tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44130621661206944872024-03-20T19:38:29.125-07:00Becoming NomadsTwo Alaskans decide to retire, sell most of their material assets, and travel the world. Follow our adventure as we begin the process of sizing down and dreaming up!Tom and Bobbie Lucidohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18375798496860862205noreply@blogger.comBlogger504125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413062166120694487.post-58453275436010737352020-12-25T08:26:00.001-08:002020-12-25T08:26:41.452-08:00Christmas in Southern California<div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;"><b>H</b></span></span><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;">ANDY LINKS TO OUR BLOG HIGHLIGHTS</span></b></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2015/07/the-decision.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">How We Got Started</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2018/01/how-our-itinerary-is-planned-to-be-cost.html" id="id_b1e5_a3f4_5477_ea62" style="text-decoration-line: none;">How We Do It</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/08/countries-and-territories-visited.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Countries and Territories Visited</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2016/08/" style="text-decoration-line: none;">USA Adventure</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/07/days-1-iceland-adventure-begins.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Iceland</a> <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/07/days-15-16-off-to-ukand-stonehenge.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The UK Adventure</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/09/day-1-club-arrives-capitols-of-norther.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Our Travel Club Arrives in Paris</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com.au/2017/09/day-7-paris-to-amsterdam-frenchy-and.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Capitols of N. Europe and Scandinavia</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/10/day-1-russian-adventure-begins.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Russia and the Trans-Siberian Railway</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/11/day-1-korea-small-group-tour-begins.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">South Korea</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/12/our-first-week-in-sapporo-japan.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Japan</a> | <a href="http://becomingnomads.blogspot.com.au/2018/03/australia.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Australia</a> | <a href="http://becomingnomads.blogspot.co.id/2018/05/bali-our-week-begins.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Bali & Indonesia</a> | <a href="http://becomingnomads.blogspot.my/2018/05/kuala-lumpur-malaysia.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Malaysia</a> | <a href="http://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/06/singapore.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Singapore</a> | <a href="http://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/06/transferring-to-hong-kong-another-one.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Macau-Hong Kong</a> | <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4413062166120694487#editor/target=post;postID=3525504979699109279;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=1;src=postname" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Southern China</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/07/zhangjiajie-national-park-chinas-first.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Zhangjiajie National Park</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/07/a-week-in-shanghai-big-city-big-days.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Central China</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/08/a-week-in-xian-terracotta-warriors-wall.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Terracotta Warriors</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/08/pandas-four-days-in-chengdu.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Pandas</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/08/tibet-five-very-interesting-days.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Tibet</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/08/nepal-our-first-week-in-kathmandu.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Nepal</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/09/our-last-club-adventure-day-7-on-to.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">India</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/10/our-last-club-adventure-on-to.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Uzbekistan</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/11/no-33-five-days-in-almaty-kazakhstan.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Kazakhstan</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/11/a-month-in-republic-of-georgia-first.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Georgia</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/11/bulgaria-via-turkey-sofia-our-first.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">The Balkans</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/02/eight-days-in-croatia-europes-best-kept.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Eastern Europe</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/03/a-restful-week-in-aviano-italy.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Italy</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/04/ireland-part-1-dublin-to-kilkenny.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Ireland</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/05/no-52-scotland-edinburgh-and-aberdeen.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Scottish Highlands</a>-<a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/05/no-52-scotland-edinburgh-and-aberdeen.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Outer Islands</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/05/england-our-final-seven-days-of-carol.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">England</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/06/norway-country-no-56-two-weeks-with.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Norway</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/06/no-57-estonia-first-of-three-baltic.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">The Baltics</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/07/no-60-poland-one-week-two-cities.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Poland</a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/07/no-61-five-days-in-prague-czech.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Czech Republic</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/07/no-63-our-kenya-family-adventure-nairobi.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Kenya</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/08/our-tanzania-and-malawi-safari.html" id="id_bb60_c87e_5a43_ece0" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Tanzania and Malawi</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/08/no-70-zambia-leopards-and-and-amazing.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Zambia</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/08/no-71-zimbabwe.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Zimbabwe</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/09/no-71-botswana-our-overland-trek.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Botswana </a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/09/no-72-our-first-24-hours-in-namibia.