My girls have been so excited for fall. Frankly, all of us have and I think this is one of the best fall seasons we have spent together as a family. The weather here in Brevard is picture perfect – crisp and cold in the morning with crystal blue skies, warming to upper 50’s during…
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Eat, Sleep & Drink
Places visited (according to Sienna’s on-going list): 43 Campgrounds: 28 Miles traveled: 4,700 States visited: 18 National Parks: 17 State Parks: 6 Days: 118 (the same number of days we have gone without ordering anything on Amazon!) Number of shirts Nick has bought that don’t fit: 3 Number of hats Teagan has bought: 2 (not…
Pluggin’ Away
Nick Woodland – September 9, 2023 To begin, some stats: since my last post we have spent 17 nights in 6 different campgrounds in 4 different states. We’ve stayed in classic, well-maintained RV parks in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont to private farms in rural New York to concrete parking lots in Jersey City. Today…
Back in the Great State of Maine
Nick Woodland 8/22/23 The fit, middle-aged, sun-bronzed, REI- (or more likely around these parts, LL Bean-) clad hiker looked at Ava’s Crocs with obvious scorn at the choice of footwear (or disdain at her parents IQ) as we passed each other on the Spring Trail in Acadia National Park. The Spring Trail leads to the…
Making Memories in Massachusetts
Nick Woodland 8/15/2023 Our time in Mass was a whirlwind. We moved from one place to the next and stayed in four different homes! A big thanks goes out to all those who put us up during that time. My Mom and Dad graciously offered to have the girls overnight at their place so Wendy…
Farm Life in Rural NY
“So I says to him, buy a gross of the JPL300’s. They’re blowin’ up and no one knows why. Well, you can bet that when they started to go we were the only shop within 100 miles that had a stock of those.” With a few well placed huh’s and no-kidding’s and oh-man’s, Ron Phillips,…
A Day in the Life
Nick Woodland 7/28/2023 Mornings are leisurely for us. I wake up before Wendy these days, which is unusual and I like it. She used to be the first one up by hours. It is nice to see her sleep in. I go outside to the outdoor kitchen and brew up a cup of coffee. I…
Summer days in Rockford
Nick Woodland 7/14/23 Where to begin on our stay in Rockford? Maybe with the generosity and kindness shown by Wendy’s family here in town. Not only did the Anderson’s agree to let us pound stakes in their yard for a couple weeks, they also set up a plywood platform with outdoor carpeting and inflated, filled,…