We left Josh’s house after he and Jen went to work early on Wednesday morning. Our plan was to drive to the Gulf coast near Apalachicola and arrive in the afternoon. We headed up to US-90 which parallels I-10. (Have you noticed that east-west US routes start with the low numbers in the north, while the Interstates start with the low numbers in the south. We used to take US-20 going east from Cleveland to NH instead of taking I-90. Now we were taking US-90 instead of I-10.) The old US routes do go through some small towns, but there is very little traffic and it was 4 lanes. We set the cruise at 55 and enjoyed our drive. Taking the by-ways has some real advantages: less stress, more gas stations, more variety of places to ... read more

I opted to start this blog to see how it worked in the anticipation of finally retiring and taking off for full-timing in our RV. I needed a chance to practice and see how family and friends were able to do accessing the blog and following our adventures. This is our first attempt as we are about to embark on a long awaited vacation. We are heading out for 2 weeks in Florida and planned originally to take our Suzuki 400cc motorscooter and a couple of bicycles for transportation. But after trying various ways of hanging the bikes, we realized we couldn’t get them on the back of the RV and also put the motorscooter on. We opted for the easier transport in the motorscooter and left the bikes at home. We left Fredericksburg Thursday and ... read more