the US. Some of our trips we plan for months, even a year in advance, while others we just decide to Read More

National Parks: A Treasure

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Our national parks are such an amazing treasure that my family always enjoys exploring when we travel. Whenever we are planning a trip, I visit the National Parks Service website to help plan our itinerary for visits to lighthouses, forts, presidential libraries, as well as the national parks.   For years, we’ve visited as many Read More

Road Trip :: Rio Grande Gorge Bridge

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Have you ever visited somewhere and wondered how many other people had stood in this same spot before you? What were their lives like? What did they think when they saw this amazing place? When we visited Taos, New Mexico, one of the sites we wanted to see was the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge. As Read More

Cadillac Ranch

Cadillac Ranch

Making our way home on our RV trip, we made an overnight stop in Amarillo, Texas. Home of Cadillac Ranch. Cadillac Ranch is located in a open field off of Interstate 40 off of Frontage Road. Created by helium millionaire, Stanley Marsh 3 (he thinks III sounded too pompous), in 1974, the ranch is a Read More

Road Trip :: Fort Hays, Kansas

Driving through Kansas, we were absolutely blown away by the breathtaking views. Wide vistas as far as the eye could see. We had planned a short excursion off of the interstate to visit Fort Hays. Fort Hays was established in the 1800′s (1867-1889) for the purpose of housing soldiers to guard the railroad as it Read More

As Far As The Eye Can See

I spy with my little eye…