Our visit to Nick’s ancestral home was very moving.
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It’s our first visit to Calabria and we are charmed by this lovely region.
September 6, 2019
Lynne
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Dean Martin said it best! We are finally returning to Italy. It’s been more than two years since we left, and we can’t wait to get there. We got an early start for the drive from Albany, New York to JFK Airport in New York City. in a one-way rental from Hertz. Our rental is…
February 15, 2019
Lynne
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“There was nowhere to go but everywhere, so just keep on rolling under the stars.” — Jack Kerouac, On the Road Two years ago today, Nick, Bella and I said goodbye to our comfortable life and home. Our empty house was for sale. We had given away, sold or thrown out almost all of our accumulated possessions….
When we left California wine country, we knew it was time to head home. While we hadn’t seen or done everything that we wanted too, we were ready to spend some time with our family. Nick studied the map and proposed that we take I-80, a route that crosses through the heartland of our…
November 13, 2018
Lynne
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The tragic scenes of the fires in California reminded me that I hadn’t posted this blog about our trip to this beautiful state. There were several large fires while we were there and we were struck by the impact of these fires on our western states. Our prayers go out to the people who are…
August 24, 2018
Lynne
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There were a few things that we definitely wanted to do on our epic cross-country US road trip. Seeing the Redwoods was one of them. As we drove Highway 101 out of Oregon and into Northern California, Nick and I scoured the woods at the roadside for our first glimpse of the Redwoods. We saw…
August 14, 2018
Lynne
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When my kids were growing up, they only had a few computer games. One of them was “The Oregon Trail”. After the kids went to bed at night, I would spend hours playing that game. I had lots of images in my head about Oregon, but I was about to be surprised. For my fellow…
August 10, 2018
Lynne
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NIck had a surprise picked out for our next location…wine country!! We arrived at the Wine Country RV Park in Prosser, Washington for a five day stay.
August 7, 2018
Lynne
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I’d be lying if I said we weren’t nervous about crossing the mountains that stood between us and the west coast. There’s really no avoiding them. We relied heavily on Google in our decision to take route I-90 from South Dakota, through Wyoming and Montana and into Idaho. We left our campground bright and early,…