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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…