You knew this – but did you know

November 14, 2022 / Rex / 0 Comments

Louisiana Purchase was in 1803, this you already knew. Friday, November 11, 2022, you knew this about the Louisiana Purchase – but did you know about the initial point from which ALL surveys of property acquired through the Louisiana Purchase originated. This is where it all started the Louisiana Purchase, where for $15 million dollars …

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Mini Road Trip

November 13, 2022 / Rex / 0 Comments

Tuesday, November 9,  2022 after 1,000,001 ( I counted them)  Dr’s appointments we’re finally on a mini road trip, Mary wants to return for Thanksgiving, so we only have a couple of weeks. Anyway, the first stop of the mini adventure was at an RV dealer just outside of Nashville TN. The screen door needs …

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Cape Hatteras National Seashore

October 20, 2022 / Rex / 0 Comments

Friday, October 14, 2022 WARNING: This is super long with about a million pictures and it’s so long you might think it’s the never ending post. After surviving Norfolk VA, 3 tunnels and some more tolls, we made it to Cape Hatteras National Lakeshore, that was another challenge in itself. Nags Head and Kill Devil …

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Wright Brothers

October 19, 2022 / Rex / 0 Comments

Saturday, October 15, 2022 Imagine a hill made of loose sand, the kind where it feels for every step up you take, you feel like your sliding back at least 1/2 the distance, more of a large sand hump instead of a sand dune. Now imagine a chilly wind pulling at your clothes and sand …

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It’s a good thing I wasn’t chewing gum!!

October 18, 2022 / Rex / 0 Comments

Friday, October 14 2022 it’s a good thing I wasn’t chewing gum!! For our trek south before turning west, I wanted to drive over the Chesapeake Bridge, it goes over and under the entrance to Chesapeake Bay. From what I read on line, I thought the toll was going to be $13 but the lady …

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NASA

October 17, 2022 / Rex / 0 Comments

Wednesday, October 8, 2022, today as part of our 3 day stay at Assatague National Seashore we toured the southern end of the island, afterwards I thought it was a waste of time and gas, to get to that part of the island we had to drive through a tourist trap town, then besides a …

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Where wild horses roam

October 16, 2022 / Rex / 0 Comments

Tuesday October 11 2022 – Last night we stayed in the Cablaes parking lot, in Delaware. They have some dedicated spots and welcome Rv’ers to spend the night, by morning there was 1 semi, a motorhome, and truck camper in the lot with us. Before we went to bed Security had already driven by a …

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You’ve all heard the story

October 15, 2022 / Rex / 0 Comments

Monday, October 10, 2022, Valley Forge PA and General George Washington. In Mary’s never ending quest to fill up her passport book, we toured Valley Forge today. All I can say is life was hard back then. It’s a large area with several things to see, along with, more than I could count, monuments and …

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Springfield Armory

October 15, 2022 / Rex / 0 Comments

October 8 2022 Not much to say here, they developed and manufactured firearms, pistols and rifles, from 1777 through 1968 when it closed down. It’s now a firearms museum with some very unique and rare guns. I was to busy driving to study why, but the GPS had us taking 3 of 4 loops on …

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It was only 250 steps

October 13, 2022 / Rex / 0 Comments

Sunday, October 9 2022 –  New England where they take the express out of expressway!!!! We started the day tracking down something called Weir Farm, it’s in Mary’s passport book, we took a chance that we would be able to find a parking spot, the write up stressed that parking was limited and large vehicles …

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