Before I begin it is important to note that if you want to see NYC you should spare more than 2.5 days for it. This is good advice for your sanity. I will attempt now to relate what we did with our time. DAY 1 – SEPTEMBER 6, 2023 As soon as Kay arrived we…
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…
Jealousy
I have almost always felt pretty content with my life-happy, joyful even. I loved our life in Colorado and usually feel we will return there after this year long adventure. Although Nick and I are not from Colorado, it definitely feels like home. This trip has helped put a lot of things into a much…
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…
Funkytown
Nick Woodland 7/22/23 I felt the first tinges, inklings?, barbs?, of homesickness today. But for what? It was a strange moment of displacement. SItting in Six Flags in Darien Lakes and in a funk watching the New Yah-kers walking by – certainly not in Colorado anymore. Wait?! New York!? Last night I wrote this in…
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,…