Over the years, our travels have taken us through Kentucky several times, but we hadn’t really stopped to see any of it until this Spring.  We decided to spend few weeks experiencing some of the best things the state has to offer.  Despite a minor detour to Alabama to get our RV worked on, we still managed to visit a nice variety of places.   As an added bonus, Sue and…

Our stay in the Navajo Nation revolved around three daytrips including Mystery Valley, Canyon De Chelly National Monument, and the Monument Valley Scenic Driving Tour.  The first two were with Navajo tour guides in their own vehicles.  The third was just the two of us and was a bit of a trial for our Jeep.  The guided tours were a “must” for several reasons: You can only go into those…

Our 2026 Southwest trip started with a bit more “excitement” than recent years.  Our RV broke down in the midst of the “winter storm of the century” in the Southern US.  It led to a series of misadventures that we won’t soon forget.  It’s summarized a post entitled “RV Misadventures 2026”.  After getting back on the road, we licked our wounds, fixed our big problems, and went on to have…

As often happens on our travels, 2026 didn’t play out exactly as we planned.  After the 1st of the year in 2026, we spent a pleasant two weeks in St. Augustine, FL.  Our friends, Doug and Lynne Lindsey, brought their RV up from Ponce Inlet for a few days and we had a great time with them.  In mid-January we departed for Red Bay, AL to get some work done…

With the exception of couple of college ski trips, neither Suzanne or I had been to Vermont despite living one state away for over 65 years.  In concert with our recent trend of doing “state-wide” visits, we planned a Vermont tour this October and made five-day stays at four locations. Our stops included Morristown in the North, White River Junction in the Middle, and Morristown and Brattleboro in the South….

Suzanne and I spent September with Sue and Dean Hereford touring England, Scotland and Wales.  Our travels took us through London, Glasgow, the Isle of Skye, Inverness, Edinburgh, the English Lake District, York, North and South Wales, and the Cotswold’s. With the exception of getting to Glasgow, we traveled by rental car.  This allowed us to take several day trips and see a number of “off-the-beaten path” sights.  The lodging…

Our visit to England was split into four stops: London, the North, the Cotswold’s, and a brief visit to Hereford. The London stay started with a walking tour upon our arrival, followed by several museum visits, city exploration, and a night at the theatre.  Also, Suzanne and I made a day trip via train to Canterbury. Canterbury has been a major center of Anglican Christianity for 800 years after Archbishop…

The Wales trip was divided into two “base camps” – One in Llanberis, near the Isle of Anglesey in the north and the second in Mumbles near Swansea in the south.  Although almost everyone we encountered spoke perfect English, most of the names of things and the signs were in Welch, albeit with English subtitles.  We all struggled with location pronunciations to the point where none of us seemed to…

Our 8th year on the road was supposed to an aggressive attempt to see several National Parks that we hadn’t been to.  We left northern NY before Labor Day with a plan to get to 10 parks, 8 of which were new to us.  In September, we visited Indiana Dunes, Theodore Roosevelt, Grand Teton, and Rocky Mountain.  At the 5th one, Mesa Verde in Colorado, Suzanne broke her ankle in…

Great Basin National Park was officially established in 1986, but major portions of it have been a National Monument for the past 100 years.  It was named for its location in the Great Basin region of the US. The Basin is the largest water shed with no exit to the Ocean in North America and occupies portions of six states.  The park features Wheeler Peak (13K feet), the Lehman Caves,…