We are currently back at Rend Lake, more specifically Wayne Fitzgerald State Park. We have come here for the past several years at the end of our trips and have always enjoyed its immense peace and beauty. This year we are here early and plan on staying as long as we possibly can. Our goal…
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We’re Off…….
well maybe tomorrow. Every summer we take off as soon as school is out. As long as we don’t leave on a Friday. That’s bad luck. So we leave on a Saturday. Well, we would have, but after celebrating the last day of school with dinner and wine we decided on….SUNDAY. Now, I think this…
Hipcamp Craziness
It saddens me that one of the first post for this summer’s trip is going to be a sad one. But, unfortunately, that is the way it is sometimes with this way of life. Can’t all be sunshine and Kumbayas. We have had many days of point A to point B travel. We’ve stayed at…
DC Statues
One cannot help but notice the thousands of statues and sculptures that are scattered throughout Washington DC. Notice one and you are probably missing half a dozen more. These are great subjects to photograph as they don’t move. They can be challenging in that you have to get your shots without people in them. The…
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
The first place we visit when in Washington DC is, of course, the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. This is a must due to my very nerdy men. My husband, a fifth grade teacher, loves science almost as much as he loves me and that’s a lot. Our 8 year old son, gifted, cute…
A Camping We Will Go
Haircuts done. Shopping done and then some.camper packed. fridge emptied. Watering system for plants set up. Lights on timer. Parents visited. Daughter visited. About to go to bed. Why all this nonsense? Because tomorrow we begin our real vacation, a much needed vacation. Tomorrow we head for a one night stay at Jonathan Dickinson…
Chasing Seventies 