Category Cultural Attractions (Museums, Historical Sites, Etc.)
Outer Banks and More, Bodie Island Part One
June 3-7 After sending Carolyn off to Birmingham with a nice breakfast, chores and errands to accomplish Monday morning kept us from hitting the road for Blacksburg until early afternoon. It took us just about four hours to make the drive and we arrived on campus at Virginia Tech to pick up my registration packet […]
Pilot Mountain Campout
April 30 – May 3 One of our goals for the year was to try to do more local camping. We’d discussed doing so with Sarah and Hans and finally an opportunity presented it self, the first weekend of May at Pilot Mountain, a North Carolina State Park. Located about 90 minutes north of Charlotte […]
ACUI San Antonio – A Little Taste of Texas, Part Five
April 4-17 We met Roberta and Mark at Mellow Johnny’s as planned and spent a bit more time there perusing the stock, particularly the attractive jersey’s and short combinations (kits) offered. Unfortunately like most good bike clothing, they were a bit more than I wanted to spend at that time. I instead opted for a […]
Holiday 2014 – Back Home and Planning for The Next Phase
So, what’s up next for our intrepid travelers? Our return home went smoothly, slipping easily into a new routine that would carry us forward until our departure for the west coast in mid-December. For Joanna this means volunteering at the Horse Protection Society of North Carolina Inc., a horse rescue operation in China Grove once […]
Europe 2014 – Antwerp – Our Last Day, Full of the Things We Like to Do
Timeline: October 29th – 31st After another fine breakfast we set out on our final full day in Europe, headed for a northern suburb of central Antwerp and the Red Star Line Museum. Opened in September 2013, this new state of the art exhibition shows the other end of the Ellis Island immigration experience. During […]
Europe 2014 – Antwerp – Where Did Those Six Months Go?
Timeline: October 29th – 31st After an easy drive to Antwerp, we ran into heavy traffic on the outskirts of town, then again just a few blocks from our B&B, causing us to give the B&B Alegria a call twice to let them know we’d be delayed. We arrived after dark at their location in […]
Europe 2014 – Montigny – The Last Time We Visit Francois Here, the End of an Era
Timeline: October 25th – 28th Up early for our long drive to Montigny (we’d reconfigured the car the day before, putting the bikes inside) we hit the breakfast room promptly at 7am and filled up for the road ahead. It was still a bit dark out as we backed the car from the narrow space […]
Europe 2014 – Milano – Our Last Night in Italy and the Last Supper, Literally
Timeline: October 23rd – 24th We left late morning for Milano with a three-hour drive ahead of us on toll roads. Starting just before the drive, and then throughout, I was in a foul mood, similar to those experienced from time to time throughout the trip. I think this one was brought on by the […]
Europe 2014 – Florence – Like Returning Home
Timeline: October 21st – 22nd The drive up to Florence took about six hours, but was manageable, as we’d made a reservation at Hotel Anna’s in the center of town, not far from the Basilica of San Lorenzo and the Duomo. That being said, once we arrived, the GPS wanted to send us down what […]
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