Blog about retirement, travel and reinvention
The last six weeks have been very busy. On December 16th we left Bloomingdale to drive to NYC for Andrew and Krissy’s reception and Christmas. We decided to go as far as the PA border on Route 80 and stay overnight. Since we had taken Ernie with us the choice of hotels, we could stay […]
Read MoreYesterday we drove from South Carolina to Kentucky. On the way we stopped to eat and when we pulled into the lot, we realized we were in the same lot where we used the laundry at the beginning of our trip. This campground is very nice. It has 260 spaces, playgrounds, pool, tennis court, basketball […]
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A lot has happened in the last week, some expected, some unexpected, some happy and some sad. CALHHOUN FALLS STATE PARK We arrived five days ago on Saturday to Calhoun Falls State Park. It is a beautiful park, but spoiler alert, there are no water falls and no one could tell me why the town […]
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We arrived yesterday at the Sesquicentennial State Park outside of Columbia, South Carolina. This state knows how to run a park and showcase their most outstanding features. At the last one, Huntington State Park it was the ocean. We could walk to the ocean and there was a historic building to tour and one of […]
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Today started with laundry at 9 am. When I went to the laundry a young woman was just finishing her two loads. We had a short conversation about her two little girls and where they were going next. She had considerably more laundry than I did. When the laundry was done, we went to Charleston. […]
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I am sure you know how much I plan for these trips, so when I mess up it comes as a shock to me. When we left Huntington Beach State Park, we had a reservation in a park outside of Georgetown which is the second oldest city in South Carolina. See how much history you […]
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Today is our last full day at this park. We arrived on Monday afternoon, today is Thursday, after a long day of driving. Again, we were able to take a 3 ½ hour drive and turn it into 8. We stopped in a little town as soon as we arrived in SC to have some […]
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Today, Sunday is our last full day in North Carolina. I put our sticker on the map and tomorrow I will put on South Carolina. The map is pretty full! We don’t have enough internet here to post so you will see this on Monday or Tuesday. We have been here since Tuesday afternoon and […]
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From southern Indiana we drove to Kentucky and stated at the Fort Boonesborough State Park. It was a very nice park. It was a large campground and we stayed the furthest point from the entrance. By time we left here we were traveling for a week. This campground was set up for Halloween big time. […]
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While I am continuing to build the website, a post went out about Ireland. If you were not notified or missed it, just click the back button below. Sunday, September 29th we left for South Carolina. We were in Indiana about 3 hours from home in a really nice state campground we have visited before […]
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