Cuyahoga Valley, Cleveland, and Canton kept us rockin’ and rollin’ through the Labor Day weekend with beloved visitors, daughter Sarah and son-in-law Sean. Rockin’ on a train and at the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame, and rollin’ on a bike ride through Cuyahoga...
Ahhhhhhcadia National Park … a Lucky Charm bucket-list destination since Day One! Acadia was the first National Park created east of the Mississippi, and so so so very different from Western NP’s, with its rugged precipices along the Atlantic coastline, cobble beaches...
Michigan’s slogan is “Pure Michigan” …. purely beautiful, purely magical, and purely different from Arizona, that’s for sure! The FORMER slogan, however, was “Great Lakes, Great Times” and that even better describes our time in Michigan...
Ahhhh, South Dakota! You gave us a little of everything … the Bad, the Bold, and the Beautiful! Specifically, the Bad(lands) and Bad travel, the Bold adventures, and the Beautiful views and scenery! Leaving Utah and heading for South Dakota served up some of our most punishing...
Day 1 (of 146!) dawned clear and bright. This was it … the start of our longest RV trip yet, one we are calling (tah-dah ….) THE GRAND LOOP! Questions abound. Would we dislike being gone that long? Would we get homesick? Would we kill each other...
Big Bend National Park is the temporary home for droves of snow-and-cold weary RV owners, decamping for warmer temps during the winter. Basking in the sunshine while soaking in the river-side Historic Hot Springs is enough to make anyone forget the term “polar vortex”! But...
Our final stop of the 2018 Summer Adventure was in a relatively unknown but truly remarkable southern-Utah destination known as Cedar Breaks National Monument. The uncrowded trails, cool temperatures, and colorful rock formations had us jumping for joy! It ALSO had us gasping for...
The first stop of the Lucky Charm’s 2018 Summer Adventure begins at the Grand Canyon National Park. Despite being “out west” for 36 years, Philip had never visited either of the two rims, North or South. Crazy! Behold …. beauty in many layers! Though only 11 miles...
Petrified Forest National Park is one of three national parks in Arizona … bonus points if you can name the other two! It’s known for its large deposits of petrified wood, i.e. trees that turned to stone since about a bazillion years have passed. Also in PFNP, the...
Arkansas’ official motto: “The Natural State.” We’ve revised that to: “Wow, Wow, Wow!” Around every corner, gorgeous scenery and uncrowded attractions. Arkansas has quickly become one of our favorite destinations! Here, just a few of our...