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Florida Winter Wrap Up

The long overdue update is finally here from our last few weeks in the Sunshine State. We have a completely different agenda in Florida than at our home in Virginia. In Florida, we have many things to do either inside the RV park or outside in the surrounding towns. We seem to be out and about exploring new destinations and usually finding a great eating establishment. Whereas back home in the mountains, we enjoy the large home and yard and venture out only once a week or so. So, here is the final winter wrap up of some of those Florida activities!

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Blog Update & Status

Quite obviously, my last couple of blog posts have been long delayed. In the back of my mind, I keep thinking of topics that would make good posts. And then other priorities keep surpassing the desire to sit down at the laptop and write about our travels or adventures. I’ve actually struggled with the idea to continue writing updates or to give it up and simply keep the archives to review our RV travels in our later years. What to do?

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Claytor Lake State Park Campout

Every year we load the RV for a fall foliage trip to our local state park. It is the perfect time of year for warm days, cool nights, brilliant colors, hiking, and ham radio! I make a campfire each night to keep warm by as we watch the sunset. State parks are some of the best camping places to enjoy the great outdoors. More on this 5-day adventure to Claytor Lake State Park…

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The 611 J-Class Steam Train

We had the extreme good fortune to be able to ride this special train excursion on a beautiful and warm Sunday. Our ride was planned about four months ago when the Roanoke Transportation Museum announced the fall rides over six weekends. The website was launched two months later and then we were finally able to logon to the on-line queue to buy tickets. Waiting something like an hour for our time to click on the buy button. We got our five tickets! And not just regular tickets, but we splurged on the dome seat tickets! I was looking forward to this time with family and a reminder of train rides from years ago!

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Summer of ’23

It has been a crazy long break since my last blog post! That last one was a wrap up of the Italy trip. Two months ago! I had not intended to take a long break, but it has been a good but busy summer, with many projects and activities. We have been quite occupied with home ownership projects, family, hobbies, and life in general. In this update, I will look back on a quick recap of the Summer of ’23 and then what’s ahead!

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Family Thanksgiving

The Thanksgiving holiday is one of my favorites. Time with family and a healthy amount of great meals. It also is a time to reflect on what we have to be thankful for. From our freedoms living in this great country to our many blessings to our beliefs. It was a full house as our son and daughter-in-law from DC came to visit along with our local son and daughter as well. It was a great time!

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The Taubman; Roanoke Museum of Art

On a quiet Saturday afternoon, we took the short drive up to the city of Roanoke, Virginia to take in the new special art exhibit on display. The Taubman museum (LINK) has been operating for years and has many permanent displays as well as the occasional temporary exhibit. The reason for our visit was the new temporary exhibit called The Titian to Monet. This is a group of European master’s paintings that is being shown for a few weeks.

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