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  • Mariposas

    Mariposas

      22 May 2025 Revisited a local favorite this week; the butterfly house at the North Carolina Museum of Life and Science in Durham, NC. Scroll down for photos of butterflies and a few other creatures at the museum. note: Mariposa is the Spanish word for butterfly. Beth and I always enjoy seeing the flowers and butterflies…

  • Birding at Home

    Birding at Home

    Backyard birds provide great entertainment when we aren’t traveling.  Here are a few of our favorites from early 2025. New birds added on 26 April 2025 Dark-eyed Junco A late season snow event, unusual in central North Carolina, made our feeders very popular. A Male Northern Cardinal and a bevy of Eastern Bluebirds gathered just…

  • Savannah South to Palatka

    Savannah South to Palatka

    03 November 2024 – Sunday Day 3 of 4 as we drive to Sarasota, Florida for a Pleasure-Way Owners Rally. We travel from a Harvest Host brewery in Savannah, GA to another in Palatka, FL with a stop in the charming waterfront town of Brunswick, GA. 0848  69,353  68°F  Savannah, GAFall back to Standard Time…

  • Comet Viewing at Kerr Lake

    Comet Viewing at Kerr Lake

    13 October 2024 – Sunday Beth read that a comet might be visible tonight, so we made an impromptu trip to a campground with a clear view to the west. It was a quick and easy trip. 1445  68,827  78°  Leave home  1631  68,900  77°  Boydton, VA North Bend Park, site 115 US Army Corp…

  • Carousels, Falls, and Wine with Trains

    Carousels, Falls, and Wine with Trains

    19 September, 2024 – Thursday Today we visit a Merry-Go-Round Factory, walk to the brink of Niagara Falls, and spend the night at a winery with a railroad theme. 0906  66,982  62°F  Youngstown, NY Leave Four Mile Creek State Park 0957  67,005  66°F  North Tonawanda, NY  586′  Just south of Buffalo we found the Herschell…

  • 30 Mile Point Lighthouse

    30 Mile Point Lighthouse

    18 September 2024 1038  66,866  71°F  Left Brockport after a quiet night driveway camping and a delicious morning coffee with Steve Harley. Thank you Steve & Pam. 1100  66,900  71°F  Headed west on the Great Lakes Seaway Trail via the Lake Ontario State Parkway 1116  66,905  71F  Hamlin Beach State Park 264′   The park…