tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15019250559232920522024-02-06T20:43:09.093-07:00Sally and Gregg on the RoadWE'RE NOMADS, WANDERERS, EXPLORERS, ADVENTURERS, TRYING TO SEE IT ALL AND DO IT ALL...........................Sally Schindelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04516836423247663243noreply@blogger.comBlogger202125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501925055923292052.post-57798272479183650902013-05-06T19:58:00.001-07:002013-05-06T19:58:44.538-07:00On the Road Again.................Since Sal has somewhat "retired" from blogging, I guess that I'll try to take up the slack! She's a tough act to follow--does such a great job, that I feel like a beginner compared to her blogging skills. We are now officially headed off on our trip to Alaska. We had a great time in Pine, Arizona at the 2nd Annual "McPine" campout this past weekend,<br />
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hosted by Betsy & Carl Porter. Eight rigs attended and we all had a wonderful time. Sally and I will be in San Francisco tomorrow for at least five nights visiting family and friends, then, "off to Alaska". Gregg Schindelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16692287332654058172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501925055923292052.post-57141469538927680712012-10-10T20:44:00.002-07:002012-10-10T20:49:52.870-07:00<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Dear Readers of our Blog,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I guess I have more or less retired from blogging. Thought I should let you know and thank you for visiting this from time to time. Blogging has become more work than fun for me so retiring, well semi-retiring, seems like a good idea. Call me anytime at 602-565-5860 if you would like to know where we are. Or look for us on Facebook - we've both been pretty good at posting occasional pictures of our travels there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">By the time we reach Prescott on October 22nd, we will have been out on the road 173 nights since our May departure. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">* 80 camp locations, moving an average of every 2 days.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">* Stayed at 19 different Walmarts/Sam's Clubs</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">* About 7,500 miles, moving an average of 43 miles per day</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">* Longest stretch - Columbus, NE to Tucson, AZ - 1,225 miles in about 28 hours.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">* Longest stays - Lorton, VA for sightseeing Washington DC and Salem, MA just because we liked it there so well. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">8 nights in each.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">* Best campsite - a city boat launch pier in Westfield, NY on Lake Ontario. Free and beautiful.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">* Best museum - hands down, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum in Cleveland, OH. We were there from opening to closing time and would have gone another day too if we'd had the time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">Still loving our RVing way of life! Next trips are already being planned. Time in Phoenix area this winter, maybe Quartzsite in Jan., Kartchner Caverns in Feb., then a big long trip north through Canada and all around Alaska for 2013 summer.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Newport, RI was a surprisingly nice stop. RV park was in the next town over and within walking distance of downtown Newport. Lots of opportunity for beautiful walks along the shore and harbor. The Cliff Walk along the backyards of some of Newport's famous "cottages" of the likes of the Vanderbilts was a treat. Gregg does NOT like house tours but Sally spent a day and a half on long tours of 5 of the monstrosities - fascinating!</span>Sally Schindelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04516836423247663243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501925055923292052.post-28107978611183123482012-08-12T14:50:00.000-07:002012-08-12T14:52:30.336-07:00Mystic, Connecticut<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We definitely love seeing the contrasts between the places we visit while we are on the road. And talk about contrast, from New York City to Mystic, CT within a day! Mystic is a sleepy little place with waterfront views that are like those you see in travel brochures. We took a schooner cruise and then ate seafood at a funky place called Abbott's Lobster-in-the-raw. No liquor sold there but you are welcome to bring your own! </span></h2>Gregg Schindelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16692287332654058172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501925055923292052.post-55470890253107884372012-07-26T12:46:00.000-07:002012-08-12T15:11:51.699-07:00New York City - Manhattan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">We <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>LOVED</u></b> our RV visit to New York City!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sally was able to score reservations for two nights at the Liberty Harbor RV park in Jersey City, NJ.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>it lacked in ambiance was more than offset by location.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were parked on a marina a stone’s throw from the NYC Ferry terminal where we docked at the foot of Wall Street in the heart of the financial district in minutes and we could see the Statue of Liberty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had a fabulous tour of NYC on a double-decker bus where we saw everything from Times Square to Central Park.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>New York City is unique in that the buildings and architecture provide visual “slices of time”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>which our tour guide did an outstanding job of explaining.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we left, we both were a little sad and wished that we had been able to stay longer—maybe another time!