Author: Mark Haskell
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Hershey – Not Just Chocolate
Today we travel from a Virginia Vineyard to a Pennsylvania Brewery Saturday, 14 August 2021 0830 35,919 miles Leave Barren Ridge 74° Mist filled valleys in the Blue Ridge Mountains as we pulled out of Barren Ridge Vineyard and headed northeast. 1227-1313 Harrisburg, PA – State Capitol 80° Shortly after noon we found…
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Birthday at Barren Ridge
13 August 2021 It’s Beth’s birthday and we are headed off on a new adventure. Even though the posting is seven months behind where we are today, we hope you will enjoy a new series of posts highlighting places on a 45 day trip to Maine, New York, and Wisconsin. Leaving home at 0830,…
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Sealing The Bugs Out
Our 2018 Pleasure-Way Lexor TS has all the available options to keep insects from getting inside the van. Rolef screens cover the big sliding door opening and cover the space revealed when the back doors are open. The Fantastic Fan has a screen and all three of the CR Lawrence awning windows have screens. Despite…
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Windshield Weed Whacking
While we love our ProMaster based Lexor, there are a couple of design quirks that are annoying. The cowling at the base of the windshield is one of these. Clogged drains can lead to water overflowing onto the engine. Our solutions involve a little silicon caulk and a bit of plastic from a string trimmer.…
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D&H Adirondack Memories
2022-1-20 The Delaware & Hudson Railroad ran through my home town of Plattsburgh, NY. These are photos I captured in the mid-1970’s of “The Adirondack” passenger trains passing through on their way between New York City and Montreal. A few folks had asked to see the old photos, so here they are. Southbound Adirondack in…
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Santee National Wildlife Refuge
Early on a cloudy January morning found us looking out over Lake Marion from the top of this Indian Mound in South Carolina. How did we end up here? Just across the water is Santee State Park’s Cypress Grove Campground which has become one of our favorites. It is a pretty and inexpensive ($21 with…
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