A blog about exploring North America in a Camper Van and a Sailboat.
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Aurora Viewing in the South
10 May 2024Scottsburg, VA A rare light show this far south, we traveled across the border into Virginia to see if we might be able to experience an Aurora. Today’s post is because of Beth. The Aurora photos are hers, taken with an iPhone, using techniques she researched. Leave a comment if you would like…
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Model Trains and Model T’s
08 June 2024 – Saturday Gibsonville, NC Visited Gibsonville to see the Garden Railroad in operation. A bonus was meeting a group of Model T owners who had the same idea. It’s a fun place to see model trains operating in their town park. The layout operates most Saturdays from nine to noon. Twenty-two trains…
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Backyard Visitors
Even when we’re not traveling, we still enjoy wildlife. Birds, butterflies, moths, deer, and raccoons are regular backyard visitors. Here are five quick photos from last spring (2024) that had been sitting in an unpublished post for too long. We captured these using a Nikon D750 with a Nikkor 200-500 f/5.6 lens. Double-click on any…
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Birdbath Beauties
18 April 2024 — Thursday When we aren’t traveling, we enjoy watching local wildlife in our backyard. We have a good view of a bird bath from our dining spot. It may be time to get on the road again as we’ve been making up dialogue from the bird interactions as dinnertime entertainment. Here’s last…
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Summer Travels
2023 Summer Travels 2024-2-25 Sunday 44°F Sitting in front of our computer at home in North Carolina I just realized how far the blog posts are behind reality. We really did travel more than from home to Wisconsin last summer! Unfortunately, July through October only exist in my paper journal. I’ll endeavor to…
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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…