We are a couple traveling in a 34" Holiday Vacationer Motor Home. Wes is a GE pensioner who still consults with the company. Joanne is a Public Relations specialist who runs her own "boutique" agency. This is the fifth year that we have been keeping a travel blog. In the winter, we trave to and through Florida. We plan our route to include places of interest going to and fro and have included Williamsburg, Baltimore, Washinton DC, St. Augustine, Savannah, Charlestown, Myrtle Beach, Florida's Pan Handle, Memphis, Nashville, Lexington, Pittsburgh and Gettysburg. Our recent travels close to home have included an RV tour to Herkimer (home of the Herkimer Diamond Mines), Lechworth State Park (NY Fingerlakes Region), and Gettysburg. We have also traveled to New York City and Montreal several times during the past few years. A highlight was the June Jazz Fest in Montreal a few years back. Skiing and visiting family in Vermont and on Long Island, an annual boat camping trip on the islands of Lake George, a few trips to Nevis (West Indies), and trips to Ireland and Tuscany were other travel highlights. Our latest trip to Europe, a river boat cruise from Paris to Normandy in Sept/Oct. 09 was exceptional. We used Empress Travel on Upper Union St., Schenectady and UniWorld cruise line in Europe. We would happily work with both again. Our RV - nicknamed "The Schooner" is located at Mohawk Marine in Alplaus, Schenectady County, NY on the banks of the beautiful Mohawk River in the summertime where it serves as my office. Winter travel to Florida typically has started with a road trip after Thanksgiving and ends with a trip home via a different route at Easter. We fly back and forth a few times during the winter; as we both still have work related responsibilities and like to take at least one ski day at Killington or Pico with our grandchildren. Thanks to technology, Joanne can service her clients while on the road; and Wes has morning conference calls with his GE clients. The RV has served as a fully equipped office since April 2005. The recent addition of a little Jeep, nick named "the dingy" has made our RV trips even more fun. It connects to a tow bar called a Blue Ox, and trails right along behind us. One caution we observe is "don't back up!" This year's trip south has us launching The Schooner in late Oct. and traveling via Washington, DC; Ashville, NC; Lake Norman, NC; Stone Mountain, GA; and then Fort DeSoto and Pine Island before we head home for Thanksgiving and Christmas/New Years. Back south for Feb. Can hardly wait.

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