There’s no place like Kansas

I had done my research to find a cute coffee place in Effingham – Joe Sippers on West 4th St. looked like the perfect place.  And it was – a little island of liberal caffeine in a flat Western town.  There were several tables outside and it was very inviting – and closed for the

Effingham – no, I’m not talking about a @#$% pig

Today we drove through Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio and Indiana and camped in Effingham, Illinois at the Camp Lakewood Campground.  This is the last day we’ll be able to rack up that many states in a day, as the states get larger as we go West.  Even though there were only 15 miles of West

Family in Pittsburgh

On Saturday we drove from Maryland to Pittsburgh to see my family.  We stopped to see my oldest nephew and his family (picture below), then had dinner with my sister and her husband, my stepmother, and my middle nephew and his wife.  Everyone came out to the RV to get some “Izzie time;” we couldn’t

Of cats, crab and churches

We left Boston on Thursday morning, May 27.  Our first stop was ½ mile away – at Kickstand Café in Arlington Center.  I had pre-ordered a pack of 10 Vietnamese fresh rolls for our journey and they were waiting for us – for FREE, a lovely “good-bye for the summer” gift from the wonderful staff

Boulder to Boston, May 2021

A quick account of Liz’s trip from Boulder to Boston, in preparation for a longer trip back to Boulder with Andee and Izzie. Liz made the drive from Boulder to Boston in just 3 days. She spent the first night at her cousin’s house in Kansas City, enjoying KC Barbecue with family. She had planned

It’s 2021 – and we’re still RV’ing

Liz here, writing from Boulder after 2088 miles in RVG with Tristan keeping watch for road hazards: The world changed during those miles: the Georgia results, the riot in DC.  But the Colorado sky, which knows nothing about such things, was still there to greet me. As Barack Obama said on November 8th, 2016, “the

Back East we go…with two cats in tow.

September 15 – 22 From Boulder to Arlington, MA In spite of my good intentions, blogging has fallen off the stack on this trip, so I’m creating one big post during our last evening out.  There’s no Internet here in Hickory Run State Park in the Poconos, so I’m not distracted by email – and

Home via more good coffee and a COVID test

The next morning we left the RV park and Liz insisted I take a picture of this sign at the exit because we had seen variations of it before – and it’s so representative of the RV culture. We then headed into Cheyenne for the third and last of my coffee shop adventures.  I had

More CCC works, ruts and BBQ

Guernsey State Park is also home to a CCC Museum.  The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a voluntary public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men ages 18–25.  Many improvements in public spaces were accomplished by the CCC and this museum is no exception.  We

Another great coffee shop, a World War II POW camp and a CCC castle

The next morning we set off again on our bikes to Edness Kimball Wilkins State Park, just a few miles from our campsite, along (not surprisingly) the North Platte.  It was a lovely ride and I seemed to be flying along effortlessly.  Unfortunately, Liz informed me this was because we had a serious tail wind