My Visit to the US Army Quartermaster Museum

My Visit to the US Army Quartermaster Museum

by | Nov 12, 2022 | Blog, Virginia

On my way back from Florida, I decided to do a little sightseeing.  I traveled home along the I-95 corridor back to New England.  Just off the highway near Richmond, VA, I made a stop at the US Army Quartermaster Museum.  My interest in the museum was piqued knowing...
Hurricane Ian Blues

Hurricane Ian Blues

by | Oct 27, 2022 | Florida

Hurricane Ian came ashore on the Florida Gulf Coast as a Category 4 hurricane on September 28th. It left a wide swath of destruction that included Fort Myers Beach, Cape Coral, Naples, Sanibel, Captiva, and Pine islands. In it’s path of destruction was my winter...
Enjoying Maine

Enjoying Maine

by | Sep 9, 2022 | Maine

I’m borrowing the title for this post from a book by Bill Caldwell, who was a newspaper columnist based in Maine. Although not a native, Caldwell made a career writing about his love of the places and people of Maine. He wrote a popular book in 1977 titled...
Visit to Everglades National Park

Visit to Everglades National Park

by | Mar 17, 2022 | Florida, National Parks

Everglades National Park has been on my bucket list for several years.  It’s a huge National Park that’s relatively near by – less than a 2 hour drive from my winter home in Fort Myers Beach.  In March of 2022, I made a trip down to the park and...
Biking and Exploring Lake Okeechobee

Biking and Exploring Lake Okeechobee

by | Feb 1, 2022 | Florida

The south central part of Florida is a massive area that includes the Big Cyprus Swamp, Lake Okeechobee, and the Everglades.  Geographically, it dwarfs the populous southern coastal areas of Fort Lauderdale and Miami on the east coast and Coral Gables and Naples on...
A Summer of Short Trips

A Summer of Short Trips

by | Oct 6, 2021 | Maine, Massachusetts, New York

My summer was a mixture of brief home stays and several short RV trips.  With the risk of Covid-19 still prevalent, I tried to stay close to home with trips mostly within the New England states. First, was a trip in May out to Bethel, NY to visit the Woodstock...