Author Archives: Marsha Brecht

Driving East

Posted on August 22, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

We left Forest City, Iowa, early this morning and drove 315 miles east, stopping at Princeton, Illinois, for the night. It was a beautiful day for a drive so we just kept on going. The drive was uneventful. We did … Continue reading →

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The Day The Music Died

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

We were up early and moved the RV over to the service lot where we lined up with several others who were there for service too. Our 34′ rig is dwarfed by most of the others which are 40-footers. While … Continue reading →

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Winnebago Factory Tour

Posted on August 20, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

Leaving Albert Lea this morning we went south into Iowa to Forest City to the manufacturing plant where our motorhome was built. They have lots of RV parking spots with electricity for its customers. We selected a spot in the … Continue reading →

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Heading Out!

Posted on August 19, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

We’re off!  We are on our way to New Hampshire and Connecticut to spend some time with our kids before we go south for the winter. Right now there are no specific plans of what to see along the way, … Continue reading →

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Here We Go Again! #4

Posted on August 14, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

August is the beginning of our fourth year of our full-time RV living and traveling. The last three years have been fun, and we are ready for another year of it. We have spent most of the summer in our … Continue reading →

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Back to the Start

Posted on June 14, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

Finally, after leaving Minnesota nine months ago, traveling to Washington State, down the beautiful Oregon Coast, seeing the Giant Redwoods forest, Death Valley, Lake Havasu, Yuma Arizona, taking an incredible Amtrak train trip from Arizona to New Hampshire (to see … Continue reading →

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Corning Museum of Glass

Posted on June 10, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

Wow, who knew a glass museum could be so much fun? We stopped in Corning, New York, to visit the Corning Museum of Glass, being there when the doors opened at 9:00 and stayed all day, it was that interesting. … Continue reading →

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Carousel Capital of the World!

Posted on June 8, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

We are half way through the state of New York. The landscape is still beautiful and green but the sky is darkening and we’re getting a bit of rain and wind. We drove 200 miles and had enough of this … Continue reading →

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Here We Go Again

Posted on June 7, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

It’s been a whole month since we arrived in Concord, NH. We’ve been enjoying our time with our daughter (who drove up from Connecticut), our son and his wife, and our three-month old grandson. Many changes are happening here, job … Continue reading →

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Day Trip to Maine

Posted on May 17, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

We haven’t moved from our campground, and we’ll be here in Concord, New Hampshire, for at least two more weeks. Today we made a little car trip over to Main to visit our friend, Peter, who lives in Old Orchard … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire Family Time

Posted on May 9, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

Most RV parks and campgrounds this far north do not open until the middle or the end of May. But we did find one that just opened now. It’s a quiet campground, mostly seasonal campers who have been there for years. … Continue reading →

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Mohegan Sun

Posted on May 6, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

We said goodbye for now to our daughter in New Haven and are making our way up to Concord, New Hampshire. But we didn’t go far, only about 50 miles. We can’t make this trip without stopping at our favorite … Continue reading →

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Dinner and a Movie

Posted on May 5, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

This early in the spring most of the RV parks, State Parks, and campgrounds In Connecticut are not yet open for the season. We did find a place to park our RV in the back lot of a Mobile Home … Continue reading →

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A Walk in the Park

Posted on May 2, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

The McDade Recreational Trail is a 31-mile long trail along the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware River in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreational Area. We are not ambitious enough to walk the whole thing, but we did a section … Continue reading →

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A Few Waterfalls

Posted on May 1, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

We are at the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area on the Delaware River. There are over 100 miles of hiking trails here so if you’re into hiking this is a great place to be. We did a little bit … Continue reading →

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Milford Monuments and an Aqueduct

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

Our plans are to visit our daughter in New Haven, Connecticut, but she has obligations and won’t be available until Monday. There are very few RV parks or campgrounds around New Haven and the ones that are there won’t open … Continue reading →

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Grey Towers

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

Plan ahead? Us? Nope. Spontaneity is how we roll. Usually we just drive until we feel like stopping and then look for a place to park for the night: an RV Park; a city, county, state, or national park; public … Continue reading →

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Peep Peep

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

I like Peeps. They’re so cute and colorful. The factory is here in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. It’s too bad they do not do factory tours, I’d love to see the little peeps popping out onto the conveyor belts. We drove by … Continue reading →

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Bethlehem Steel Stacks

Posted on April 26, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

We went back in to Cabela’s to find the aquarium that we totally missed the day before. As we were looking around we also spotted this target shooting setup. That looks like fun. The aquarium was tucked away behind the … Continue reading →

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Hamburg and Cabela’s

Posted on April 24, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

It’s always fun to eat the local cuisine during our travels. Neither of us were quite sure just what Pennsylvania Dutch food is but this region is the place to find out. After reading some reviews on the internet we … Continue reading →

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