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Namibia</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/10/no-74-south-africa-week-in-cape-town.html">South Africa</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2020/01/west-africa-24-day-adventure-into-heart.html">West Africa</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2020/01/handy-quick-links-to-our-blog.html">Portugal</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2020/02/spain-three-weeks-on-costa-azul-part-1.html">Spain</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2020/03/handy-quick-links-to-our-blog.html">Switzerland</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2020/03/germany-and-covid-19.html">Germany</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-first-ten-days-into-our-quarantine.html">COVID-19 Quarantine - Virginia</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2020/08/usa-adventure-ii-begins-august-19-2020.html" target="_blank">USA Adventure II</a></b></div><div></div></div></div><p>After seven weeks of rest and hiding out in New Mexico, and with the Covid-19 quarantine raising its head in California, we departing and sped quickly across Arizona and into the Palm Springs area where an RV park that handles full-time residents was able to accommodate up. We rented a spot for a month and we were happy to get this close to Fountain Valley and our family.</p><p>For the next month, we traveled to Orange County three times and spend a few days each with Bobbie's sister and family. Christmas dinner was great and it was wonderful to see all the kids and one that was born while we were overseas.</p><p>It was a bittersweet end to our adventure.</p><p>After the new year, we headed north to Washington state and Whidbey Island where we would begin our home hunting adventure.</p><p>Our world tour on hold, we opted to advance the plan and find our forever home on the island. Our plans will pick up again next December when we hope to rejoin the world circuit in Santiago, Chile.</p>Tom and Bobbie Lucidohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18375798496860862205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413062166120694487.post-9703789638277267672020-12-25T08:19:00.002-08:002020-12-25T08:19:46.723-08:00Las Cruces, NM<div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;"><b>H</b></span></span><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;">ANDY LINKS TO OUR BLOG HIGHLIGHTS</span></b></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2015/07/the-decision.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">How We Got Started</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2018/01/how-our-itinerary-is-planned-to-be-cost.html" id="id_b1e5_a3f4_5477_ea62" style="text-decoration-line: none;">How We Do It</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/08/countries-and-territories-visited.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Countries and Territories Visited</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2016/08/" style="text-decoration-line: none;">USA Adventure</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/07/days-1-iceland-adventure-begins.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Iceland</a> <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/07/days-15-16-off-to-ukand-stonehenge.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The UK Adventure</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/09/day-1-club-arrives-capitols-of-norther.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Our Travel Club Arrives in Paris</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com.au/2017/09/day-7-paris-to-amsterdam-frenchy-and.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Capitols of N. Europe and Scandinavia</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/10/day-1-russian-adventure-begins.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Russia and the Trans-Siberian Railway</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/11/day-1-korea-small-group-tour-begins.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">South Korea</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/12/our-first-week-in-sapporo-japan.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Japan</a> | <a href="http://becomingnomads.blogspot.com.au/2018/03/australia.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Australia</a> | <a href="http://becomingnomads.blogspot.co.id/2018/05/bali-our-week-begins.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Bali & Indonesia</a> | <a href="http://becomingnomads.blogspot.my/2018/05/kuala-lumpur-malaysia.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Malaysia</a> | <a href="http://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/06/singapore.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Singapore</a> | <a href="http://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/06/transferring-to-hong-kong-another-one.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Macau-Hong Kong</a> | <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4413062166120694487#editor/target=post;postID=3525504979699109279;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=1;src=postname" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Southern China</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/07/zhangjiajie-national-park-chinas-first.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Zhangjiajie National Park</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/07/a-week-in-shanghai-big-city-big-days.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Central China</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/08/a-week-in-xian-terracotta-warriors-wall.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Terracotta Warriors</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/08/pandas-four-days-in-chengdu.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Pandas</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/08/tibet-five-very-interesting-days.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Tibet</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/08/nepal-our-first-week-in-kathmandu.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Nepal</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/09/our-last-club-adventure-day-7-on-to.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">India</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/10/our-last-club-adventure-on-to.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Uzbekistan</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/11/no-33-five-days-in-almaty-kazakhstan.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Kazakhstan</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/11/a-month-in-republic-of-georgia-first.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Georgia</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/11/bulgaria-via-turkey-sofia-our-first.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">The Balkans</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/02/eight-days-in-croatia-europes-best-kept.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Eastern Europe</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/03/a-restful-week-in-aviano-italy.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Italy</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/04/ireland-part-1-dublin-to-kilkenny.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Ireland</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/05/no-52-scotland-edinburgh-and-aberdeen.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Scottish Highlands</a>-<a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/05/no-52-scotland-edinburgh-and-aberdeen.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Outer Islands</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/05/england-our-final-seven-days-of-carol.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">England</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/06/norway-country-no-56-two-weeks-with.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Norway</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/06/no-57-estonia-first-of-three-baltic.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">The Baltics</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/07/no-60-poland-one-week-two-cities.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Poland</a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/07/no-61-five-days-in-prague-czech.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Czech Republic</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/07/no-63-our-kenya-family-adventure-nairobi.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Kenya</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/08/our-tanzania-and-malawi-safari.html" id="id_bb60_c87e_5a43_ece0" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Tanzania and Malawi</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/08/no-70-zambia-leopards-and-and-amazing.