</span></div>Gregg Schindelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16692287332654058172noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501925055923292052.post-55990493524544199742012-07-15T17:08:00.001-07:002012-07-15T17:08:12.246-07:00Moving on...<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">We've moved on from a wonderful week in DC and a stop in Annapolis, MD, across Delaware into New Jersey. We'll spend a few days here, then a couple of days in NYC before heading into New England.</span>Sally Schindelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04516836423247663243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501925055923292052.post-50927768797973708552012-07-08T17:07:00.002-07:002012-07-15T17:00:45.026-07:00Washington, DC<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Enjoying Washington DC despite record setting heat and humidity. We do what Arizonans do - find things to do inside when it's unbearable outside. Museums galore here! and most are FREE - right up our alley.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">In a nutshell - we are having a GREAT time!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Went into sensory overload today! We visited the Udvar-Hazy Center of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum today near Dulles airport in Chantilly, VA. One HUGE hangar houses the Space Shuttle Discovery, SR-71 Blackbird, the Enola Gay, and an Air France Concorde along with 300 aircraft of every description. I have never in my life seen such an exhibit of aircraft. This even beats the EAA Airventure in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.</span>Gregg Schindelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16692287332654058172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501925055923292052.post-56055129397537101452012-06-29T18:03:00.001-07:002012-06-29T18:03:39.343-07:00Goodbye to North Carolina<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Had a double header today! Got two flights in a Bailey-Moyes Dragonfly experimental light sport aircraft (E-LSA) and then a flight in a tandem Moyes hang glider. This was my first time up on a hang glider and I loved it. Flying from Currituck County Airport (ONX) the views of Currituck Sound, the ocean, and the surrounding countryside were breathtaking. Never too old to try something new!</span><br />
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<br />Gregg Schindelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16692287332654058172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501925055923292052.post-76243525890216211342012-06-21T15:54:00.004-07:002012-06-29T17:51:09.494-07:00Seeing friends...<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We "ran into" Jon & Ellen on our morning bike ride in Ocracoke. They were on their way to Maine.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We run into Sandy & Keith every few days or so, kind of leap-frogging each other in our travels. It's Great!</td></tr>
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<span id="goog_1980731531"></span><span id="goog_1980731532"></span>Sally Schindelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04516836423247663243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501925055923292052.post-80018272312308755742012-06-21T15:45:00.002-07:002012-06-21T15:50:41.377-07:00Ferries<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our first ferry ride, this trip, from Cedar Island to Ocracoke, 23 miles, took 2 1/4 hours. Only $15 per car and $30 for the motorhome - what a bargain!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View out our front window through the boat parked in front of us. Coming into Hatteras from Ocracoke. Best yet, this ferry is completely FREE!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ocracoke Lighthouse, the oldest operating lighthouse in NC.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, 208 ft, the tallest brick beacon in the U.S.<br />
Due to the shifting beaches, this was moved 1/2 mile in 1999 so it is now the same distance from the ocean as it was in 1870. Took 23 days to move. </td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Atop Hatteras, behind us is Diamond Shoals, treacherous area for ships due to ocean currents meeting there and shifting sandbars extending 20 miles out in the ocean. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Called Graveyard of the Atlantic, there are over 600 shipwrecks off the Outer Banks due to the shoals, storms and war. German U boats sunk many merchant and war ships off this coast in WWII.</span>Sally Schindelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04516836423247663243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501925055923292052.post-32813344861522889082012-06-21T15:17:00.000-07:002012-06-22T17:25:48.655-07:00Beaches<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ahhh...finally on the Outer Banks, starting at Ocracoke, NC. Miles and miles and miles of beaches, both Atlantic Ocean side and Pamlico Sound side. Sometimes from the highway you can see the water on both sides at the same time - it's that narrow. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That's our RV viewed from the ocean side beach, over the beautiful dunes. Ocracoke campground - Cape Hatteras National Seashore.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our campground at Frisco, another National Park campground in the dunes.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The weather here is really hard on beach houses...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fishing pier at Rodanthe</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beach houses at Rodanthe</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aerial picture of what storms can do to these islands - drill a new inlet right through them. This was 2003. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beach at Waves, NC I love all the colored umbrellas.<br />
