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Alaska 2012 - Part 2
Icy Strait PointIcy Strait Point at Hoonah, Alaska was our second port of call and the only tender port of the cruise. We had a whale watching trip booked so, after an early breakfast, we went to the...
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Alaska 2012 - Part 3
Hubbard GlacierOur last full day of the cruise portion of our cruisetour was a sea day with a stop at the Hubbard Glacier. We started out by watching the approach to the glacier from our balcony. The...
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Alaska 2012 - Part 4
Denali National ParkWe left Anchorage Sunday morning on our way to Denali National Park. We would be spending two nights there which was one of the main reasons we picked this particular cruise tour....
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Alaska 2012 - Part 5
Arctic CircleOn Wednesday morning we were again up very early. We had to be at the Northern Alaska Tours office by 6 AM for a road trip to the arctic circle. It was too early to get breakfast so we...
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Shake Down Trip
On the lot at Camping WorldGeorgia and I had been considering a small travel trailer that we could pull behind our Jeep Liberty and had even looked at a few. But, with the Alaska trip coming up and not...
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Second Trip With New Trailer
We took advantage of the long Labor Day Weekend to return to Lehman's Lakeside RV Resort where we were seasonal campers for over 10 years. This time we were there as weekend campers but, at our...
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Wings Over Waukegan
Saturday was a great day for an airshow. Blue skies with some puffy clouds provided a beautiful background for the aircraft in flight over the Waukegan airport. The 70 degree temperature and a brisk...
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A Home for the Travel Trailer
Our travel trailer finally has a new home beside the garage - letting me have my parking space back.Yesterday we had our old driveway removed and a new one laid down. There is now a pad beside the...
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MSU vs ND
Georgia is a Michigan State alumnus and she has been wanting to return to the MSU campus for a football game for a while now. This past weekend, the Spartans were playing Notre Dame so we decided to...
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Trailer Mods - TV Mount
Our travel trailer has a shelf over the refrigerator, with an antenna and a power jack, where we could set a TV. But a television setting there was hard to see while sitting at the table or lying in...
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Trailering to the Dells
This past weekend we took our little trailer on it's longest trip so far - 150 miles to Wisconsin Dells. We stayed at Fox Hill RV Park. It is a very nice facility with great people and plenty of...
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Our New Chevy Silverado
We did it! We bought a 2013 Chevy Silverado 2500HD pickup for more towing capacity. We tried to choose a vehicle that would not only meet our current needs, but would also accommodate a larger trailer...
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Trailer Shopping
Our tiny travel trailer is tucked away for the winter but camping is still on our minds. We have been spending time at RV dealers looking through every trailer on their lots. We haven't definitely made...
View ArticleHappy Thanksgiving 2012
Happy Thanksgiving to all my readers.Georgia and I are in Tennessee for the holiday. I will post a full report on the trip when we get back next week.
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Smoky Mountain Thanksgiving - 2012
The day before Thanksgiving, Georgia and I left Illinois for the mountains of Tennessee. That first day we drove to Shelbyville, Kentucky where we spent the first night. There was plenty of traffic on...
View ArticleSilent Night
A young priest named Joseph Mohr came to St Nicholas parish church in Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria in 1817. A year earlier he had written the lyrics to a song he called “Stille Nacht” but had not...
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Chicago RV Show
The Chicago RV and Camping Show ran from Feb. 13 through Feb. 17 of 2013. Georgia and I visited the show on Saturday. We weren't shopping for a new RV since we already have a trailer on order but we...
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Georgia's First Grandchild
Georgia first grandchild, my step-grandson has arrived! Maxwell Browning Galloway was born March 29, 2013. He weighed 5 pounds 4.8 ounces and was 20 inches long.He arrived six weeks early but he is...
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The Kodiak Comes Home
We took our new Kodiak travel trailer out of storage Monday and brought it home to get ready for our first trip of the year.We will be spending the next few days loading it with all the stuff we will...
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