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Zambia</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/08/no-71-zimbabwe.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Zimbabwe</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/09/no-71-botswana-our-overland-trek.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Botswana </a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/09/no-72-our-first-24-hours-in-namibia.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Namibia</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/10/no-74-south-africa-week-in-cape-town.html">South Africa</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2020/01/west-africa-24-day-adventure-into-heart.html">West Africa</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2020/01/handy-quick-links-to-our-blog.html">Portugal</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2020/02/spain-three-weeks-on-costa-azul-part-1.html">Spain</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2020/03/handy-quick-links-to-our-blog.html">Switzerland</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2020/03/germany-and-covid-19.html">Germany</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-first-ten-days-into-our-quarantine.html">COVID-19 Quarantine - Virginia</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2020/08/usa-adventure-ii-begins-august-19-2020.html" target="_blank">USA Adventure II</a></b></div><div></div></div></div><p>Having spent four days with our kids, we headed to Las Cruces, NM where we planned to spend seven weeks. The drive through western Texas and into New Mexico was stalled by a surprise ice storm that had un marooned in Mildand, TX for two nights waiting for the snow and ice to clear. The drive into New Mexico itself was uneventful and we reached the Hacienda RV Park in record time.</p><p>Our RV park was located a block off the freeway, was quiet, super clean, and very well maintained. The staff were pleasant and accommodating and for seven weeks we enjoyed our stay. Taking advantage of the downtime in one place, it was a great opportunity to catch up on some health issues. What ended up being a checkup for a few complaints turned into five weeks of testing and procedures to rule out a suspected heart issue and a few other maladies. In the end, all came out well with a few things to watch over the next few months.</p><p>The town of Mesilla, the historic old west captiol of the Arizona territory was at our doorstep and we took many walks and bike rides into this little piece of Mexico in the USA. The architecture and art were great and history oozed from every corner. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzfZn1SHEhHyFHIjjMPWzu3RVxNLKmCWveOwg2T_6tQ4goITgQup2k0QqVx3iDT73bDE_RVg8R_nXK91MVvn1-ST8SWhxloVg4JBgTtlkEajswbu-ZiYeQRA2E8kR_emLszPQIDf37Tic7/s245/th+%25284%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="182" data-original-width="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzfZn1SHEhHyFHIjjMPWzu3RVxNLKmCWveOwg2T_6tQ4goITgQup2k0QqVx3iDT73bDE_RVg8R_nXK91MVvn1-ST8SWhxloVg4JBgTtlkEajswbu-ZiYeQRA2E8kR_emLszPQIDf37Tic7/s0/th+%25284%2529.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtpWGiFm5l8TTNlDtZ2uIicR9y3l0nehZ3h1u1ab1ycAcGncJjW38EdrAz7LbMRWuyUYidp5ZsBcyeFKKWOawPw6hGmPJNp2LNsNnvY6rlj18gRLBofotb4LHGJV80TguFwsSMZgqLxNtq/s218/th+%25285%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="151" data-original-width="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtpWGiFm5l8TTNlDtZ2uIicR9y3l0nehZ3h1u1ab1ycAcGncJjW38EdrAz7LbMRWuyUYidp5ZsBcyeFKKWOawPw6hGmPJNp2LNsNnvY6rlj18gRLBofotb4LHGJV80TguFwsSMZgqLxNtq/s0/th+%25285%2529.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEA4CB_hLpAO2FrjENIctpVXd68Fb-8Qh4tp93hJSAnvP6m13lQM8Iu0Vp4qAU6SGOG_Y80ciFENDfRsYNH5LPrEMw7uSLZ_UkueAP9hAqrzKiDcPW-iwf8cQ6juciWKzz86t-yDfcV86u/s280/th+%25286%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="172" data-original-width="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEA4CB_hLpAO2FrjENIctpVXd68Fb-8Qh4tp93hJSAnvP6m13lQM8Iu0Vp4qAU6SGOG_Y80ciFENDfRsYNH5LPrEMw7uSLZ_UkueAP9hAqrzKiDcPW-iwf8cQ6juciWKzz86t-yDfcV86u/s0/th+%25286%2529.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOAYR3OsqqfRlycpk9qZmIzVP5AVmjGdS7eAak4fJq20fQvomqSrTM1_LIiBpn5-F-ooenirMkA1Uf5hJE1Lh-l3jPRPt5GZ7qKLcaaLRl-tbDXhMmwXueDkuRXqXxxDpXnzmcbmvYEDqK/s326/th+%25287%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="163" data-original-width="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOAYR3OsqqfRlycpk9qZmIzVP5AVmjGdS7eAak4fJq20fQvomqSrTM1_LIiBpn5-F-ooenirMkA1Uf5hJE1Lh-l3jPRPt5GZ7qKLcaaLRl-tbDXhMmwXueDkuRXqXxxDpXnzmcbmvYEDqK/s320/th+%25287%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Las Cruces and all of New Mexico were under heavy stay at home orders so we only ventured out for outside activities, shopped with caution, and pretty much stayed out of the way. We enjoyed three days trips while there.</p><p>We visit Silver City and Gila Mountain National Park. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcXL3Q5rgSBireAw91uIEha_UJboN5bJuAnBXtBVFisnKNHlpu2xJev2gFv-jv3_PMiUEgu-AQiy6Ka9QPkO_MmPN6mkjda7_ZW5aAyoWnl2SFTZcMj5J4PFKgKRBY1UhxT7yDguFDJRcn/s331/th+%25288%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="159" data-original-width="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcXL3Q5rgSBireAw91uIEha_UJboN5bJuAnBXtBVFisnKNHlpu2xJev2gFv-jv3_PMiUEgu-AQiy6Ka9QPkO_MmPN6mkjda7_ZW5aAyoWnl2SFTZcMj5J4PFKgKRBY1UhxT7yDguFDJRcn/s320/th+%25288%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIpo-nK2hmS3KRmp7TANvUdMX2o6wDCn8FLDyY5koA3Cb1V6jthyphenhyphenGey96_SAAj0NzLnzJbixTY0feB14jSzBKvcIyxruxPDVJwcajGrXXeSwEmcXNmwdDMOFpZMmovJPrRFCfgJz5E9496/s229/th+%25289%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="153" data-original-width="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIpo-nK2hmS3KRmp7TANvUdMX2o6wDCn8FLDyY5koA3Cb1V6jthyphenhyphenGey96_SAAj0NzLnzJbixTY0feB14jSzBKvcIyxruxPDVJwcajGrXXeSwEmcXNmwdDMOFpZMmovJPrRFCfgJz5E9496/s0/th+%25289%2529.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixupaz3agU1HyZgHBNppyTfnWcgq9Rs6cR7ekfQDwrLcuuP6K9PPCyejI-eGFv8jH6rB-7eCwwB_5AatsVZJc7gth-APW3rK3T3iKmKzzO6xh2Xct99asCXYuMBuZMu8aNpvfoiIgjcImi/s303/th+%252810%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="172" data-original-width="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixupaz3agU1HyZgHBNppyTfnWcgq9Rs6cR7ekfQDwrLcuuP6K9PPCyejI-eGFv8jH6rB-7eCwwB_5AatsVZJc7gth-APW3rK3T3iKmKzzO6xh2Xct99asCXYuMBuZMu8aNpvfoiIgjcImi/s0/th+%252810%2529.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSlMfeeoqiCGiYc1ld32oLNY9r92WQt38UCZDUkJa5CDxgL97xxKKMKbyiBT-i_cLoVflNJ8TksVuHuPrcmSpsqBJSxcTgUL9RBlSpUnP1lzkGSlnPtNqiVXKRFz4TRyIOvqXSt51ScXuT/s242/th+%252811%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="182" data-original-width="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSlMfeeoqiCGiYc1ld32oLNY9r92WQt38UCZDUkJa5CDxgL97xxKKMKbyiBT-i_cLoVflNJ8TksVuHuPrcmSpsqBJSxcTgUL9RBlSpUnP1lzkGSlnPtNqiVXKRFz4TRyIOvqXSt51ScXuT/s0/th+%252811%2529.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7tN3hSolTthzU-mLCwk3wdJysMRW6ZyhcUDuCpxsphfprOVNQ9_hHBxmPqtngR6tNdx8G4N47vjMBnfIctxXwwIJH-7z2szBLThXkZyyq1YZ4ZMmIJ0F4tRjlNZoVuxi29ItxNABYqw1v/s266/th+%252812%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="177" data-original-width="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7tN3hSolTthzU-mLCwk3wdJysMRW6ZyhcUDuCpxsphfprOVNQ9_hHBxmPqtngR6tNdx8G4N47vjMBnfIctxXwwIJH-7z2szBLThXkZyyq1YZ4ZMmIJ0F4tRjlNZoVuxi29ItxNABYqw1v/s0/th+%252812%2529.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibbeXLVfFHuljus4ndgpDZcLRy7tVv6_7Qf1r3gjH5JTJQZ9wghomYpQK-C2-01N7_GThxBSUPdEXbOwDaXQAK8AKVqZUmxfBKw2WHnwYcUi1UsxDI17ZpiAmgDZx5BLQsWx7H1t3mVPUF/s236/th+%252813%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="177" data-original-width="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibbeXLVfFHuljus4ndgpDZcLRy7tVv6_7Qf1r3gjH5JTJQZ9wghomYpQK-C2-01N7_GThxBSUPdEXbOwDaXQAK8AKVqZUmxfBKw2WHnwYcUi1UsxDI17ZpiAmgDZx5BLQsWx7H1t3mVPUF/s0/th+%252813%2529.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj94e2vAAwjCH547c-xLtIXY-bT1vHQPSkdnqZolbPQ3Ipt1SiwOOkuJZSgGAYQCjZf-yjlqz5uVUBOFc4q4RaSde1DeqCnUjQ3fIU5ocuCUsfL8VQT-HKeeVBTbBszWzPaLgjmxAIL4_fL/s377/th+%252814%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="156" data-original-width="377" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj94e2vAAwjCH547c-xLtIXY-bT1vHQPSkdnqZolbPQ3Ipt1SiwOOkuJZSgGAYQCjZf-yjlqz5uVUBOFc4q4RaSde1DeqCnUjQ3fIU5ocuCUsfL8VQT-HKeeVBTbBszWzPaLgjmxAIL4_fL/s320/th+%252814%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>We drove over the Organ Mountains and to White Sands National Park. There were a lot of folks who enjoyed the dunes.