Say WHAT!!!!

July 14, 2022 / Rex / 0 Comments

Indiana – Illinois – Iowa – Wisconsin – South Dakota July 10, 2022 We cutout from the birthday party about 5:00 and drove about 230 miles arriving at the rest area in Danville IL where we spent the night, the following morning we decided so make a sizable detour to check out the Effigy Mounds. …

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We’re escaping – well almost

July 11, 2022 / Rex / 0 Comments

There was a problem with the website, I’m not sure is this was ever published. Wednesday, June 29, 2022 Mary had her stent removed and was given a clean bill of health, HOWEVER the Dr wants to do some kind of test and follow up visit the first part of August. The test one week …

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Smokey Mountains NP

June 26, 2022 / Rex / 0 Comments

June 22 2022 Back in Shenandoah NP we noticed the battery was not charging as fast as it should from driving, then a few days later the inverter died, also with the dead inverter the battery will not charge from shore power, what we don’t know is if the 2 are related and won’t know …

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It was only 300 yards

June 23, 2022 / Rex / 1 Comment

One of our stops while traveling south on the Blue Ridge Park was to Mount Mitchel. Mount Mitchel is the highest point east of the of the Mississippi. From the parking lot it’s ONLY 300 yards to the summit, no mention was made as to how steep it was. Mary still struggling to regain some …

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Blue Ridge Parkway

June 22, 2022 / Rex / 0 Comments

June 8 We left Shenandoah NP and after a quick stop for food and fuel we immediately got on the Blue Ridge Parkway NP. The first thing we noticed was the grass was freshly cut and you could tell it had been cut regularly. More below just keep going until you find the end June …

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Shenandoah National Park

June 11, 2022 / Rex / 1 Comment

June 6 Overall we didn’t do a lot in the park. Today, we did one hike listed as easy and just a little over 1.5 miles. While it wasn’t hard it was all up hill to the overlook lets just say we were happy that the walk back was all down hill:) At the campground …

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And a new adventure begins

June 7, 2022 / Rex / 0 Comments

On the road again after sitting still for way toooooooo long!JUNE 2 & 3 Mary got rid of her catheter and staples on Wednesday, on Thursday, Mary was feeling fine so we hit the road for parts unknown. We spent 2 nights Twin Knobs Campground on Cave Run Lake in KY. After breakfast on Friday …

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Sweet Sixteen – Mary would say NOT

June 3, 2022 / Rex / 0 Comments

(song) You load 16 tons what do you get – no that’s not right. (song) Sixteen candles – no that’s not right either. I distinctly remember something about the number 16. Oh yea now I remember, Mary had sixteen staples – that’s how many staples she had after her bladder/kidney surgery, to repair the damage …

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Places

May 8, 2022 / Rex / 1 Comment

As I’v mentioned we’ve been stuck in So. Indiana for Dr visits and such but we did manage to get away a couple of times for short trips. A few random pics    On our way back from the frozen north we explored the town of Metamora IN, it was earlier in the day and …

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That’s a wrap

May 6, 2022 / Rex / 1 Comment

Well, since we couldn’t get the van color we wanted, Graphic Gray, we decided to spruce up the outside a bit with a wrap. Our original idea was to have the entire van wrapped the same color as the jeep then adding the graphics. The guy doing the wrap said that anything facing up would …

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