A peek at Life on the Road
The Moravian Tile Works is located in Bucks County, eastern Pennsylvania, and is a National Historic Landmark. The tile works made use of local terra-cotta clay and produced many thousands of hand made tiles in the early 1900’s. The tile works is a unique set of connected hand poured concrete buildings created to efficiently … Continue reading DAY 58 – Moravian Tile Works, Henry Mercer
We have a lunch date at the only Guinness Brewery in North America, which is located outside of Baltimore, MD. Prior to lunch, we take a short driving tour of Baltimore; Camden Yards classic brick ball field for the Orioles, Charles Street, which passes by many well known Baltimore historic buildings and John Hopkins … Continue reading DAY 56 – Guinness, Open Gate, Baltimore
Our sights are set on the US Capitol building. We did not have advance reservations, and were lucky to get in line and be granted a free tour of the capital building. It is a beautiful morning, blue sky, white clouds, high in the low 80’s and likely showers in the afternoon. We transferred … Continue reading DAY 55 – US Capitol and Supreme Court
Today, there will be little walking and we will not be spending 3 hours on public transportation. We want to see old town Alexandria, which is across the Potomac and down river a bit from DC. Parking the oversized pickup in an in town parking garage does not work. The top of the truck … Continue reading DAY 54 – CrossFit, Mount Vernon, VA
Another walking day in DC today, stroll the Mall and view many of the Memorials. We have more time on our hands since we are retired and loving it, and can see sights that we have not had time for in the past. We start with a first time walk through the Sculpture Garden, … Continue reading DAY 53 – Washington DC Memorials
Forecast: Sunny, 82 degrees. This is a good day to spend at a shady zoo, and we will save the long walks for a cooler day. I have fond memories of the National Zoo, it is a premier zoo with beautiful grounds. The zoo scientists work to keep the environment stimulating for the animals. … Continue reading DAY 52 – National Zoo and Arlington Nat’l Cemetery
It’s a short trip from Front Royal, VA to College Park, MD, but it requires pulling the 48’ rig on the dreaded Washington beltway. The rain has stopped, the sun is shining, it promises to be a nice Monday. We enter the beltway close to noontime, the traffic is busy, but very manageable. I … Continue reading DAY 51 – Cherry Hill Park, MD
What to do on a rainy Sunday morning with no plans?? How about a batch of pancake art? Hmmm, smiley face, initials, heart, wine glass, bunch of grapes, Dachshund, Washington Monument,... there is no rush, what a luxury to have the time to relax and spend half the morning making, and then eating pancake … Continue reading DAY 50 – Sunday, Rainy Sunday
I remember Luray Caverns from a childhood camping trip, the images of the spacious caverns and beautiful stalactites and stalagmites stayed with me. The caverns were discovered in 1878 by two local folk, by noticing cold air rushing out of a limestone sinkhole. Scientists from the Smithsonian visited the site in 1880 and created … Continue reading DAY 49 – Luray Caverns
We are based in Front Royal, VA at the north end of the Sky Line Drive. This north-south ridge parkway is within the Shenandoah National Park. Much of the road and park features were constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps, CCC, during the depression of the 1930’s. The parkway follows a high ridge of … Continue reading DAY 48 – Sky Line Drive, VA
Retired and Loving It 