Category Archives: October

A Walk About Savannah

Posted on October 30, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

If you Google “most beautiful street in Savannah” you will get several references to Jones Street. And it is so. The street begins just a few blocks away from the Savannah Visitor Center so we parked there and walked over … Continue reading →

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A Walk and A Ride in Savannah

Posted on October 29, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

The first stop of a visit to Savannah should be to the Savannah Visitor Center and Museum which are in the old train station. There are some very helpful people there and the museum is wonderful display of Savannah’s history. … Continue reading →

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Savannah GA

Posted on October 27, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

We left Williamsburg VA early Sunday morning and headed on down Interstate 95 for the next few days. Our drive was rather uneventful, but I did get a few pictures. Signs of the south are beginning to appear. The first … Continue reading →

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Fort Monroe, Virginia

Posted on October 24, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

Our niece, Lyndsay, lives about an hour east of where we are so we went to meet her and her husband, Brett, for lunch in Hampton, Virginia, which was a half-way point. We enjoyed a good meal and conversation. Good … Continue reading →

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Colonial Williamsburg

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

“That the future may learn from the past” Colonial Williamsburg is the restored 18th-century capital of Virginia during the Revolutionary War period.  It is an historical landmark as well as a living history museum. Many of the original buildings have been restored … Continue reading →

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Historic Jamestown

Posted on October 22, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

Colonial National Historical Park In 1607, Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in America, 13 years before the Pilgrims arrived in Massachusetts. This is the actual location of the Old Towne and the 1607 James Fort and settlement on … Continue reading →

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Washington DC

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

We are in a wooded campground in Greenbelt National Park just north of Washington DC. We’ve been here a few times before, it’s pretty old and rustic and hard to fit our 34′ rig into the spaces, but we managed. … Continue reading →

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Mount Washington Cog Railway

Posted on October 6, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

Three years ago we explored the White Mountains of New Hampshire and took a shuttle van ride up to the top of Mount Washington, the highest summit in northeastern USA at 6,288 feet above sea level. That was a great … Continue reading →

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A Vermont Surprise

Posted on October 1, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

It’s fall now. The weather is changing and the trees are turning. We know that friends of ours from Minnesota are on a bus tour of Vermont. I found their itinerary on the internet and learned that the bus was … Continue reading →

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Yay The Sun!

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Marsha Brecht

It was raining good when we got up this morning and continued until almost noon. So, taking advantage of the “non-rain” condition we went out to explore. As we left the wooded campground we were greeted with a beautiful rainbow … Continue reading →

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Cape Blanco

Posted on October 30, 2014 by Marsha Brecht

We’ve been seeing gas prices around the country drop the last month or so while we continued to pay the higher prices out here. But today we see evidence of the lower prices here too! So before we left town … Continue reading →

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A Day in Coos Bay

Posted on October 29, 2014 by Marsha Brecht

Farmers Market this morning in Coos Bay. This is the last one for the year here. It had rained overnight but had stopped by the time we were ready to go out. We were pleased to see they still had … Continue reading →

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Another Rainy Day

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Marsha Brecht

It wasn’t raining this morning so we set out to explore right away. Yesterday we crossed this Conde McCullough Memorial Bridge north of here. We crossed it again today. When this was built in 1936 it was the longest bridge … Continue reading →

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Coos Bay, Oregon

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Marsha Brecht

NO rain in the forecast for today! It’s about time. Our plan was to leave the Osprey Point RV park in Lakeside today as soon as our package of mail arrived. It was almost noon when we left, heading south … Continue reading →

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Umpqua River Lighthouse

Posted on October 25, 2014 by Marsha Brecht

Ugh….all it does is rain. It rained all day again yesterday, and most of today too. But today it came with some very high winds, rocking the RV, and blowing trees and branches into the streets. We took advantage of … Continue reading →

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Streets of Scarecrows

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Marsha Brecht

It rained all night and it rained all day yesterday and we didn’t leave the RV at all. No rain this morning.  Ready for an actual RV Park we checked the Passport America directory and found a member park about … Continue reading →

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Carnivorous Plants and Sand Dunes

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Marsha Brecht

Our explorations today took us first to Darlingtonia State Natural Site. This area was set aside  to preserve these carnivorous plants. Pitcher plant. also called cobra-lilly, traps and digests insects. This plant is only found in Northern California and in … Continue reading →

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Florence, OR

Posted on October 20, 2014 by Marsha Brecht

It rained overnight, big surprise. Slowly moving south, we drove another 25 incredibly scenic miles, to Florence, Oregon. There are several Scenic Viewpoints along Pacific Coast Hwy 101. This big RV would not fit into the parking areas for all … Continue reading →

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Yachats, OR

Posted on October 19, 2014 by Marsha Brecht

Sunday mornings are usually busy times for campgrounds as all the weekend campers exit at the same time. We waited until around noon before we left our campsite and still had to wait an hour in a long line of … Continue reading →

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Friends and Our Day

Posted on October 18, 2014 by Marsha Brecht

It rained all day yesterday. Nothing serious, just plain rain. Enough to keep us inside for most of the day. Gotta love social media. We are members of a new social group, RVillage, which helps to connect with other RVers … Continue reading →

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