2023 – May – Visting Scotland & The Isle of Skye…
May 13, 2023: Heading to Edinburgh, Scotland… As we awake we see it is another gorgeous day. But we will spend it driving. We get showers and pack up; Mike brings the car around and as we depart Ambleside we stop at the bakery again to pick up some sweets for our drive. The drive […]
2023 – May- UK & Wales
We landed in Southhampton, England on Saturday April 29th. Departing the ship we decided to walk from the port to the Southhampton train station. It was here we said our goodbyes to Deb & Tony. The train was going to take us to Southhampton airport where we were scheduled to get our rental car at […]
2023 – April – Our First Trans-Atlantic Cruise…
For years in our working life we would take a Spring cruise during April break when Joanne was teaching and I was still free before the start of my company’s busy season. We always felt it was a perfect week to get some sunshine, get re-charged, and just relax before the Spring push and then […]
2023 – April – Cruising the Panama Canal…
“Our bags are packed, we’re ready to go, standing here outside our door…” Where are we headed ? Well it’s April 1st and today is our departure date out of the Port of Los Angeles on Princess Cruise’s “Emerald Princess” ship. We are so excited to begin a 3 month international adventure and today is […]
2022- October…Memphis, TN, Little Rock, AR, Branson, MO, and heading WEST…
10/18/22: On this day we continue our trek South from St. Louis along the Great Mississippi River Trail to the Border of Tennessee and Arkansas. Although we have been through many parts of the Volunteer State, Memphis has alluded us on the very Western Border for years. We know they are known for their BBQ, […]
2022 – Sept-Oct Family & Friends Visits, Mississippi River Trail…
9/14/22: We crossed the border back into the USA on I-87 New York State. We actually have crossed this border in the past, as we both went to Undergrad at SUNY Plattsburgh near here, though that was many years ago… The border crossing went easy and we continued South to Warrensburg, NY, near Lake George, […]
2022 – The Canadian Maritimes, Quebec, & the Gaspe Peninsula…
8/8/2022: Crossing the border and Fundy National Park When we completed the ArriveCAN forms we estimated we would cross the border around noon and that is just about the time we arrived. When Joanne’s sister Deb and her husband Tony crossed over into Campobello, they had to give up all their eggs and raw chicken. […]
2022 – Heading North from MTTS – Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, NY, CT, & Maine…
7/17-7/20: Williamsburg VA Heading out of Spartanburg, South Carolina with the completion of MTTS 2022 we start our long drive back to our RV still parked in my sister Pat’s driveway in Beacon, NY. We have already driven over 2200 miles since leaving about 10 days ago. We notice several other MINI Coopers on the […]
2022 – Mini Takes the States (MTTS 2022)
7/5/22 We left Beach Rose RV Park and our granddaughter on 7/5/22 after celebrating the July 4th Holiday. We had a quick stop for RV service at Place Ford in Webster, MA off Rte 395. We have stopped here before and they are very accommodating, quick, efficient, and convenient. After our morning RV service appointment […]
2022 – Letchworth Falls (The Grand Canyon of the East) & then a visit with the Dew’s and Mac….
Departing our friends house in Ontario we headed South with the goal of passing through the border by Niagara Falls as we have a reservation in New York’s “Letchworth State Park” . First things first we had to stop for an appointment at ” The Hitch House” an RV dealer in Oro-Medonte, ON. We had contacted […]