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEiMTYW0pQF5uwFv_C1kJccahrPgK40CR-DzbcHyYEPvjXBbnmksZUPFcdkAO6i3zzVwHVoNMoSQxbz8-_UcV-NYvjv7qPE3yVjU2c2SflcaUineVUHbf_kLf0JEmQBb2rlOU-r-nFGj3a/s223/th+%252815%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEiMTYW0pQF5uwFv_C1kJccahrPgK40CR-DzbcHyYEPvjXBbnmksZUPFcdkAO6i3zzVwHVoNMoSQxbz8-_UcV-NYvjv7qPE3yVjU2c2SflcaUineVUHbf_kLf0JEmQBb2rlOU-r-nFGj3a/s0/th+%252815%2529.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB4upZII5r9ZfPhU0mRcR1omIaz-68rz0A4pUNY2VYp4_dL2KNAEUAMrqRktP9n6hIpVXi5COqZGMMMAb1XJ6iCV5smCQBe1kDS2hnb4CwHF0WDralS3jq0COEGDG4b_eLEnEw8kPkQ5Iv/s250/th+%252816%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/07/no-61-five-days-in-prague-czech.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Czech Republic</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/07/no-63-our-kenya-family-adventure-nairobi.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Kenya</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/08/our-tanzania-and-malawi-safari.html" id="id_bb60_c87e_5a43_ece0" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Tanzania and Malawi</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/08/no-70-zambia-leopards-and-and-amazing.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Zambia</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/08/no-71-zimbabwe.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Zimbabwe</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/09/no-71-botswana-our-overland-trek.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Botswana </a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/09/no-72-our-first-24-hours-in-namibia.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Namibia</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/10/no-74-south-africa-week-in-cape-town.html">South Africa</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2020/01/west-africa-24-day-adventure-into-heart.html">West Africa</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2020/01/handy-quick-links-to-our-blog.html">Portugal</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2020/02/spain-three-weeks-on-costa-azul-part-1.html">Spain</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2020/03/handy-quick-links-to-our-blog.html">Switzerland</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2020/03/germany-and-covid-19.html">Germany</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-first-ten-days-into-our-quarantine.html">COVID-19 Quarantine - Virginia</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2020/08/usa-adventure-ii-begins-august-19-2020.html" target="_blank">USA Adventure II</a></b></div><div></div></div></div><p>Our drive from Lake of the Ozarks took us three days. The RV park we chose in Tulsa was clean, easy to find, and right off of the I-40 frontage road. This was an in and out for us so we did not unhook. Bobbie took her usual walk and we settled in early for a little TV and a good night of sleep. </p><p>We rose early and were back on the road by 9AM. The drive was uneventful as we traveled due south through the rolling hills of southern Oklahoma. As we neared Wichita Falls, TX everything got painfully flat and hot. We reached our RV camp in the heart of the city midday and set up camp for two nights.</p><p>"Wichita Falls" is now a man-made perma-stone waterfall that was rebuilt after a large flood in recent years. It never was a huge waterfall, but it was the city's namesake. So after the flood, the city decided to rebuild the falls. We stayed two nights in a hot, dry, but otherwise pleasant park. We took a driving tour of the city. Everything was closed. There were few people on the street. We wandered a few neighborhoods, enjoying the sprawling ranch-style homes with their long, low cabled rooflines. We stopped at a local market and it was busy. So on goes the Covid part of our story.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnhn3aaKWE6BB-WDYlnPMI4vrTN3isflp0S3ySBQV_VJlWtm9nOYdc8o2hJTj7DKDaXVAWLZIK9pWNauC-jt3yrmZMYHXkGRWFs4MrFPolg2vekJe3Ah-DPSdrAv-wVhJ0-3LkDL__DIX4/s2048/Revised_photo_of__The_Falls__at_Wichita_Falls%252C_TX_IMG_6918.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnhn3aaKWE6BB-WDYlnPMI4vrTN3isflp0S3ySBQV_VJlWtm9nOYdc8o2hJTj7DKDaXVAWLZIK9pWNauC-jt3yrmZMYHXkGRWFs4MrFPolg2vekJe3Ah-DPSdrAv-wVhJ0-3LkDL__DIX4/s320/Revised_photo_of__The_Falls__at_Wichita_Falls%252C_TX_IMG_6918.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSjeKqi3eBU9MUxG8g5SA4QHeB5hYD05K4TIAKb3rbEs9nr3CadavPR_NbEDUALZFa3e-KgIOWeQ55xrqACXz39ibLhJvOb01vq9eS5Amjg9Qez3sevhHpy2wGIkcZqxl2Yapmf3qlIOZm/s1000/wichita-falls-texas-aerial-photographer-drone-photo-image-tx.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSjeKqi3eBU9MUxG8g5SA4QHeB5hYD05K4TIAKb3rbEs9nr3CadavPR_NbEDUALZFa3e-KgIOWeQ55xrqACXz39ibLhJvOb01vq9eS5Amjg9Qez3sevhHpy2wGIkcZqxl2Yapmf3qlIOZm/s320/wichita-falls-texas-aerial-photographer-drone-photo-image-tx.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">We missed out on a reportedly great railroad museum.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR704I1qiZ-x3yABoLED8XKnpQq1GF-_t4z5e_ZM8znMpWT7Ww-OSZkSriC27y1l7izuxnLO9VNnfWIQ5CPdcvo-vJ1IWlRmrEHCYmyLQDSEtmICI-KTdtRPvll79jDC4ckYW0orn_dQxe/s2048/Railroad_exhibit_at_Depot_Square_in_Wichita_Falls%252C_TX_IMG_6975.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR704I1qiZ-x3yABoLED8XKnpQq1GF-_t4z5e_ZM8znMpWT7Ww-OSZkSriC27y1l7izuxnLO9VNnfWIQ5CPdcvo-vJ1IWlRmrEHCYmyLQDSEtmICI-KTdtRPvll79jDC4ckYW0orn_dQxe/s320/Railroad_exhibit_at_Depot_Square_in_Wichita_Falls%252C_TX_IMG_6975.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><p>Departing WF, it was an easy four-hour drive to Waco, There we stayed at a nice, locally-owned RV park near the river. About ten miles outside of the city center, it was perfect; quiet, clean, cheap, and no bugs! Our kids drove up from Houston and together we stayed and played in Waco for three days.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcRmolfKNY7U18ejD6YctQMYS-vZy3mCRWV0c_K1lYQFHXT9QVDnHGYz1iXUAxYWHgIzAREuA4Y3R79tlcKXXJRebJf7J0IhcMFKxSEVZlins_VOJNGZTFcIEsB2bJR8NT4Vj6232Xmi2Q/s1252/Riverview.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="1252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcRmolfKNY7U18ejD6YctQMYS-vZy3mCRWV0c_K1lYQFHXT9QVDnHGYz1iXUAxYWHgIzAREuA4Y3R79tlcKXXJRebJf7J0IhcMFKxSEVZlins_VOJNGZTFcIEsB2bJR8NT4Vj6232Xmi2Q/s320/Riverview.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>In Waco we spent time at the Sports Hall of Fame, a lot of time at the Magnolia Silos, and drove out to the Mammoth National Monument to check out the bones. The most important time was spent with our kids.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivna0yAUor88_rEoSrFd8ZtRvSmZ6jYtbL3HJgA5KiJ8WblKbDYhpmD3YSVaDORJvzIktbAWlkJ43C1ypw96SAV_7fdsoIIv8PZBpQB1UyWLPmigYYfuv0O-VtL5mmAlHR8OaCcutUGm8E/s1526/Screenshot+2020-12-25+080134.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1384" data-original-width="1526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivna0yAUor88_rEoSrFd8ZtRvSmZ6jYtbL3HJgA5KiJ8WblKbDYhpmD3YSVaDORJvzIktbAWlkJ43C1ypw96SAV_7fdsoIIv8PZBpQB1UyWLPmigYYfuv0O-VtL5mmAlHR8OaCcutUGm8E/s320/Screenshot+2020-12-25+080134.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Tom and Bobbie Lucidohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18375798496860862205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413062166120694487.post-73340831840547883542020-10-17T09:49:00.003-07:002020-10-19T15:37:01.964-07:00 Osage Beach - Lake of the Ozarks<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;"><b>H</b></span></span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: red;">ANDY LINKS TO OUR BLOG HIGHLIGHTS</span></b></p><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2015/07/the-decision.