A blog about exploring North America in a Camper Van and a Sailboat.
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Bridges, Tunnels, and Horses
Heading to a Pleasure-Way camper van rally in NJ, we decided to leave a few days early and camp at Assateague Island on Maryland’s eastern shore. Getting there from North Carolina provided the opportunity to cross the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. The twenty-three mile bridge, trestle, and tunnel route across the mouth of the bay…
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Jordan Lake State Recreation Area
Sometimes you discover jewels in your own backyard. Jordan Lake State Park is one of those jewels. We’ve sailed small boats here for years, but had never visited a campground or the dam. A get-together of the NC Roadtrekkers and Friends group gave us an excuse to remedy that situation. With over 1,000 sites to…
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Robot Food Transport
FRC high school robotics competition season is underway and the van is back in service as a rolling chuck wagon. Here she sits in the parking lot at UNC Greensboro as the moon rises over the baseball stadium. Happily, our games were played inside the basketball stadium where temperatures were nicely controlled. We became interested…
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Kennedy Space Center
Heading home from visiting parents in Florida we decided to stop at Kennedy Space Center. We had witnessed a shuttle launch from Titusville’s Space View Park, back in 2006, but never actually visited Cape Kennedy. Another draw was that this is one of the few places our 18 year old, freshman engineering student, was interested…
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Winterizing – 2014 Plateau TS
Fall is coming to a close, so it is time to winterize the coach. We took photos this year and are sharing them for people that want to do it themselves. We are not professionals, so follow our instructions at your own risk. While we could take the van to a dealer for winterizing, it…
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Abbeville and Home
29,642 8:47 AM 49° F Waking up at Calhoun Falls State Park we peeked out the window to find fog on the water. Campsite from our little beach. The beach has enough room to pull up a small boat. Lake Calhoun beckoned, but we didn’t bring a boat, so we decided to head…