This trip has been full-immersion in all things Lincoln, and we’re starting to feel like experts in Sir Abe. We have visited his birthplace in Hodgenville, KY, walked where he gave his famous speech at Gettysburg, PA, etc etc etc, with all of the expected monuments and markers and statues. Lincoln Statue at Louisville, KY (note bird on head) Lincoln...
80% of the nation’s RVs are manufactured in Northern Indiana, and therefore you can find everything RV here: service, repairs, dealers, campgrounds and museums. All in the name of enticing you to “Go RV’ing!” Wait … we already have! Taking a trip to the RV Capital, while RVing in your RV, feels like a return to the mothership. Decatur, IN We...
We moved on from Pennsylvania to West Virginia, which is one of the five poorest states in the Union, but it wasn’t always that way. In fact, Wheeling, WV was the richest city per capita in the U.S. during the late 19th century. But those days are long gone — so why oh why would we choose to stop here? It’s for prisons and palaces, of course, cuz...
Leaving Gettysburg, we headed to Southern Pennsylvania, where we considered the trials and tribulations of others, and endured tribulations of our own with the passing of our littlest traveling companion, Sprinkles. Lancaster Lancaster is the poster child for Amish country, and we envisioned country dirt lanes, smiling bonnetted-and-straw-hatted families, covered...
Prior to this trip, you could fit my knowledge of the Civil War into a snack-size Ziplock bag. Blame the really cute boy Adam who sat in front of me in high school History class — for an entire semester, I was too busy doodling MY first name — with HIS last name — to pay much attention to the curriculum. With our visits to Gettysburg PA, Antietam...
Hudson Valley is just 82 miles north of New York City, and yet a world away. With small towns, historic sites and lush land, it’s where many suburbanites have gone for decades to escape the city. Here, we peeked into the life of royalty: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt (old money American royalty), Frederick and Louise Vanderbilt (new money American royalty)...
Leaving Connecticut, we popped into Rhode Island for an itty-bitty stop in an itty-bitty state. Exactly how itty-bitty? Well, you could fit 173 Rhode Islands into the state of Texas alone, and Alaska has four cities that are each bigger than the entire state of Rhode Island. Surrounded by the waters of Rhode Island Sound and the Atlantic Ocean on the south...
Hello, Mystic, Connecticut! With your clever, mysterious name and Hollywood movie pedigree, how could we resist your seaside charms? You don’t really want to base nationwide travel plans on EITHER a restaurant or a Hollywood movie, except sometimes you do exactly that. Mystic is home of Mystic Pizza, the restaurant that inspired the adorable story of three...
East Coast driving is stressful: bad roads, low bridges, insane drivers, toll booths, and more. The further we can stay away from adding packed traffic to our travels, the better to avoid this nonsense. 129 minutes to go 2.8 miles. WHAT?! Thus, leaving Delaware and heading to Connecticut, we took an extremely wide berth around the major metro areas of Philadelphia...
We were in Delaware for the first time on this trip. It’s not related to Hunter Biden’s criminal trial, which was happening just down the road while we were here. But before Delaware, we also had our first-ever visit to Maryland, where my brother Jeff and his wife Nicole joined us for the next month in their own RV. I now have three models to coerce into...