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">How We Got Started</a><b> | </b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2018/01/how-our-itinerary-is-planned-to-be-cost.html" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" id="id_b1e5_a3f4_5477_ea62">How We Do It</a><b> | </b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/08/countries-and-territories-visited.html" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;">Countries and Territories Visited</a><b> | </b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2016/08/" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;">USA Adventure</a><b> | </b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/07/days-1-iceland-adventure-begins.html" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;">Iceland</a><b> </b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/07/days-15-16-off-to-ukand-stonehenge.html" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The UK Adventure</a><b> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/09/day-1-club-arrives-capitols-of-norther.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Our Travel Club Arrives in Paris</a> | </b><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com.au/2017/09/day-7-paris-to-amsterdam-frenchy-and.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Capitols of N. 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Since I had never been there, and Bobbie since she was a kid, we booked a full week at an RV park on to the top of the ridgeline that is mostly Osage Beach. Across the road was a huge shopping center with everything from groceries to Lowe's and everything in between from clothing to furniture. All the name box stores, etc. The only thing not close or accessible was the lake itself.</p><p>Our park is full, with only space available on the weekdays. This was what we woke to on Saturday morning. we were both one of the smallest and one of the oledest....smile.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGdwzo3J8qClF5RK9dB140fvMojb_ZYp3QJtd0uuxAdhbWm8ds2KGMU9CAHuLk6mdjWfmQyjPkuFbdZ2VCMTBe6n8vO2Pmq7wz87ETc3UCePcdenWcQgyuMA4ITblaLWyyrm61WEYa4fTE/s4608/DSCN1583.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGdwzo3J8qClF5RK9dB140fvMojb_ZYp3QJtd0uuxAdhbWm8ds2KGMU9CAHuLk6mdjWfmQyjPkuFbdZ2VCMTBe6n8vO2Pmq7wz87ETc3UCePcdenWcQgyuMA4ITblaLWyyrm61WEYa4fTE/s320/DSCN1583.JPG" width="320" id="id_4553_d307_516a_9cad" style="width: 320px; height: auto;"></a></div><div><br></div>We took one day and drove around some of the "lake." Lake of the Ozarks is actually a huge snaking reservoir formed by the Bushnell Dam on the Osage River in Lake Osaze, Missouri. It was up one hill and down the other. All along the shoreline were private access roads for residents and guests. We barely had a clear view of the water. <div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinm_v9ZXauM-_Eby4dY1pcuNT9YU6Pkk1kuwG0m1IXgVjXGvgSNSwMFmypNLwMNksm7qsStFllHoM2oGMGdVm68UoGn17kC81O2MMCWWwXzKyuITwFXdI9MUw7JhPMqFxCPrRBXLBIQ5T4/s290/download+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="174" data-original-width="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinm_v9ZXauM-_Eby4dY1pcuNT9YU6Pkk1kuwG0m1IXgVjXGvgSNSwMFmypNLwMNksm7qsStFllHoM2oGMGdVm68UoGn17kC81O2MMCWWwXzKyuITwFXdI9MUw7JhPMqFxCPrRBXLBIQ5T4/s0/download+%25281%2529.jpg" id="id_76ef_41cf_ede1_d308" style="width: 290px; height: auto;"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVtMIGl7MBqZns_518pm41z-NLvmHDx2ROCE0OsjKPVQkpRCPq5uI03C8rQHZ46LvSf_e0N9b9K2c3k_JO4rvnqX9LQsykBINxKLLayGG-D5rsHEFPr4C5c0g16HwBsjdfGebxckivgMC7/s278/download+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="182" data-original-width="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVtMIGl7MBqZns_518pm41z-NLvmHDx2ROCE0OsjKPVQkpRCPq5uI03C8rQHZ46LvSf_e0N9b9K2c3k_JO4rvnqX9LQsykBINxKLLayGG-D5rsHEFPr4C5c0g16HwBsjdfGebxckivgMC7/s0/download+%25282%2529.jpg" id="id_4990_d136_24b4_7e69" style="width: 278px; height: auto;"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhOpnGmyNEBtCoMqfAtyovoe2uff59QlOkelKgI_Vd2BQd9H488aebZXbVbilUIrFahrHAFRQZStqLy0JvpvtDSbxyk94I5SDrrdiO5u0eNySQkzmBfHhNmgXUY9ZAkmfxBrkvyyL5X7tD/s290/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="174" data-original-width="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhOpnGmyNEBtCoMqfAtyovoe2uff59QlOkelKgI_Vd2BQd9H488aebZXbVbilUIrFahrHAFRQZStqLy0JvpvtDSbxyk94I5SDrrdiO5u0eNySQkzmBfHhNmgXUY9ZAkmfxBrkvyyL5X7tD/s0/images.jpg" id="id_a394_ee00_4a2c_756a" style="width: 290px; height: auto;"></a></div><br><div>Over a few bridges, we got to Sunrise Beach. Midday and no beach, we did find a Mexican restaurant and an interesting bar next door. LOL.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiakrFk0efnYas_WErLX7mlRvk-T7KVuPzbiDo8CsNu6CITDYhKPHCYBMpmBbw2VgAaSFX505LnHt9B7fl9aPN9wMJNtWLQsdfLJJzabDkp-BMF34n1oMlIp2fAKmLKYXcW_1at8itgrVXT/s2048/DVVM7358%255B1%255D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiakrFk0efnYas_WErLX7mlRvk-T7KVuPzbiDo8CsNu6CITDYhKPHCYBMpmBbw2VgAaSFX505LnHt9B7fl9aPN9wMJNtWLQsdfLJJzabDkp-BMF34n1oMlIp2fAKmLKYXcW_1at8itgrVXT/s320/DVVM7358%255B1%255D.JPG" width="320" id="id_a34f_46a3_20cf_c72a" style="width: 320px; height: auto;"></a></div><br><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvud_fT8GDkYmderzbezJLpab1wULQDObcsXEJTuIUkvxTuzgDkZ6098XUQ9cXhK6QKasTcA4pbonqnRjEfjmtsnk8xvQpehKgNHAlipRi7hFrsEPYLfWBkDUYtcI0R4b9VgS-5p0J19JO/s2048/IMG_1342.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvud_fT8GDkYmderzbezJLpab1wULQDObcsXEJTuIUkvxTuzgDkZ6098XUQ9cXhK6QKasTcA4pbonqnRjEfjmtsnk8xvQpehKgNHAlipRi7hFrsEPYLfWBkDUYtcI0R4b9VgS-5p0J19JO/s320/IMG_1342.JPG" id="id_dcac_692a_4752_3ff6" style="width: 240px; height: auto;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR5tdrslGutzQ9KCX7ZK9472dvrmWp5-a2fnDhDKKdIpSllgCGrTAmBu4GV7p6lbhCFhNAcaZMRqbDiPlaO1qIwtnITJplgTsxcyE-TLf49dbcz82fLNvCbDq67E1MqMmIWWjL_9os4oXi/s2048/IMG_1341.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR5tdrslGutzQ9KCX7ZK9472dvrmWp5-a2fnDhDKKdIpSllgCGrTAmBu4GV7p6lbhCFhNAcaZMRqbDiPlaO1qIwtnITJplgTsxcyE-TLf49dbcz82fLNvCbDq67E1MqMmIWWjL_9os4oXi/s320/IMG_1341.JPG" id="id_5133_e931_b5a9_15c8" style="width: 240px; height: auto;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We took a whole day and drove north for an hour to Jefferson City, the capital of Missouri. It is a sleepy city of 50,000 and the streets were barely active. Shops and a few restaurants were open. We toured the capitol building. All floors with accessible and we wandered past the offices of most senators and representatives, as well as the Governor. He was seated at his desk and the only thing between him and us was a receptionist and a welcome sign. I quickly googled his party affiliation and moved on. The building is magnificent and there is a nicely updated museum on the ground floor. We were two of possibly five tourists in the building. It was tomblike in many regards. 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This would be home base for the next week as we visit Bobbie's family. Sister Andy and brother Dan, and cousin Aleana (et al) live within a few minutes drive of the park. It has been four years since we have seen everyone and it was a great week. And herein lies the rub. We did not take a single family photo other than the one shown below. LOL It's been so long since I take photos daily that I have lost my tourist skill. </p><p>Mixed in with ou.r visits we also both hiked and then road the Old US Route 66 through the Chain of Rocks area. On our own we wandered the present desolate Union Station area and rode the ferris wheel. On our last day, we went downtown and wandered around the Arch National Park with Andy and had lunch at a Bosnian deli outside of the city</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6FmOk3CWdwRpJrT70Y209hGI8TUWG2QE5Z_f_HRP48C4PP1cUoMYGACv7lNdQ9SUjZrRTY44vibiibg-wEaNE9BuWf7WQbpk3vGfcRP14Za_gOQ_84FjfZFIE_9lIWpbMgIq3pATqq5Ik/s2048/IMG_1331%255B1%255D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6FmOk3CWdwRpJrT70Y209hGI8TUWG2QE5Z_f_HRP48C4PP1cUoMYGACv7lNdQ9SUjZrRTY44vibiibg-wEaNE9BuWf7WQbpk3vGfcRP14Za_gOQ_84FjfZFIE_9lIWpbMgIq3pATqq5Ik/s320/IMG_1331%255B1%255D.JPG" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Tom and Bobbie Lucidohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18375798496860862205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413062166120694487.post-1506108997211981382020-10-14T09:18:00.002-07:002020-10-14T09:18:19.695-07:00Springfield, IL<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: red;"><b>H</b></span></span><b style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: red;">ANDY LINKS TO OUR BLOG HIGHLIGHTS</span></b></span></p><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2015/07/the-decision.