Preparation/Planning
Our next cruise adventure
Yes, we booked a 27-day cruise yesterday, characterized by Jett as “the cruise of a lifetime.” And since we had already blown our “budget” by choosing to go at all, we decided that we might as well go in comfort and booked a Signature Suite. We will have nearly 4 full weeks cruising, first, the … Continue reading
STE3 preview
Our 10,000 mile journey is nearing its end. Our winter home – Naples FL – is just down the road, one segment away. This final segment is planned to take 16 days with 9 hops covering about 1700 miles. That is 2 nights per hop. The only planned 3 night stay will be near New … Continue reading
STE2 preview
Due to the truck problems and the decision to avoid the 11,000 foot pass on I-70, the starting point for the second segment of the STE (STE2) has changed significantly. So I thought I had better update the STE2 plan. It starts in Rawlins WY and terminates in Brownsville TX. It will consist of 9 … Continue reading
Second Trip East (STE) preview
The Second Trip East (STE) will start in Tillamook OR and will terminate in Naples FL, out home for the winter (if anything is left after Hurricane Irma). It will pass through, among others, the four states that are missing from our map: Utah, Colorado, Nebraska and Kansas. It then drops down to southeast Texas … Continue reading
Second Trip West (STW) preview
We are four days away from embarking on our second cross-country trip. This one will, like the first, include Tillamook OR as a stop, but, unlike the first trip (the Great Trip West or GTW), this time Tillamook will be the final destination. The route is designed to hit many of the states that we … Continue reading
Booked through Labor Day
I made our final summer campground reservation yesterday, so we now have a complete, confirmed itinerary through Labor Day: Now – Jun 9: Foxboro (or Foxborough, take your pick) MA Jun 9 – Jun 19: Salisbury MA (Cape Ann) Jun 19 – Jun 22: Bridgewater NH (Escapees rally at Newfound Lake) Jun 22 – Jun … Continue reading
New England Tour (NET) preview – revised
The “New England Tour” is how we are describing our summer in New England. In previous years we stayed all summer in a fixed location – the Minuteman Campground in Littleton MA. This year we will stay at that campground for just 9 nights; we will travel to 7 other spots for the rest of … Continue reading
And so it begins…
We will be leaving our home at Gulf Waters RV Resort in just a couple of hours. I have already mentioned how difficult this will be for us. We love this place and will miss it deeply. It is also the start of our first road trip without Grace and there will be additional sadness … Continue reading
The plan for the Third Trip North (TTN)
I previously described our plan for moving about New England this summer (i.e., the NET), but we need to get back to New England before we can begin executing that plan. So this describes our plan to get back north. We will leave Ft Myers Beach on April 14 and expect to arrive in Massachusetts … Continue reading
The plan for the New England Tour (NET)
In summers past we have picked one RV park in the Boston area and stayed there for the entire season. This has many advantages, most notably the ability to form friendships and get some significant discounts. But this year the season will be shorter as we will be leaving New England on August 1 to … Continue reading