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</tbody></table>Sally Schindelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04516836423247663243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501925055923292052.post-7730901375065759522012-06-21T14:55:00.000-07:002012-06-21T14:55:23.820-07:00You know you are NOT in Arizona when...<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You carry your fishing rods on your front bumper...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There's a pelican watching you eat your seafood lunch...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can compare your size with the skull bone of a whale...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You look out the motorhome window and there's a ferry passing you...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Sally Schindelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04516836423247663243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501925055923292052.post-76266649143576058432012-06-21T14:46:00.003-07:002012-06-22T17:04:02.732-07:00Last days on mainland NC<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">We took the coastal route to the ferry at Cedar Island and took our time getting there...</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great bike ride at dusk through a big salt marsh at Cedar Point Campground</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Loved this Forest Service campground with big yards, friendly neighbors who play Corn-hole and invited us to a big pot luck Chicken Marsala dinner.</td></tr>
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</div>Sally Schindelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04516836423247663243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501925055923292052.post-54523346844514115312012-06-10T14:00:00.000-07:002012-06-11T06:30:33.734-07:00Some reasons we are loving Wilmington, NC ...<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">On the way to Wilmington we passed roads named Green Swamp Rd and Back Swamp Rd and Cabinet Shop Rd and a town named Old Hundred. How can you not love such a state already?</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carolina Beach</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That's the swimsuit I would like to wear...neon orange!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trolley tours (we've now been on 7 - Eureka Springs & Little Rock in AR, Memphis & Chattanooga in TN, Asheville, Wilmington and New Bern in NC - in the past month). We love them!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boat tours (our 4th this month - Loch Lomond & Beaver Lake in AR, Tennessee River in Chattanooga & Cape Fear River in NC) That is old downtown Wilmington in this picture.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shopping! Oh, Gregg LOVES it! (He walked right by that sign & didn't even chuckle...)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crab cake lunch along the International Waterway - mostly crab, not mostly bread crumb. Yummm! Fresh mahi mahi for Gregg.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great performance of the musical Legally Blonde at the Thalian Theater, operating continuously since 1855.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Incredible tour of the USS North Carolina Battleship</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The amphibian on board that Gregg wishes he could fly...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We got to go into the gun turrets. Fascinating - claustrophobic. I walked onto the ship thinking I could have enjoyed doing service at sea myself. I changed my mind during the tour...what hard work and close quarters!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beds over the desks in some of the quarters. No space wasted...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">HUGE anchor. There is a tiny white speck above the right side of it that is Gregg's shirt in the background. The ship is VAST. About 2,300 personnel were aboard when at war in WWII in the Pacific.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Now, on to New Bern, NC, about 80 miles N of Wilmington. The 2nd oldest community in NC, begun in 1710. This building is the stable and carriage house of the first NC governor's palace, Tryon Palace. This building survived a 1798 fire that destroyed the rest of the complex. About 80% of its bricks are still the originals from 1700's. Amazingly, the rest of the complex was rebuilt and refurnished with authentic 1700's artifacts in the 1950's at a cost of about $3.5 million. The tour of the area is incredibly interesting. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Formal gardens at Tryon Palace</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My camera couldn't capture it, but at the end of this long arbor is a view of the Trent River - gorgeous.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trolley tour in town taught us a lot. That is a walkway for chimney sweeps - not a Widow's Walk as most would think.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cemetery is interesting with grave stones old enough that the 6 pointed star was still in use within the Christian cross, rather unusual.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New Bern is where pharmacist "Brad" Bradham invented Pepsi Cola. It's also the hometown of author Nicholas Sparks. Small community of about 28,000 with interesting old downtown street of shopping and restaurants, rivers, history - loved it there!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maria and I went to dinner one night. The necklace I am wearing is one that she gave me, made by her daughter Perla who is an artist that works with woven glass. It's gorgeous! See her work at <a href="http://www.site.perlasegovia.com/">http://www.site.perlasegovia.com/</a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">Not our usual way of traveling! But we have a malfunctioning refrigerator that is not responding well to attempted repairs. A problem? Not really -</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">* our RV repair center here is great! Friendly and easy to work with, and free shady parking with hook-ups, handy to town and to beaches.