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Attention all Senior Citizens 62 and older, if you don't already have your National Parks Senior Discount Lifetime Pass now is the time to act. As of Aug. 28 the price will jump from $10. to $80. They are a great deal for the repeat campers and park visitors like us old folks. Free entrance to...

Not really. I suppose if Cary ever gets around to offering pontoons as an option, we could make it to Germany with Spamalot. That would be more than fun (not to mention crazy considering how wide the Atlantic is and we'd probably have to go the Asian route through the South China Sea...dodge...

Time to dime of Jim - again. Up In Maryland at a lovely state park (forgot the name). They were clearing up a huge crowd from a charity run and had no room for in line registration, so off we were sent to the near-by parking lot. Entrance to the lot involved a serious hair-pin turn and... No...

An update on an old story about my absence from the forum... That documentary, "Eleven", about WWII Air Group 11 that flew off the USS Hornet, well if you are in the Seattle area come January 9, 2016 from 2pm to 4pm, there will be a screening of the film along with a meet and greet with the...

We've been having trouble keeping ice in the cooler on long travel days (and if you ask Jenn, she'll tell you we do lots of those). Usually, we can get three days out of a block, but lately they have lasted barely two. Hotter days or lower ice temps, don't know the cause, but need some...

Ought to be ashamed of myself for not keeping up with our adventures. I looked at my journal today and realized the last trek I wrote about was in 2012! I could make excuses about watching the grand babies, life interfering with living, yadda, yadda...but you don't want to hear that. You want...

We're at it again. We'll be off to Maryland and my uncle's house along the Chesapeake this September, another coast-to-coast trek, but we sure as shootin' don't want to take the dreaded I80 again. Thanks to Jenn's advice, we're looking to a more southern route and places we have never seen such...

Break out your 10 inch fryer, this is for those cool evenings when you have a bit of extra time. You'll need: 1 small chicken in pieces 3 sliced carrots 2 sticks of celery - sliced 1 medium white onion 1 clove of garlic 1 cup crisp white wine flour for dusting chicken...

We've been wondering how everyone has been faring after Sandy slammed into the east coast. After FEMA dropping the ball and leaving the south to shift for themselves after Katrina, we worried it would be same story on the Jersey Shore. Well, we watched Sixty Minutes last night (not the...

Did you see the story? It was on the news last night. A young fellow gave one hundred dollars to a homeless man, then secretly followed him to see what he would do with this bounty. The fellow went straight into the nearest liquor store and - wait for it - spent every cent on food, which he...

Well, I'll tell you.... For the past year we have been involved in the making of "Eleven" a great WWII documentary about the last surviving veterans of The USS Hornet Carrier Group 11 and their exploits in the Pacific Theater. This is a George Retelas/Lazy Panda Studios film and as George is...

We're heading up next Wednesday. First stop: Leavenworth Wa. Now, Jim (says) has finally mapped out our route, but hasn't really chosen any places to camp....and I really hate sleeping along the road. We have most of our spots chosen for the USA, but Canada is something uncharted. We'll be going...

Nights in the 20s and teens, days no warmer than 40s: Yikes! I know that's nothing to compare with central states and east coast, but this is California for cripes sake. We panic if it drops below 67. Joking aside, I hope everyone is being very, very careful. Sue and Jim

Hoping the folks in the wake of those twisters are going to be okay.

We're going back to Maryland and then the CICO 10th this year, but Jim wants to take a different route. 80 can be such a bore... Anyway, he has his eyes set on Southern Utah and then scooting along 70 through Colorado and eventually 64 to Kentucky before turning North along 79 through West...

Our hearts go out to all the lost ones in Oklahoma. All those little darlings at school... Sue

Okay you guys up in the North East, looks like another slammer from Ma Nature headed your way. Please stay safe. I'm worried about our friends on Long Island, Jersey and the Big Apple who are still suffering from Sandy. Please don't say you are still in tents. We have heard precious little about...

The little darlings...all the little darlings. How could anyone raise a hand in violence toward a child? Jim and I camped near that lovely town last fall and we watched those happy families with their dancing children waiting for the school bus. We thought it was a wonderful place to raise a...

Thanksgiving is almost upon us. Once more we take stock of our lives so far and thank our lucky stars we were born in the USA (well, I do). It is also the time of year when journalists, pundits and Joe-down-the-street get into it about the true history and meaning of that first Thanksgiving. Who...

Hey guys, For some reason the shout box is missing...at least on our screen. So for all our friends on the East Coast from Pennsylvania to the Carolinas and from Florida all along the Eastern Seaboard, be careful with this coming storm. Maybe it's time to turn your teardrops into survival...