Hooray!! Our spring vacation trip to the south is here. We left Thursday afternoon and headed south to see our new grandson. Yes, we’d also see Josh and Jen. But 3 months in infant growth is a lot of change. Although Josh and Jen had Skyped us and we had had a chance to see Drew, it’s always better to see in person. We only got as far a Lumberton, NC the first day. We had hoped to get to Florence and camp where they had a hot tub, but it was just a bit too far. However, the next day, we got to Savanna, GA and met Darryl and Robbie Coleman for lunch. We had stayed with them for a couple of nights last year on our way north, and though we could only meet ... read more

Did you see the movie "RV" with Robin Williams? Problem was, he tried to go RVing without help. Well, at the Richmond RV show a month ago, we took some friends who wanted to see different RVs and maybe get information on rentals so they could "try" RVing. We left them alone for a bit, and next thing we knew, they had bought a 32' Class A Hurricane. Beautiful coach with a delightful dining "nook" to sit in, 2 slides, and lots of bells and whistles. Only problem was, they had never been camping in one before, and I'm not sure when the last time they camped was. We congratulated them, got excited for them, and then wondered what we had created. Trish and I volunteered to take them to pick up their coach so they ... read more

This is a strange title for a blog about travel. But we are proud new grandparents. Our first born, Joshua, and his wife, Jen, had their first child and our first grandchild, Andrew Jefferson, on January 7. Mother, child and father are all doing fine. So why the travel blog? We arranged to go see them long ago, when we first found out. (Actually, last year when we visited, but we couldn't put it in the blog then because they hadn't told everyone yet.) This next week Josh is off on vacation, so we arranged to go visit. Our daughter, Kim, really, REALLY wanted to go see her nephew, so she decided to take a week and join us. At first we were going to drive down and stay in the guest room. The Toyota gets ... read more

There are some who might think we haven’t done any camping this summer or gone anywhere. Well, with high gas prices last year, that was true. But we have gotten out this year and gone places. Most were weekend trips with the Good Sam group, though we have gone elsewhere. We were supposed to be camping this weekend, but our surrogate granddaughter couldn’t get away to go camping and to the water park near Williamsburg, so we cancelled and stayed home, prepping the RV for the next big trip. In early July we joined the Good Sam So-We-Go chapter for a weekend of camping in Staunton, VA in the Shenandoah Valley. It was a Hawaiian celebration weekend and all wore Aloha shirts, leis, and our meals had a distinctive Hawaiian flavor. We took teriyaki wings and ... read more

We have been members of the Good Sam club for a number of years. The benefits of discounts, information, and insurances are excellent. But we are not "club" joiners. We have a couple of friends we enjoy camping with, and that is fine. But last year, on a whim, we visited one of the local chapters near us when they were camping. We were taken by their friendliness and ease. So we joined the SO-WE-GO Sams. Last fall we attended our first Samboree in Harrisonburg, VA. We were told it was smaller than the spring one, so this year we were really looking forward to going. At the winter luncheon meetings (no camping in December/January snow), it was announced the theme was Beach Party and there would be a parade of the chapters to see who ... read more