May 182016
 

I really shouldn’t be allowed to leave the house without adult supervision. It never ends well when I do. As I wrote in yesterday’s blog, I was meeting my friend author Stephen Arseneault for lunch yesterday. We had agreed to meet at Dustin’s Bar-B-Q, which is only a mile or two from the campground. I […]

The Day Went Astray

 Posted by at 12:53 am  Nick's Blog
May 122016
 

We planned to get a lot done yesterday here at home. My goal was at least 4,000 words in my sequel to Dog’s Run, and I was hoping to get all the way up to 6,000 done. Meanwhile, Miss Terry wanted to get the 464 threads threaded through the heddles on her loom for her […]

Mar 022016
 

There’s a saying in the RV world that if you don’t like the neighbors, you can just move. So we did! Actually our neighbors were fine people, they were just parked too close to us. But that wasn’t their fault, the RV sites in some parts of the A section at the Orlando Thousand Trails […]

A Move To Seaside

 Posted by at 12:02 am  Nick's Blog
Jul 222015
 

We were awake at 6 a.m. yesterday because it was moving day. And though it was only a 120 mile trip, we needed to get to our new location, the Seaside Thousand Trails preserve, early to snag a good site. This is a very popular campground and stays busy all summer long. We were on […]

The Dead Zone

 Posted by at 12:02 am  Nick's Blog
Jul 072015
 

We really like the Elks lodge campground here in Florence, Oregon. The sites are roomy, the place is very clean, the power is good, and everybody is friendly. But it’s an internet dead zone. The Verizon signal on our cell phones and air card are very, very flakey, and getting online is really difficult. Staying […]

A Play Day

 Posted by at 3:16 am  Nick's Blog
Aug 132013
 

After I talked to our printer back in Allegan, Michigan yesterday and confirmed that they had received the files for the new issue of the Gypsy Journal and things looked good, Terry and I decided we deserved a play day. We left the campground about noon and drove a few miles north to the tiny […]

Moving Day

 Posted by at 1:05 am  Nick's Blog
Jan 232013
 

We moved around a lot when I was a kid and during my time in the Army, and later as a civilian I lived in a lot of places. I always hated moving. Not going someplace new and meeting new people all the time; that was exciting. But I dreaded the hassle of packing everything […]

Another Day At Home

 Posted by at 12:03 am  Nick's Blog
Jul 202012
 

We thought that we would get to play tourist yesterday, but the fast-moving storm system that came through the region the day before was followed up by a steady rain that fell all night long and well into the morning. Neither one of us really wanted to go out in that kind of weather, so […]

Stormy Weather

 Posted by at 12:30 am  Nick's Blog
Jul 192012
 

We woke up to gray skies overhead yesterday, and decided that it would be a good day to just stay home and stay off the road. The predicted thunderstorms that were supposed to come to this area yesterday arrived right on time, in mid-afternoon. About 3:30 PM the already gray day suddenly turned as black […]

Lots To See And Do

 Posted by at 12:27 am  Nick's Blog
Jul 162012
 

We had a good night camped at the Ludlow, Massachusetts Elks Lodge, where it was nice and quiet after the wedding party left. It was still really hot, and since we were only on 20 amp electric we didn’t want to attempt to run our air conditioner and trip the circuit. So we resorted to […]

Settled In At TTN

 Posted by at 12:26 am  Nick's Blog
Nov 152011
 

We were up early yesterday morning, eager to get to the Orlando Thousand Trails (TTN) preserve early in the day, since it was supposed to be in the high 80s later in the day. Also, because the sites here are on a first come basis, and we wanted to snag one in the 50 amp […]

Jul 102011
 

In a blatant display of his total disregard for society, and totally ignoring any sense of responsibility toward his fellow man, yesterday morning my buddy Greg White fired up the big diesel engine in his American Eagle motorhome, loaded his pretty wife Jan inside, and took off for parts unknown. That’s right, he left me […]

Jun 292011
 

Did you ever get into a conversation with somebody, and suddenly realize that no matter what you say, their mind is already made up, and it’s useless to try to confuse them with facts? I seem to feel that way a lot. After reading yesterday’s blog, about our visit to the Evergreen Aviation & Space […]