April 30-May 21, 2026 I arrived at Big Meadows Campground in Shenandoah on April 30 and stayed for three weeks. It was such a fantastic experience. The park sits high in the Blue Ridge Mountains, which is one section of the Appalachian Mountains. The Blue Ridge stretches approximately 600 miles in a northeast-southwest orientation from Pennsylvania to Georgia. Shenandoah National Park is entirely in Virginia and contains nearly 200,000 acres. Skyline Drive runs along the ridg

Memorial Bridge April 12-20, 2026 I drove up to Kittery on Sunday, April 12. I had a few purposes in mind. The first was to bring my ProMaster van to the local Dodge dealer to have regular maintenance done. I took the van in early Monday and the work was completed by 10 AM. From there I went to Warby-Parker, about a mile from the Dodge dealer, to shop for glasses. The last two times I had my vision checked my vision had deteriorated in that I could not read the lines of let

March 3-12, 2026 I ended up here at five weeks combining Gulf Islands National Seashore and Big Lagoon State Park. It was fantastic. I love rising early to walk to the beach and experience the sunrise. Amazingly, it is generally a very private affair with few to sometimes no other people on the beach. I don't understand why but that's okay. There were a total of ninety different bird species identified by Merlin, the Cornell bird app. It is such a fun thing to do, walking aro