Category: Nature
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Green Bay Trains and Gardens
07 July 2023 – Friday 0830 56,763 62°F Leave Wine A Lot, an excellent Harvest Host spot. 0900 Green Bay, Wisconsin Beth dropped me off at the National Railroad Museum, before she headed to the Botanical Garden. The museum has three exhibits I really wanted to see. The engine and two cars used by General…
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Iowa Isn’t Flat
27 June 2023 — Tuesday Well, it isn’t all flat. Sharyn Jackson, in the Dubuque Register, wrote that Iowa “ranks as the 18th flattest state.” Here’s a link to the full article: Iowa Isn’t as Flat as You Think. Can you guess what the flattest US state is? The answer is at the end of this…
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Reidsville Camping, Trails, and Trains
24 May 2023 1415 54,860 Leave Home 1541 54,931 Reidsville, NC Lake Reidsville City Park We’re here for an overnight stay and will wander home tomorrow. The park office and store offer a simple place to check-in and get supplies. The forty-six sites here are priced at $28 for water and electric or $30 for…
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Following the Neuse
Living near the Eno River, we enjoy a little bit of nature there most every day. Not far from us, the Eno combines with the Flat River forming Falls Lake, a major water supply for Raleigh, the capitol city of North Carolina. The outfall of that lake is the beginning of the Neuse River. For…
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Birds of Willowbrook
Visiting mom for Mother’s day, we spent an evening bird watching at the little brook that flows through her condo complex in Largo, Florida. Here are a few of the birds we enjoyed, two of which were first timers for us. Great Egret White Ibis Swallow-tailed Kite Mother Limpkin dancing to defend her chicks from…
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Hall of Fame
04 September 2019 Sleeping in after a noisy night, we woke up later than usual, but it was okay because we were already at our destination, the RV/MH Hall of Fame in Elkhart, Indiana. As members of Harvest Hosts were were able to enjoy a free overnight stay in their big parking lot with three…
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