10-13 September 2022, Saturday – Tuesday 10 September 2022, Saturday Taconic State Park, Hillsdale, NY Saturday morning, as I am walking down the stairs, in the dark, at our friends’ house in Wilmington, trying to get out of the house and on the road early, I miss the last step and land hard on my right ankle . . . My first thought is “Oh no! Another fracture.” My ankle
Maineville, Ohio 22-23 August 2022, Tuesday and Wednesday Our drive on Tuesday from Indiana Dunes to Maineville, Ohio to visit my sister and brother-in-law is comparatively short. It’s delightful to be in a mosquito-free environment, enjoying home-cooked meals! We spend Wednesday speed walking for exercise in the morning, enjoying blueberry pancakes for breakfast, visiting the Smale Riverfront Park in Cincinnati, and then visiting a couple of breweries; Sonder Brewing and
17-21 August 2022 17 August 2022, Wednesday We’ve been meaning to get to Indiana Dunes for several years now, but somehow it just never fit into our driving schedule. In the years we’ve been considering this visit, Indiana Dunes has been promoted from a National Lakeshore to a National Park. Our drive from Minnesota goes smoothly, except for horrendous traffic around Chicago. This is especially jarring after the open roads
14-16 August 2022 14 August 2022, Sunday We finished packing up our tent last night and slept in Vincent. In the morning we are on the road before 7. Our plan is to find breakfast and coffee on our way. The GPS does not take us back to I-94 and Fargo. Instead we follow state and county routes across North Dakota. This avoids traveling unnecessary miles to the north. I
11- 13 August 2022 11 August 2022, Thursday We pack up quickly this morning and drive down to the Picnic Pavilion. After a simple breakfast we are in the van and on the road. Soon we are in North Dakota. We stop briefly at Theodore Roosevelt National Park to switch drivers and let Lucy stretch her legs. Then we leave the badlands and head across Dakota plains. It is still
8 – 10 August 2022 8 August 2022, Monday Our breakfast of pastries from Wheat Montana is quite good! We are packed and ready for departure by 9:10 am, but first we drive back to the Market at Three Forks for an extra 6-pack of Jeremiah Johnson’s Scotch Ale. Today’s drive is uneventful and we arrive at Makoshika State Park by 4 pm. (Makoshika is from the Lakota language and
5-7 August 2022 5 August 2022, Friday Sun Lakes/Dry Falls gets very crowded on Fridays. And noisy! (Actually, the campground was already filling in Thursday night.) We wake at 6:30, have breakfast and strike camp. After saying goodby to our neighbors we are on the road at 10:40 am. The best route to our next destination from Dry Falls is Route 2 to Spokane and then I-90. After driving east
1 August – 4 August 2022 Most of our packing for this summer’s trip has been done over the past several weeks, and the more serious packing over the past few days. O and I have our traditional departure day breakfast pie, then we pack up a few more odds and ends. We are on the road by about 10:40 am. Our first destination is Gingko Petrified Forest State Park which is
More Wandering 2022 18 May 2022, Wednesday This will be a summer of state parks (mostly,) as they are friendlier to travelers with dogs than national parks. We will be traveling with Lucy, our 16 year old Australian cattle dog mix. Our first trip of the year is to Moran State Park on Orcas Island. We’ve reserved site 2 at the south end of Cascade lake. I’m hoping late May
2 October 2021, Saturday Our drive to Joshua Tree National Park is uneventful. We have reserved site 16 in Black Rock Canyon Campground. The campground is almost completely full. We cook dinner while it’s still light and then set up Wglwof, our Marmot Limelight tent. Alas – our neighbors are having a rather loud conversation well into the night. Not much rest for us! 3 October 2021, Sunday After a