Category: Camping

  • Cover Photo

    Cover Photo

      14 January 2024 Truma recently contacted me for permission to use this image.  It may be the cover photo on an upcoming brochure. I captured it in August of 2021 when we were testing a beta unit of their Aventa air conditioner and enjoying the mountains of Virginia. I hope you like it. Nikon…

  • Manatee Holidays

    Manatee Holidays

    30 December 2023 Here are a few fun and free places to see wildlife near Largo, Florida. Visiting with Mark’s mom over the holidays, we took a short trip across Tampa Bay to the Manatee Viewing Center.  The Tampa Electric Power plant outputs warm water that attracts these interesting mammals on chilly winter days. If…

  • 2023 Pleasure-Way Sarasota Rally

    2023 Pleasure-Way Sarasota Rally

    14 November 2023 Ninety-four Pleasure-Way motorhomes gathered at Sun Outdoors in Sarasota, Florida. If you are looking for all the photos, here’s a link to the full 166 photo album: Sarasota 2023 Rally Album  I tried to get a photo of every Pleasure-Way motorhome on-site.  This is the fifth time we’ve attended the Sarasota rally, so…

  • Traveling through Tennessee to Home

    Traveling through Tennessee to Home

    10 October 2023 – Tuesday 0845  62,364  58° Leave Milan City Park 0917  62,384  59°  Junction 104 and 40.   Route 104 was very curvy. I wouldn’t recommend it for a large RV. 1154  62,553  71°  Rest area near the Cany River 1253′ elevation 1400   62,591  76°  Sparta, Tennessee  We pulled in to a Harvest…

  • Armadillo Encounter

    Armadillo Encounter

     09 October 2023 – Monday Sunrise through our window at Robinson Point COE Campground in Mountain View, Arkansas 0904  62,119 miles  60° Leave the campground and say goodbye to Norfork Lake. We didn’t catch a photo, but shortly after leaving the campground we passed a bald eagle going after a squirrel in the road. Between Arkansas…

  • Yellville, Flippin, and a Starry Night

    Yellville, Flippin, and a Starry Night

     08 October 2023 – Sunday 1032  62,017 miles  72° After five days of fun and education at the Pleasure-Way Connection Rally, we said our goodbyes and left Branson. 1142  62,051 miles    66°  1211 ft Choosing a homeward bound route through Arkansas yielded some interesting town names.  This state welcome center had clean restrooms and lots…