Category: Travel
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This Could Now Be Home
Reading Time: 4 minutesAs I was planning for this Grand Adventure Road Trip (GART) I made a spreadsheet detailing the duration of the adventure. Each row on the spreadsheet represented one night. The columns keep track of where we spent the night, how many miles we drive, and how much money we spent on food,… Read more
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And….We’re Off
Reading Time: 2 minutesI’ve written the last few weeks about some fairly weighty topics. I’m done with those for a while now and am ready to turn 68andCounting.com into a travelogue during our Epic 50th Anniversary Grand Adventure Road Trip–E50AGART, for short. We’ve been planning this for months. It’s evolved some since we spent a… Read more
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The End Comes at McClellan AFB, California
Reading Time: 5 minutesWe arrived at McClellan AFB in Sacramento, California in July 1982 and stayed in temporary housing until the new construction house we contracted for was completed. Because we were both in the Air Force, we were able to ship 2 cars back to the states. Buying a Japanese made Honda was dirt… Read more
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TDY to Australia
Reading Time: 5 minutesIn the Air Force, whenever you travel for a short period of time on AF business from where you are permanently stationed, you are said to be sent TDY (Temporary Duty). As an airman administrator, TDYs were few and far between. The only one I had on Guam was to Okinawa for… Read more
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My Mother is Coming
Reading Time: 5 minutesI’ve written often in this blog about my mother, how she and dad were so instrumental in shaping the woman I’ve become, how much I admire her, how she’s aging. It’s interesting to watch your parents age, isn’t it? Typically, at some point there is a gradual role reversal in terms of… Read more
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Vicarious Travel
Reading Time: 5 minutesBefore we retired one of the things I thought I would really enjoy was traveling around the United States in an RV. Living full-time in an RV really appealed to me in a daydream-like way. I followed the YouTube channels of several families and couples who do that and loved to follow… Read more
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The Great, The Good, and the Ugly
Reading Time: 5 minutesThough we left New Hampshire on Friday, we still had a few more days in New England before we began the meandering trek home to Florida. At least, meandering was our intention for the trip back to Florida. Our first stop, recommended by a friend who lives near us and is from… Read more
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Surely You Can See What I See
Reading Time: 2 minutesOur week in New Hampshire ends today. It’s been great. On Wednesday we visited the Atlantic coastline of three states in the space of about an hour. It was an interesting, fun, and unique experience. The beaches in the northeast are so different from those in southwest Florida. There were no shells… Read more
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It’s the Journey…
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe posts for the next few weeks will essentially be travelogues. We’re discovering, for the first time, parts of the country we have never experienced. Come along on this journey with us. After spending 5 restful days in North Carolina, we begin the journey north on Sunday. Our destination, as you know,… Read more
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Cary, NC
Reading Time: 2 minutesRandy’s sister Kristine and her husband Gary have lived in Cary, NC for more than 45 years. I always thought of it as a sleepy little bedroom community supporting its metro area, Raleigh. In 1980 its population was not quite 22,000 people. As we drove in this week I commented to Randy… Read more