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">How We Got Started</a><b> | </b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2018/01/how-our-itinerary-is-planned-to-be-cost.html" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;">How We Do It</a><b> | </b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/08/countries-and-territories-visited.html" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;">Countries and Territories Visited</a><b> | </b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2016/08/" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;">USA Adventure</a><b> | </b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/07/days-1-iceland-adventure-begins.html" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;">Iceland</a><b> </b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/07/days-15-16-off-to-ukand-stonehenge.html" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The UK Adventure</a><b> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/09/day-1-club-arrives-capitols-of-norther.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Our Travel Club Arrives in Paris</a> | </b><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com.au/2017/09/day-7-paris-to-amsterdam-frenchy-and.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Capitols of N. 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The only purpose for our visit was to be close enough to Chicago that our friends Nettie and Dennis could drive down to visit. We found a great spot at the state fairgrounds, just north of downtown. It was pretty, but we had great services for $25 a night. This made up for this few $70 nights that had us over budget.</p><p>The fairgrounds were closed but all of the spaces were open. Huge exhibition halls, animal stalls, and lots of open space made for an interesting daily walk for Bobbie. I rode my bike a few times. We were also across the street from the cemetery where Lincoln's tomb can be found.</p><p>Nettie and Dennis drove down on Sunday and we had a really lovely lunch and spent lots of time catching up;. It was great to see both of them. They were at our wedding...and although we see Nettie every other year on our travel club tours, we had not seen Dennis face to face for 18 years.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfrIPYDuKjCGdwXqtFY1AS-8VpKDhyYoRYJZ9xR9TymYGOOLbDK4BMjaSqe7i06RW1SszkaK53PUQxgKsOFxoz6mYSBw5nf0AwN3ffQyWNESbTwwSeYq7jGE_atagzeng-ITimyTAhv5SX/s2048/IMG_1307%255B1%255D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfrIPYDuKjCGdwXqtFY1AS-8VpKDhyYoRYJZ9xR9TymYGOOLbDK4BMjaSqe7i06RW1SszkaK53PUQxgKsOFxoz6mYSBw5nf0AwN3ffQyWNESbTwwSeYq7jGE_atagzeng-ITimyTAhv5SX/s320/IMG_1307%255B1%255D.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>We visited the Lincoln museum. The library was not open to the public. We had a free small group tour of the Old Capitol building. We and a woman with three kids made up our group and our guide was great at keeping everyone apart. We treated ourselves to an inside lunch at a nice restaurant where only five tables made up the dining room. Well-spaced out and only three tables being used, we felt safe and the food was great. This was the third time we have eaten inside a restaurant since March 2020.</p><p>Across the street were the governor's mansion and the Dana Thomas House, an Frank Lloyd Wright design. We tried with no luck to see either. 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font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/07/no-61-five-days-in-prague-czech.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Czech Republic</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/07/no-63-our-kenya-family-adventure-nairobi.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Kenya</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/08/our-tanzania-and-malawi-safari.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Tanzania and Malawi</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/08/no-70-zambia-leopards-and-and-amazing.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Zambia</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/08/no-71-zimbabwe.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Zimbabwe</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/09/no-71-botswana-our-overland-trek.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Botswana </a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/09/no-72-our-first-24-hours-in-namibia.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Namibia</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/10/no-74-south-africa-week-in-cape-town.html">South Africa</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2020/01/west-africa-24-day-adventure-into-heart.html">West Africa</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2020/01/handy-quick-links-to-our-blog.html">Portugal</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2020/02/spain-three-weeks-on-costa-azul-part-1.html">Spain</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2020/03/handy-quick-links-to-our-blog.html">Switzerland</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2020/03/germany-and-covid-19.html">Germany</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-first-ten-days-into-our-quarantine.html">COVID-19 Quarantine - Virginia</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2020/08/usa-adventure-ii-begins-august-19-2020.html" target="_blank">USA Adventure II</a></b></div><div></div></div></div><p>We departed Ohio and drove almost all the way across Indiana to reach Turkey Run State Park. In the middle of nothing but corn a<span style="font-family: inherit;">nd bean fields, and surrounded by numerous very small towns, the state park is the first in Indiana. The park is covered in lush hardwood forest. It <span style="color: #0a0a0a;">offers the chance to explore deep, sandstone ravines, walk along stands of aged forests, and enjoy the scenic views along Sugar Creek. We were here for a week walking the trails and riding our bikes. It was a really great campsite and we loved the quiet, peaceful area. The park was about 50% full and there was lots of daily activity. 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text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The UK Adventure</a><b> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/09/day-1-club-arrives-capitols-of-norther.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Our Travel Club Arrives in Paris</a> | </b><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com.au/2017/09/day-7-paris-to-amsterdam-frenchy-and.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Capitols of N. Europe and Scandinavia</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/10/day-1-russian-adventure-begins.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Russia and the Trans-Siberian Railway</a> | </b><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/11/day-1-korea-small-group-tour-begins.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">South Korea</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/12/our-first-week-in-sapporo-japan.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Japan</a> | <a href="http://becomingnomads.blogspot.com.au/2018/03/australia.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Australia</a> | <a href="http://becomingnomads.blogspot.co.id/2018/05/bali-our-week-begins.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Bali & Indonesia</a> | <b><a href="http://becomingnomads.blogspot.my/2018/05/kuala-lumpur-malaysia.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Malaysia</a> | <a href="http://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/06/singapore.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Singapore</a> | <a href="http://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/06/transferring-to-hong-kong-another-one.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Macau-Hong Kong</a> | <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4413062166120694487#editor/target=post;postID=3525504979699109279;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=1;src=postname" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Southern China</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/07/zhangjiajie-national-park-chinas-first.