Category Archives: Travel

Longer Status Update

OK…as promised the other day here’s the longer version. We left Lake City FL last Saturday for the trip on I-10 and I-75 to Foley AL. Traffic was much better but we inadvertently didn’t get the fridge properly blocked so … Continue reading →

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Quick Status Update

Just a quick update for tonight so you’ll know where we are. Really tired after our pretty rapid transit from FL to Kerrville TX and we had a couple issues on the way…all minor and mostly just traffic/road closure types. … Continue reading →

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And We’re Off…

Yup…travel season is officially underway. We were up early this morning, finished stowing, disconnecting power and water, and hitching and rolled out of the campground shortly after 0930 for our 281 mile trip…we arrived at Casey Jones Campground in Lake … Continue reading →

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T Minus Three and Election Hacking

Well…our time here at Seminole Campground in North Fort Myers is now officially…short. It’s Tuesday as I write this and we’ll be underway for the summer early Friday morning. So let’s get ya’ll caught up in things here at our … Continue reading →

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Yeah…We’re About Ready To Hit The Road

We’ve been getting increasingly antsy the past couple of weeks…and I can now tell ya that me and Kara…not to mention Neil and Connie…are ready to be back on the road. That means we’ve got our split between traveling and … Continue reading →

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Cocoanut Milk…Where Have You Been All My Life

Yeah…let me go down the cooking rathole a little…because I need to brag on this some. Neil’s been making curry for many, many years…but he’s always added plain old grated cocoanut to the mixture. So’s Connie keeps track of her … Continue reading →

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Li’l Red Has A Boo Boo

It happened yesterday. Neil had an appointment up at McDill AFB in Tampa to get his retired ID card renewed since he’s enrolled in Medicare now. The good news is that that part was easy peasy…he was in and out … Continue reading →

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More Assorted Random Ramblings

Man…I’ll sure be glad when Neil and Connie hitch up ol’ Big Red to the rig and blow this popsicle stand…they ain’t really doing anything that remotely sounds like it meets the definition of Fun Stuff©…which means that ya keep … Continue reading →

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What’s It All Mean

I stole that line from Wayne Shannon…real name Gerald Wayne “Gerry” Schetzle…who was a TV personality, humorist, and political pundit who died in 2011. Back in the day…when Neil and Connie were stationed out in Mare Island CA…he was employed … Continue reading →

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Every Time You Think It Can’t Get Any Worse…

Well…then it does.  Today’s lunacy example for instance. There’s this black law professor at Harvard…Ronald Sullivan, Jr…who also happens to be the faculty dean of Winthrop House…which is one of Harvard’s 12 undergraduate housing complexes. Earlier this year…Mr. Sullivan joined … Continue reading →

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