A blog about exploring North America in a Camper Van and a Sailboat.
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Earthen Submarine
03 November 2019Catching up on 2019 Adventures0840 Departed Cartersville Country Winery in Timmonsville, SC and followed the birds south towards Florida. By lunchtime we were in Georgia where we pulled off I-95 at the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force. The luncheon view was of a 1964 McDonnel 5-4C Phantom. This Vietnam War era…
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Heading to Florida
02 November 2019Catching up on 2019 Adventures Going south for a Pleasure-Way owners rally and Thanksgiving with family has become a welcome November routine. This will be year four for a month-long Florida sojourn. Hay, that’s a nice trailer at the entrance to Cartersville Country Winery. We ended up here after an easy 181 mile…
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Power Cord Pain Solved
Our 2018 Lexor has been a pain to plug in since day one. The threads on the locking ring are difficult to engage when attaching the cord to the van. There is a simple and inexpensive fix. Notice this L shaped slot in the threads on the van side of the power connection? There is…
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Closing the Grand Circle – Home in NC
09 Sept 2019 Time: 1100 Temperature: 76° F Odometer: 26,460 miles Location: Home Yesterday morning, we lingered in the parking lot waiting for Tamarack to open. There we picked up the vase Beth made in the glass blowing studio. It spent the night in a cooling oven while we slept comfortably in the parking lot.…
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Folk Art and Glass Blowing in Appalachia
07 Sept 2019 After a couple of days at the Kentucky Horse Park it was time to dismount and head towards home. Showers and tank dumping were taken care of before leaving at 1010. By lunch time we were parked at the Kentucky Folk Art Center in Morehead, Kentucky. There was no charge to park…
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Up Close with Kentucky Horses
06 September 2019 There aren’t many places where you can stroke the golden coat of an Akhal-teke. Shiny lives at the Kentucky Horse Park, our base for two nights and all day today. A weekday in September proved to be a perfect time to visit the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. $12 allowed entrance to the…