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Zhangjiajie National Park</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/07/a-week-in-shanghai-big-city-big-days.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Central China</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/08/a-week-in-xian-terracotta-warriors-wall.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Terracotta Warriors</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/08/pandas-four-days-in-chengdu.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Pandas</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/08/tibet-five-very-interesting-days.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Tibet</a> | </b></b><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/08/nepal-our-first-week-in-kathmandu.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Nepal</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/09/our-last-club-adventure-day-7-on-to.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">India</a> | </b><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/10/our-last-club-adventure-on-to.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Uzbekistan</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/11/no-33-five-days-in-almaty-kazakhstan.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Kazakhstan</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/11/a-month-in-republic-of-georgia-first.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Georgia</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/11/bulgaria-via-turkey-sofia-our-first.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">The Balkans</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/02/eight-days-in-croatia-europes-best-kept.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Eastern Europe</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/03/a-restful-week-in-aviano-italy.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Italy</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/04/ireland-part-1-dublin-to-kilkenny.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Ireland</a> </b><b>| </b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/05/no-52-scotland-edinburgh-and-aberdeen.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><b>Scottish</b><b> </b><b>Highlands</b></a>-<b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/05/no-52-scotland-edinburgh-and-aberdeen.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Outer Islands</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/05/england-our-final-seven-days-of-carol.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">England</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/06/norway-country-no-56-two-weeks-with.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Norway</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/06/no-57-estonia-first-of-three-baltic.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">The Baltics</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/07/no-60-poland-one-week-two-cities.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Poland</a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/07/no-61-five-days-in-prague-czech.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Czech Republic</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/07/no-63-our-kenya-family-adventure-nairobi.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Kenya</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/08/our-tanzania-and-malawi-safari.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Tanzania and Malawi</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/08/no-70-zambia-leopards-and-and-amazing.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Zambia</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/08/no-71-zimbabwe.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Zimbabwe</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/09/no-71-botswana-our-overland-trek.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Botswana </a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/09/no-72-our-first-24-hours-in-namibia.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Namibia</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/10/no-74-south-africa-week-in-cape-town.html">South Africa</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2020/01/west-africa-24-day-adventure-into-heart.html">West Africa</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2020/01/handy-quick-links-to-our-blog.html">Portugal</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2020/02/spain-three-weeks-on-costa-azul-part-1.html">Spain</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2020/03/handy-quick-links-to-our-blog.html">Switzerland</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2020/03/germany-and-covid-19.html">Germany</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-first-ten-days-into-our-quarantine.html">COVID-19 Quarantine - Virginia</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2020/08/usa-adventure-ii-begins-august-19-2020.html" target="_blank">USA Adventure II</a></b></div><div></div></div></div><p>Driving further west and into Ohio, it took us a lot longer than expected to reach our destination, about an hour north of Columbus, the state capitol. We took a few country roads along the way wandering through seemingly endless fields of corn. Our new home was an award-winning RV park with full services...and it was packed with families, kids, and lots of travelers. Being the end of the season, we got an indrecit rate and for our nights, we enjoyed great service. Two state parks are nearby and that provided lots of walking space and biking opportunities.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm2LPhFj5xbcWen1ofhnxQuYRqQP3uCu8cB5xHvYfLN-Xr0gIZo3i6SqryzCATp6w74cn6RfSWY0qG0dPQhQvmC9YfcsVe1s2mGUy6oeKYDlhYKRGfIAV8wZ5F9KsM9d7nFSSErWOKEqQH/s2048/extra_large_982b1939e4964d37f27c1c3c106ce833.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm2LPhFj5xbcWen1ofhnxQuYRqQP3uCu8cB5xHvYfLN-Xr0gIZo3i6SqryzCATp6w74cn6RfSWY0qG0dPQhQvmC9YfcsVe1s2mGUy6oeKYDlhYKRGfIAV8wZ5F9KsM9d7nFSSErWOKEqQH/s320/extra_large_982b1939e4964d37f27c1c3c106ce833.png" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbNfeJTsIWng18OrLZK-gtKGpcoNUtAtnSQNJp0NN_y7_OTes_uBpI_Bdn7hBwiSPAjQWPta-amSmlb8e8tr_sbAEqiByoZQGRF8tIn0YC394jXHE2LLJGDWmObmlkRI2Wcpb_UgIjBM1a/s735/025e4e28731655b7d4300c22d09d59ec.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="692" data-original-width="735" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbNfeJTsIWng18OrLZK-gtKGpcoNUtAtnSQNJp0NN_y7_OTes_uBpI_Bdn7hBwiSPAjQWPta-amSmlb8e8tr_sbAEqiByoZQGRF8tIn0YC394jXHE2LLJGDWmObmlkRI2Wcpb_UgIjBM1a/s320/025e4e28731655b7d4300c22d09d59ec.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>We took one day to drive into Columbus. The state's capital was quiet as expected. The downtown barely inhabited. We drove around the area looking at the buildings and wandered into the Germantown area with all of the wonderful 19th-century row houses. The area has been gentrified with loads of shops and restaurants...most closed or offering limited service. Since we were in a large city, we took advance of access to an IKEA store, a large hardware store, and we stocked up at a really great Kroger.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRQ43aKupk6VPBtoNHqxd-wYW9t3rZnni9pxiOnsxdMpi5EPtl0Nupxy-Qe9Kos_NXUm_qthYxk_JsLGR-f1RUTOp9SSX5mY4ahHqZNlXQ0B5vlyAWnDkaM7F87og78Bya_BtEIHdzcy8R/s2048/503187-davel5957-istock-474632606.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRQ43aKupk6VPBtoNHqxd-wYW9t3rZnni9pxiOnsxdMpi5EPtl0Nupxy-Qe9Kos_NXUm_qthYxk_JsLGR-f1RUTOp9SSX5mY4ahHqZNlXQ0B5vlyAWnDkaM7F87og78Bya_BtEIHdzcy8R/s320/503187-davel5957-istock-474632606.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcJPOMsATkyVfRQ0ISTAVAkFhOXfnhOONVuI28jOw2sproQ-Ag0XSgsnC9JOLKhqlYWydPieiDSJsZcLHd4gCCRO31rBk5D8JjnGSwDqGD4yipcgddyFBJDwKk9nSP0odiftKnlxmIYWcP/s640/5071830717_c8680cc83d_z.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcJPOMsATkyVfRQ0ISTAVAkFhOXfnhOONVuI28jOw2sproQ-Ag0XSgsnC9JOLKhqlYWydPieiDSJsZcLHd4gCCRO31rBk5D8JjnGSwDqGD4yipcgddyFBJDwKk9nSP0odiftKnlxmIYWcP/s320/5071830717_c8680cc83d_z.