RV travels around the USA
We left our Florida winter location on March 30th for our slow travel back to our home in the Virginia mountains. The drive is about 750 miles and while driving in the truck/trailer combination, I prefer to break the trip up into four segments, averaging 188 miles per moving day. That way we can be relocated and set up by 2pm and can go exploring.
We recently made our twice a year time back to the Hoosier mother land. Got to see the moms and some other family before we pack up and head to Florida to avoid the snow shovel syndrome. I’ve mentioned before about the 500 mile drive on this page. It makes for a long day, but great to see family and friends. On to the Indiana quick trip…
We have determined our route south this winter to Florida. No big loop to Louisiana like we planned last year. Just almost a straight south shot with a few stops along the way. Speaking of winter, the first day of fall has just passed by and the leaves have already started to drop. Our leave by date of December 1st is usually the end of the leaf raking. Today’s photos are unrelated to today’s post, but from last month’s festivals in the area.
We try to visit the moms and other family at least twice a year in the Hoosier State. It is exactly 500 miles from our place in Virginia. Not exactly a quick drive. After stops for lunch, coffee, and restrooms, and more coffee, we take about 11 hours to get to Greencastle. This trip was something of a special visit…
It has been over a month since my last blog update which has been somewhat of a challenging blur and then a generous portion of downtime. But alas, that can be life sometimes. But, all is now good and we feel thankful for our blessings. So, our plan was to make a wide loop from our Virginia home to see family and friends and then settle at our Florida RV park on November 1st. And then in the first leg of this tour we both tested positive for Covid…crud!
Being full-time RVers, we need to schedule visits to see our moms in Indiana and our kids in Virginia and DC. We actually try to get back here 2-3 times a years, either in the RV or by flying. This time our plans have us traveling east across the heartland to the Hoosier State in late September. It has been a lot of miles since we left Alpine Wyoming back on July 26th! More than 2,300 miles in fact!
Continue reading “Back Home Again in Indiana – Family Visits”
During this past week, I have seen many TV specials about the events from fifty years ago. Fortunately, I was old enough to remember the historic time. I was 15 years old during the summer of 1969. It is still difficult for me to think about that much time has passed in my life. I can remember when 30 years old seemed to be ancient! Not anymore. Anyway, here are my recollections and a few interesting facts of the Apollo 11 moon landing from 50 years ago.
Gotta see the moms! We wanted to work in a weeklong trip back to Indiana to see our moms before taking off on our spring/summer/fall plans. Finally decided to extend our stay here at Llano Grande Resort by a couple of weeks. This is a very safe and secure park to leave our rolling home for a week. So, we booked our flights and a rental car and were off to the Great Up North on Tuesday March 19th!
The featured image above was the sunset in Hendricks County Indiana that greeted us!
We have now been at our old hometown in Virginia for three weeks. The long list of action items is coming along quite well. It has been a busy and somewhat stressful three weeks as we are rushing to meet some deadlines. One of the things that we wanted to do while in Virginia is a quick 500 mile trip to see our moms. So, we rented a car, packed a lunch and took off on Tuesday last week! Continue reading “Quick Trip To See The Moms”
Our travel from Bardstown Ky. to Indianapolis was a very easy 160 miles with very few steep hills or windy roads. Nice long straight stretches of interstate highway. While driving the interstates does not give us a good look at the smaller towns, it is quicker, and usually has many good places for a rest stop with the large truck and camper. Continue reading “Back to Indiana; Family & Friends”