Ten days on the road since the last “Road Report” seems like a long time, partly because we’ve covered so many miles, seen so many different places and have changed our original plans. We have continued our preference for back roads over the Interstate Highway system. Less traffic, better scenery and low stress. Changing timetables
Arrived in Bangor, Maine on Wednesday, July 14, and had the RV serviced on Thursday at the Mercedes dealer (oil and filters changed, tires rotated) as it’s been 10,000 miles since the last service, around March 25. Spent 3 days near Bangor in Holden, Maine, and moved on Saturday to Bucksport at the head of
Heading to the northeast corner of Ohio, close to Lake Erie, we stopped for two nights at Pymantuning KOA near Andover, Ohio. Lots of rain. Features along the road included numerous Amish buggies and horses and one three horse hitch which we do not remember seeing on roads in the past. We have seen as
The small notice on the bulletin board described an opportunity for a summer in Alaska. The successful applicant would direct a summer recreation program for kids in the small community of Skagway, at the northern terminus of the inland passage. That passage is a stretch of protected ocean approx. 1,500 km long, that runs from
Those of you who read my blog regularly will recognize much of this as I’ve shared many of these thoughts and experiences previously here. And I summarized my first 70 years in the 2013 publication, “Seven Decades: A Learning Memoir.” Starting my 85th year and able to function physically, mentally, emotionally and socially at reasonable
Contrasts and Comparisons Being planted in one place to absorb the surroundings versus traveling to get to another place – day and night. While being on the road is a very different experience from parked or camped in one spot, we find ways to make the motion forward at 70 mph engaging. These include listening
