Blogs from Davidson, North Carolina, United States, North America

While Jason took a trip to Bolivia and Rich went to meetings in Ohio, I flew down to NC for a few days to get acquainted with Maggie. All I can say is she likes to walk, walk, walk. She loves life and enjoys every day. Whether in Bolivia or NC, it's hard to say Good-bye.... read more

Interesting statistics from our summer: Number of nights on the trip: 61 (9 weeks) * Cost of gas: $2,789.33 * Cost of RV sites: $2,072.64 * Number of visits by the tooth fairy: 1 (although we ended the summer with a really loose one) * Number of states traveled through: 20 (NC, TN, AK, OK, TX, NM, CO, UT, ID, WY, MT, SD, MN, WI, IL, IN, OH, PA, WV, VA) * Number of states that we stopped in: 14 (NC, TN, AK, OK, TX, NM, CO, UT, WY, SD, WI, IN, OH, PA,) * Number of stops: 20 * Number of cars that got in our way: Too many to count * Number of cars that were unhappy to be behind us: Double the number of cars that got in our way * Number of ... read more

Overall, or well to sum it up, this trip was great for the family and quite doable for my business. I must give a great deal of credit to Lori. She organized most of it and catered to my job. I was able to stay busy with calling on customers via email, the phone, or and visits. The only problem I experieinced with the cell card for email or the cell phone was in Yellowstone. For that, I just took my vacation during that time. With the great organization, it became quite balanced. I enjoyed going out to see customers during the day and then coming back to the RV at night to be with them. We found a great many things about ourselves and our relationships. We became closer, decided to get away from each ... read more

And so as I sit here on the floor packing for our family trip into the wilderness (okay near wilderness), I catalog for you our survival equipment: *3 digital cameras (which by the way require 3 separate cords to connect the cameras to the PC, plus the luck to have 3 separate memory card formats) *2 Laptops *2 printers (one for photos, one regular) that each come with their own type of USB connection (2 cords) and power cords (4 cords total) *3 MP3 players (once again each with their own specific cord to connect to the PC for download) *Paper (one type for photos, plain white as well) *Cell phone chargers - 2 car chargers, 2 wall chargers *2 memory sticks *1 memory card for my new cell phone that plays music off of a ... read more

I hadn’t been planning on a 90 mile day, but that’s what happens when the roads aren’t marked. Prior to arriving in Greensboro, North Carolina, I had been enjoying the North Carolina state bike routes. While planning my daily ride, I would try to take the marked biked routes as much as possible. They would meander along the back roads, providing a respite from honking horns and belching tailpipes. Looking at my road maps in the morning, I saw that I could take sate bike route 2 for a third of my journey to Davidson, North Carolina. But within my first two miles along Bike Route 2, I knew I was in trouble when I arrived at an intersection and the bike route wasn’t posted. Every other time I had ridden the bike routes, they were ... read more