We were in Cumberland Gap when I got a message from an old acquaintance and blog follower. She’d seen my write-up about Sturbridge Village in Massachusetts and suggested we check out some of the Shaker community museums. There was one…
Cumberland Gap National Park
Cumberland Gap is a natural break in the Appalachian Mountains used first by Native Americans and migratory animals, then American settlers (including Daniel Boone) to traverse the mountains. Cumberland Gap National Park sits on three states: Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky.…
Washington D.C.
The last time I was in Washington D.C. was for President Kennedy’s funeral. I was nine years old, and my parents decided on impulse to drive us all down from New York City. My dad borrowed gas money from a…
Lum’s Pond State Park
From Lancaster, Pennsylvania, we headed to Delaware for no other reason than to add it to our travel map. It was the only Northeast state we hadn’t been to, and we wanted to check it off before heading south. What…
Down Time in Lancaster
In the eight months we’ve been on the road, we’ve never stayed at a campground for more than three nights. Until we got to the Circle M Thousand Trails resort in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Finally, without the push of a festival…
Amish Country Revisited
When we stayed in Hershey in September, Kate and I spent a day driving around the Amish countryside near Intercourse, and it was one of my favorite days on this trip (see Amish in Intercourse). It was sunny and warm,…
Halloween at Circle M
At the Circle M RV Resort where we were staying in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Halloween came a week early. Like the Halloween we’d experienced the week before at the Gateway to Cape Cod campground, this one included elaborate decorations, costume contests,…
The Poconos
The Poconos are a small mountain range in Pennsylvania, popular for skiing in the winter, camping in summer. We were just driving through, and stopped at the Scotrun Thousand Trails campground for the night. There were just a handful of…
Sturbridge, Massachusetts
From Cape Code we headed to Sturbridge, Massachusetts for no other reason than it was in a general southward direction and it had a Thousand Trails campground. The campground was nothing to shout about, but we enjoyed visiting Old Sturbridge…
Cranberries and Ghouls
On our way to Provincetown, we had a quick overnight in the Gateway to Cape Cod campground. It’s a Thousand Trails resort about two hours from P-town, and it’s right next to a cranberry bog. We stayed there again after…
Women’s Week in Provincetown
A small fishing village at the very tip of Cape Cod, Provincetown, Massachusetts has been a popular gay getaway since the 1970s. Now quaint B&Bs, disco bars, spendy restaurants and art galleries cozy in along the fishing boats and marine…
New Brunswick, Canada
Driving through New Brunswick was like sitting in a moving iMax theater for six hours, watching colors and scenery in some world that normally only photographers and filmmakers get to see. Oregon gets some beautiful fall colors, but nothing close…