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 September 13, 2021

Gourmet Dining & Beautiful Hiking: Lake Toxaway & Gorges State Park

We like variety in our traveling adventures, from hiking in wild places to exploring cool towns and gourmet dining. I am so grateful that for our first trip out in 18 months, we’ve landed in a place that offers an abundance of things we enjoy. Granted, we’re still in a pandemic, and life is not […]

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Categories : Adventures With The Kitty, North Carolina, Travel
Tags : Gorges State Park, Greystone Inn, Lake Toxaway, Rainbow Falls, Staircase Falls, Turtleback Falls
 September 1, 2021

Yosemite Of The East: Hiking In Panthertown Valley

We set out yesterday to do a hike in Panthertown Valley. It’s a wild, rugged place that’s often referred to as the “Yosemite of the East.” That may be a bit of a stretch, but our seven-mile hike delivered a beautiful creek, two gorgeous waterfalls, and a fabulous view from on top of a mountain […]

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Categories : North Carolina, Travel
Tags : Greenland Creek Falls, hiking Panthertown Valley, Little Green Mountain, Panthertown Valley, Schoolhouse Falls
 August 23, 2021

Summer In A Rainforest—And A Flood: Western North Carolina

When we planned our summer getaway to the mountains of Western North Carolina, we did not realize that we were plunking ourselves down in a rainforest that gets upwards of 80 inches of rain every year. And we certainly didn’t plan on a storm delivering six inches of rain overnight and flooding the peaceful little […]

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Categories : Adventures With The Kitty, North Carolina, Travel
Tags : Gorges State Park, Lake Toxaway, Rainbow Falls, Riverbend RV Resort, Turtleback Falls
 August 12, 2021

On The Road Again: Unexpected Delights In North Georgia & Traveling With Magnolia

As you can see from the above photo, Magnolia is settling into traveling life. We are, too. After a few days of traveling through Georgia and discovering some cool little towns, we’re now in Western North Carolina until mid-September. We had a few bumpy moments right out of the barn, but I think we’re gonna […]

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Categories : Adventures With The Kitty, Georgia, Travel
Tags : City Pharmacy restaurant, Covington Georgia, Georgia State Botanical Garden, Hard Labor Creek State Park, preparing to RV, traveling with a cat, White Oak Pastures
 July 29, 2021

Getting Ready To Travel: Excitement And Anxiety In Equal Measure

It has been exactly 18 months since we rolled down the driveway here in Eastpoint, Florida to deal with rooting out my parents’ home. Little did we know when we unhitched the trailer that we would be here more than a year-and-a-half later. We’re busily preparing for our first trip after this very long pause, […]

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Categories : Florida, Reality RV
Tags : Preparing for RV travel, traveling with a cat
 July 17, 2021

Wrapping Up Our Maritime Adventures: St. Andrews, New Brunswick

In mid-September 2019, we wrapped up our two-and-a-half month sojourn in the Maritimes with a few days in St. Andrews-by-the-Sea, New Brunswick. With a beautiful botanical garden, a sweet downtown, and an intriguing island mansion only accessible at low tide, we had plenty to keep us occupied for a few days. Exploring St. Andrews-By-The-Sea True […]

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Categories : Canada, Maritimes, New Brunswick, Travel
Tags : Kingsbrae Gardens, Kiwanis Campground St. Andrews, Ministers Island, Niger Reef Teahouse, St. Andrews-By-The-Sea
 June 28, 2021

High And Low Tides: Kouchibouguac And Fundy National Parks

The Bay of Fundy, located in the Canadian province of New Brunswick, boasts the highest tides in the world. Touted as one of the seven wonders of North America, it’s in league with the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Niagara Falls, Yosemite, the Everglades, and Denali. In mid-September of 2019, we headed to Fundy National Park, the […]

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Categories : Canada, Maritimes, New Brunswick, Travel
Tags : Alma New Brunswick, Fundy National Park, Hopewell Rocks Provincial Park, Kouchibouguac National Park
 June 4, 2021

Annapolis Royal, Humpback Whales, & Chased By A Hurricane

It’s time to return to the Maritimes! As I mentioned in our last post, we’re finding our way back to ‘normal.’ Part of that means catching up on our travel-related posts before we start roaming again. So return with us, dear friends, to early September of 2019, when we explored the pretty and historic village […]

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Categories : Maritimes, Nova Scotia, Travel
Tags : Acadians, Annapolis Royal, Digby, humpback whales, Kejimkujik, Port-Royal Historic Site
 April 3, 2021

Colorful Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

One of these days in the not-too-distant future, the world will open up again. When it does, one of the places I would love to return to is Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. In early September of 2019, we spent five idyllic days in this historic, vibrant fishing town. Exactly The Kind Of Place We Enjoy Some […]

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Categories : Maritimes, Nova Scotia, Travel
Tags : Bay to Bay Trail, Beach Pea Kitchen, Blue Rocks Nova Scotia, Fisheries Museum of The Atlantic, Ironworks Distillery, Laughing Whale Coffee, Lunenburg, Lunenburg Board of Trade campground, Mahone Bay, Salt Shaker Deli
 March 12, 2021

A Year Of Staying Put: And A Big Decision

At this time last year, we were finishing up our two-month project of clearing out my parents’ home and preparing it for sale. And we were happily anticipating resuming our travels. Instead, we’ve been stranded in Florida for more than a year. After much (exhausting) discussion, we’ve decided to stay here for a while longer. […]

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Categories : Florida, Musings, Reality RV
Tags : pausing our fulltime travels, traveling fulltime
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