Our Own Field of Dreams in Iowa
The set field from the movie, Field of Dreams, is near by; in fact Tracy used to enjoy visiting it, but now we hear buses of tourists stop there. Here, in the city... Read more.
3 Days, 670 Miles, a Casino and a Brewery
From when we left the Airstream factory at 5:00 pm on Friday night and headed to Iowa (we’ll pull into our destination campground around noon today, Sunday), we... Read more.
Back to the Mothership
As I mentioned in my post almost exactly a year ago when we were here in Jackson Center, Ohio, there’s only one Airstream factory in the world, and this be it.... Read more.
Casino Parking Lot Drug Drop
We’re booking it from Maryland to Ohio for an Airstream Factory appointment, so we picked an easy place to stay for one night—an option we knew about but hadn’t... Read more.
Introducing Sookie the Barbie Kayak
I don’t know where to start with this one. Do I start with my first kayak, which I impulsively bought on the side of the road and shoved into my Prius C, then... Read more.
Standing Ovation for Friends & Family Tour
We’ve had so many highlightable moments in the past few days that I’ve split my post into two. This is the people post. Next up is the kayak post. I understand... Read more.
xyHt What?
xyHt is the name of the magazine I helped produce for a hunk of my life. If you’re curious, hang on to your hat. (Otherwise skip this next paragraph.) The magazine... Read more.
Escape from Alcatraz: Cicada Invasion
I’ve got a lot of stuff I want to tell you about but very few photos of people because I’ve been so busy. This is a major bummer, but I’ll work harder to remember... Read more.
Adjusting to Long-distance Relationships
I have a billion photos of our weekend here at Williamsburg as I celebrated my son’s graduation from William & Mary—with Tracy and with Finn’s dad and... Read more.
Never Judge a Campground by a Glance
When we pulled into our last campground near Manassas, Virginia, we were pretty pissed about the place. We were paying $50/night, and yet our site was merely feet... Read more.
A Bunch of Economists, a Couple of Couples, and a Jersey Girl All Walk into a Campground
Well, they didn’t all walk into our campground at the same time, and a few of them we drove to meet, but doesn’t that make for an enticing headline? And the... Read more.
Greetings from Civilization
We’re in NoVa (the Northern Virginia region, for you out-of-towners). Not to be confused with NOvA, the physics experiment at Fermilab, which my son reminds me... Read more.
I Spent Mother’s Day with My Son!
Exclamation mark! because it had been a year since I’d seen Finn, so swinging an in-person visit on Mother’s Day, no less, was a triumph of planning. Truthfully,... Read more.
Friends & Family Tour: Full Steam Ahead
PRECIOUS RAMOTSWE, creator and owner of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, friend of those who needed help with the problems in their lives, and wife of that... Read more.
Homecoming (of a sort)
We made it to the first stop in our four-week tour of Virginia, Maryland, and D.C.: Richmond, my hometown. Kinda. I grew up in the countryside outside of Richmond,... Read more.
The Quiet, Forested Campgrounds of the South
Today’s our final day at this state recreational area near Raleigh, North Carolina, and it marks the end of a string of really lovely campgrounds we’ve visited... Read more.
Our Sorry Travel Day
It finally happened: we had a no good rotten terrible travel day. Actually, the travel wasn’t that bad: we were on G in round two of our musical alphabet game... Read more.
Watching the Campground Channel
My friend and fellow Airstreamer, Sherri, called me out of the blue tonight to tell me about the campers next to them at Gulf Shores. Although she and her husband... Read more.
Following the Pollen Trail
After a week at the beach with friends, we continued our route north, this time northwest into central North Carolina, to a little state park campground in the woods,... Read more.
When Your Friends Are Squatters (Guest Post)
By Heather (aka Raindrop) You know that feeling that invades when you haven’t seen someone in a long time? The one that sits squarely in your gut, reminding... Read more.
The Luxuries of Moochdocking
In case this post title makes no sense, let me start with the root word, “boondocking.” That’s when you park your trailer/RV/van/whatever, not in a campground,... Read more.
The Story of Bohawg and Raindrop
Once upon a time, there were two very good friends, and their names were Bohawg and Raindrop. Never mind that both friends were smart and lovely; one accepted the... Read more.
This Place Takes the Cake (I Mean, the Sombrero)
This has to be the strangest campground we’ve ever stayed in. I was about to list previous strange ones to prove it, but, come on. Look where we are. You’ve... Read more.
Convalescence Campground
That’s how I’ll always think of this wooded equestrian campground in central South Carolina. Tracy and I received our second doses of the Pfizer vaccine at the... Read more.
2 States, 2 Doses!
I’m writing this post a few hours before we get in the truck to drive an hour across South Carolina for our appointments for dose #2 for each of us, but I’m... Read more.
Country Camping South Carolina Style
We drove straight east from Atlanta yesterday along back roads, to a campground in mid-South Carolina that we picked because we needed only a one-night stop and... Read more.
Drinking with Chickens
First, let me try to avoid infringing on this brilliant book title. Yes, this is a book, with whimsical photos of the author and her chickens alongside recipes for... Read more.
Reunions in Atlanta
From the picture above, clearly, one of these reunions is between Banjo and my good friend Susan. It’s a little weird how well Banjo remembers people she met briefly;... Read more.
Slowing Down at the Lake
Because we haven’t been able to drive away from our campsite here (see previous post on why the truck has to remain hitched to the trailer), we’ve had four very... Read more.
Maybe USACE Engineers Don’t Own Airstreams
We’ve stayed at only a handful of campsites built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE; the campgrounds are called, for short, COEs), but they have a great... Read more.
