Heading home from our Illinois weekend, we stopped at Old Shawneetown where Illinois Route 13 hits the Ohio River. Today, Shawneetown isn’t much to write home about with a population of just 300 and perched precariously below the levee and … Continue reading
We decided to take a short camping trip to Warrior’s Path State Park for a little R&R and to try our Expedition on the road with trailer in tow. We hitched up on Wednesday, July 23 and headed up I81 … Continue reading
Mid May and friends Sheila & Mike from Maryland finally got down our way for a visit. Sheila had booked us a time share for a week in Pigeon Forge so with me as chauffeur, Mike riding shotgun and Sheila … Continue reading
We arrived in Gulf shores on Friday the 13th at about 1:45pm 499 miles and 11 road hours from home. Our trip began yesterday 12/12 at 10am as we left Loudon at a leisurely 45-50mph pace down US411 into Georgia … Continue reading
Last spring I purchased a groupon for a pontoon boat for a day at Norris Lake North of Knoxville. We had tried to setup a visit to the lake a few times over the summer but last-minute items always managed … Continue reading
As we were heading out the door to go deposit a refund check in the bank, I happened to glance at our Tuesday newspaper (we take our time reading the paper here) and I noticed an article about the Pinta … Continue reading
Wednesday morning and we fished up in Looking Glass Creek (a tributary of the Davidson) but the fish were elusive and we older gentlemen were pretty bushed from stomping through rapids and climbing hills so we decided to go to … Continue reading
Sometimes, we find great surprises while looking for something else. Tuesday found Jim and I looking for some more unsuspecting trout and a rumor of monsters in Dupont State Forest set our casting arms to twitching. We drove the 20 … Continue reading
April 8, our first full day in Key West found us walking around near the Audubon House where the ladies hoped to take a tour – We were a bit late for them to get it in before our scheduled … Continue reading
April 7 – Driving the overseas highway. Once again, we had breakfast at the hotel, gassed up the car and got on the road around 9am for the last leg of the drive to Key West. First stop, the visitor … Continue reading