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">* Lots to do here in Wilmington - great restaurants, seafood, historical things to explore, nice weather, friends to see nearby. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">* Tickets to a musical tonight - Legally Blonde - in a beautiful theater first built in 1855, with major recent restoration.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">* Incredible self-guided tour of the restored battleship USS North Carolina. Amazing...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">But last week we had 2 entirely new experiences at Walmarts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">Chattanooga, TN - I'm lying on the sofa reading and hear a vehicle pull up and honk by the door. I get up and stick my head out the door and a man says "Oh, sorry, I was hoping to speak to your husband." I get Gregg who's been lying on the bed reading and he goes out to talk to the guy. He tells a story of woe and asks for money to fix his truck! A panhandler who drives up and asks for money! That's a first for us... Actually, we saw a lot of panhandling in downtown Chattanooga as well. Very polite, just asking for handouts... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">We met up with Phoenix friends Sandy and Keith at a nice RV park along the French Broad River right in town in Asheville. What a find! 1/2 off with Passport America, only $15 per night (our total overnight is up to $69 now for almost 30 nights on the road - not bad!) A city trail for biking and walking was RIGHT in front of our RV's so we had a good ride one morning that also took us around an auto racetrack that's now used for bikers/walkers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">Since Gregg & I had seen the Biltmore 2 years ago, we did not go again with their $50-60 ticket price now. But I do remember it being something to not miss your first time in Asheville.</span></div>Sally Schindelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04516836423247663243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501925055923292052.post-80014354803855624132012-06-02T08:41:00.000-07:002012-06-02T08:41:49.351-07:00Beautiful North Carolina<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7QMOBDyXbK3vYHPO6cWiSoVblJ6n2CcBUH3roGTeuQO_3WaLlPTObFYVhWBJvNUQAetO7JFu1O1VaUMEynY9xac8Wc54CsKMuBuU1jh1xzmcH2n7amshrODlCJL8Xqbj8I-AQtNB1IOT8/s1600/IMG_5477s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7QMOBDyXbK3vYHPO6cWiSoVblJ6n2CcBUH3roGTeuQO_3WaLlPTObFYVhWBJvNUQAetO7JFu1O1VaUMEynY9xac8Wc54CsKMuBuU1jh1xzmcH2n7amshrODlCJL8Xqbj8I-AQtNB1IOT8/s320/IMG_5477s.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">We found TN beautiful and now find North Carolina just breathtaking! As we crossed the border we started seeing wildflowers and day lilies along US 74, at rest stops, along the medians, huge gardens of them, mixed colors, and with tall mountains as back drops. Wow... Then we travelled along the Nantahala River for a while, watching the rafters there as we drove. Great road trip!</span>Sally Schindelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04516836423247663243noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501925055923292052.post-1553351904491158842012-06-02T08:33:00.001-07:002012-06-02T08:33:52.730-07:00Leaving Tennessee...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">We have absolutely loved this trip across TN. To go out with a real bang, I took a river raft trip on the Ocoee River the last afternoon. What a great ride! That's the river that the Atlanta Olympics used for their Olympic events. Though my trip was on a little tamer part of the lower river, I did get to experience some Class III and IV rapids. Got my heartbeat WAY up with a fun and exciting guide, got to "surf" a couple of times and got REAL wet right out of the box when we started just below a dam and waterfall, then stayed very wet throughout the 2 hour trip. Great fun & I'd do it again in a heartbeat. Gregg had his fill of whitewater on a long Grand Canyon Colorado River trip years ago so stayed home and chilled while I rafted. Go figure... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">We crossed the Tennessee River for the 2nd time in TN, approaching Chattanooga. That river runs north, south, east and west in its ramblings - amazing! Beautiful river.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rode the steepest incline railway in the world on Lookout Mountain - 78% grade.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">SEE ROCK CITY !!! We didn't go into the whole thing but caught this glimpse of the lookout point. With good imagination, they say you can see 7 states from there.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Loved downtown Chattanooga - lots of water parks all over. This one under a highway, the steps to the Aquarium from the riverfront. Waterfall over all those steps - the kids love it!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Interesting - back-in angled parking.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bridge in the background used to be for traffic, now just a pedestrian/bike bridge - one of the longest in the world.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from the river on our Duck Tour - look closely to see the guy rock climbing across the face of the cliff.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The incredible aquarium - in both buildings.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Like their BBQ sauce? They just might give you a complimentary bottle! Sure made Gregg happy!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another thing to make Gregg happy - finding Honest Charley, the place he mail ordered car things from many years ago...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Things to make Sally happy - amazing aquarium! These are Weedy Sea Dragons. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful place for Gregg to hang out while Sally devours the aquarium exhibits.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Loved this town of Chattanooga! </td></tr>
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