Author Archives: Sparky
QTS Hop 3: Lorton, VA, to Savannah, GA
2 days, 577 miles via I-95 and some local roads. Day 1: Lorton, VA, to Wade, NC 293 miles, of which all but 10 miles were on I-95, with a refueling stop in Rocky Mount, NC. As usual, tears were shed when Jett said goodbye to her sons and her grandkids. We had her 8-year-old … Continue reading
Happy 90th, Mom!
The weekend before we started the trek south I had the opportunity to fly coast-to-coast from Massachusetts to Oregon to visit my mother, who recently celebrated her 90th birthday, and my sister who… well, I won’t mention her age, but you can do the math. While there I also had the opportunity to enjoy some … Continue reading
QTS Hop 2: Bellingham, MA, to Lorton, VA
2 days, 493 miles via I-495 (MA), I-90, I-84, I-91, I-95, I-286, NJ 440, US 9, I-195 (NJ), I-495 (MD and VA) and some local roads. I routed this trip so that we could overnight in NJ and thus earn the right to put another state on our map. In retrospect, we would have been … Continue reading
And heeeeeeeeeeeeeere’s Rusty!
Those of you who know us well could have predicted that we wouldn’t last long with just one dog. It just isn’t sufficient. Grace needed a playmate and we needed another dog so that we wouldn’t fight over having a pet to… well, pet. There was no question that it would be another rescue dog. … Continue reading
Hunkering down
Last year we left MA before the cold weather set in. This year we waited long enough to see campgrounds close and witness the preparations for those foolish enough to ride out the winter in New England in their RVs. There are more of them than I would have expected. I think there are only … Continue reading
QTS Hop 1: Littleton, MA, to Bellingham, MA
1 day, 37 miles via MA 119, I-495, I-495 and MA 126. It was a judgment call as to whether to include this in the QTS. It was really nothing more than a repositioning cruise, necessitated by the closure of the Minuteman Campground. So we had to move Patience down to Bellingham for 2 weeks … Continue reading
Minuteman Campground
Our home for the past 3 months has been site 67 at the Minuteman Campground in Littleton, MA. This park does not have some of the bells and whistles that we have seen at other places – there is no fancy “clubhouse,” for example – but it is very nice in its own way. Lots … Continue reading
QTS (Quick Trip South) planning
Well, I FINALLY got approval from my company to work remotely this winter. But with some restrictions: I minimize the amount of time that I am on the road. I am not quite sure where this one came from, but there it is. The impact is that the original plan for 4 weeks to get … Continue reading
One day more
Yes, it is a song from Les Miserables and it seems appropriate. In the musical it marks the eve of the revolution, the solidification of a budding romance and the resolution of the years of conflict between Javert and Valjean. Big events and, for some, their last day on earth. For us it marks the … Continue reading
R.I.P. Cha-Cha
Cha-Cha was born on the streets of San Juan in August, 2000, and for the first 4 months his grasp on life was tenuous. He was in a dog pound and was probably just a few days from execution when he was rescued by SATO who flew him north to the Sterling Animal Shelter in … Continue reading »