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQouCnVnlCjhVCFOy0zHd6FDK2qnHe-G5_yh-l8_PFq24gvElTETvhH77Rp2k7HV1o3lT2Me8K9-gGcGT9Wib8IiHZ2zP-nb4VhDZETUD9f66meUwn12Wq-UgAHh_UZnGphxO9-rqnFsRn/s550/german-village+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="393" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQouCnVnlCjhVCFOy0zHd6FDK2qnHe-G5_yh-l8_PFq24gvElTETvhH77Rp2k7HV1o3lT2Me8K9-gGcGT9Wib8IiHZ2zP-nb4VhDZETUD9f66meUwn12Wq-UgAHh_UZnGphxO9-rqnFsRn/s320/german-village+%25281%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5hHlf71D32sgJIxl54etzq3JL-wml6WNwCIDoagb2uMPQCIed5xXi5_-IGbBj5iie-eQ8ldOPhVw_Gbl4PWMByAvn8hyphenhyphenG9msfN7_EooljOPU-GI3u4FvI3PuuEOKTxJ9sRinvewQu7_rH/s550/german-village.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="367" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5hHlf71D32sgJIxl54etzq3JL-wml6WNwCIDoagb2uMPQCIed5xXi5_-IGbBj5iie-eQ8ldOPhVw_Gbl4PWMByAvn8hyphenhyphenG9msfN7_EooljOPU-GI3u4FvI3PuuEOKTxJ9sRinvewQu7_rH/s320/german-village.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>And, we found time to visit the local IKEA. While we did not buy anything...no need...it was fun to add another location to our international list. We have visited IKEA stores all over the world, and interestingly, many in countries you would never expect like Kenya and Uzbekistan.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUedymsx-8ki5oaXDqqkjMqfR9E-ZsLJ5vvUM7sgxG7WaXOTN5WymifM1HoRVv4_E8B1AcKj4PhLJF-vHXLCt_gQE4OKcLbCXaTOkDw4dKO7OzQlHDtRqW7loyyNoL1rZ6qT17JxfSnaOZ/s228/th+%25283%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="152" data-original-width="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUedymsx-8ki5oaXDqqkjMqfR9E-ZsLJ5vvUM7sgxG7WaXOTN5WymifM1HoRVv4_E8B1AcKj4PhLJF-vHXLCt_gQE4OKcLbCXaTOkDw4dKO7OzQlHDtRqW7loyyNoL1rZ6qT17JxfSnaOZ/s0/th+%25283%2529.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Tom and Bobbie Lucidohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18375798496860862205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413062166120694487.post-33806744006411065832020-10-01T07:01:00.005-07:002020-10-01T07:01:48.120-07:00Lake Chautauqua, NY<div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><b>HANDY LINKS TO OUR BLOG</b></span><br /><br /><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2015/07/the-decision.html" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;">How We Got Started</a><b> | </b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2018/01/how-our-itinerary-is-planned-to-be-cost.html" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;">How We Do It</a><b> | </b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/08/countries-and-territories-visited.html" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;">Countries and Territories Visited</a><b> | </b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2016/08/" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;">USA Adventure</a><b> | </b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/07/days-1-iceland-adventure-begins.html" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;">Iceland</a><b> </b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/07/days-15-16-off-to-ukand-stonehenge.html" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The UK Adventure</a><b> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/09/day-1-club-arrives-capitols-of-norther.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Our Travel Club Arrives in Paris</a> | </b><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com.au/2017/09/day-7-paris-to-amsterdam-frenchy-and.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Capitols of N. 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Many of you may remember the beautiful woman in the long red dress at our wedding. She was my "best person." Her parents owned a rather distinctive home on the shores of the lake, within the Chautauqua compound. I've heard stores about this place from her for years and we finally made it. We found a really great RV park just a few miles from the village. Once again it was a huge residential and holiday home resort. There were only two travelers in the transient area when we arrived. end of the season. Bright blue and cloudless skies blessed our four-day stay.</p><p class="MsoNormal">In the nearby town of Jamestown, we toured the Lucy and Desi Museum. Lucille Ball was born a few miles from here is a small lakeside town and this was also the home of her famous Lucille McGilooguddy character. It was great fun touring the sets from the I Love Lucy show, seeing the memorabilia, and the costumes. Something I was not aware of was that the original set was done in all greys, included most of the costumes. The cinematographers wanted the filming to have a greater resolution on the screen.</p><p class="MsoNormal">A lot of bike rides and a drive around the lake filled out days. We devoted one day to visiting the Chautaugua Institue. The village of Chautaugua is a completely gated community. We have to get a free ground pass to even enter. The events at the institute are over for the summer and after finding a suitable parking spot for the truck, we unloaded the busses and rode around this unique enclave for a few hours. The historic residence, the grand hotels, and all of the pavilions of learning were quite impressive.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfjDh1cFm7YIAuDehTgqclehDSjrqXxj2-uu8bFvxnGkS9iJltvPK2sizKTyS80AdzDUIiKdt0WK6jpSioF1dzoKSJhHHVlgUv4MIzE-I47fA09EJbJWvaU_XA1Xhc630Z5H7beRkb-uH8/s640/DSCF9722.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfjDh1cFm7YIAuDehTgqclehDSjrqXxj2-uu8bFvxnGkS9iJltvPK2sizKTyS80AdzDUIiKdt0WK6jpSioF1dzoKSJhHHVlgUv4MIzE-I47fA09EJbJWvaU_XA1Xhc630Z5H7beRkb-uH8/s320/DSCF9722.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal">What stood out also was in visiting the family home of our friend. The Packard Manor, as it is still called, was built by the luxury car manufacturer as a summer home. All 32 rooms and 12,00 sq. ft. were home to my friend's family from the early fifties (her dad paid $25,000) until 1996 when she and her siblings sold it for a "few" million dollars. The house sits impressively on the lakefront, on what was once 100;s of acres of private land, lawns, and gardens. Over the years the land surrounding the home was sold off. While we were not able of course to visit inside, it was still impressive.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSBWMs_MqwUulOjCxOojCYZXTOFSbVb2iG2DIvlI-BNeDQy-bGmn5mYiZ9tbbW-7POeDbeOWr2FSSkKLz-cJY6I2_M0w4wq7s9uAg1P4goAgENUByF31kV9FUIcI_FZncP0Abj9fX3YKLY/s640/DSCF9726.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="502" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSBWMs_MqwUulOjCxOojCYZXTOFSbVb2iG2DIvlI-BNeDQy-bGmn5mYiZ9tbbW-7POeDbeOWr2FSSkKLz-cJY6I2_M0w4wq7s9uAg1P4goAgENUByF31kV9FUIcI_FZncP0Abj9fX3YKLY/s320/DSCF9726.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT8fkWLmCxUwLZLq0IHnzkWvEV0dhF-arPoWP8JuSQzwwxf8-DymyeQOx5MPYU36AevWZxQKMWJ8TgL6oNA-NZjcnsRwj-FOBkREz1n5S4kLtP_zPr4IlcE9_UdJLfNYUMoC-S1J532ku5/s414/lin+winters.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="414" data-original-width="414" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT8fkWLmCxUwLZLq0IHnzkWvEV0dhF-arPoWP8JuSQzwwxf8-DymyeQOx5MPYU36AevWZxQKMWJ8TgL6oNA-NZjcnsRwj-FOBkREz1n5S4kLtP_zPr4IlcE9_UdJLfNYUMoC-S1J532ku5/s320/lin+winters.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal">Our drive around the lake took several hours, on narrow local roads, passing beautiful parks, homes, and amazing hardwood forests...all of course in glorious fall color.<br /></p>Tom and Bobbie Lucidohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18375798496860862205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413062166120694487.post-42178909849070554392020-09-25T09:20:00.000-07:002020-09-25T09:20:05.195-07:00Concord, NH<p><b style="color: #444444; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">Handy Quick Links to our Blog Highlights</span></b></p><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2015/07/the-decision.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">How We Got Started</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2018/01/how-our-itinerary-is-planned-to-be-cost.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">How We Do It</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/08/countries-and-territories-visited.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Countries and Territories Visited</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2016/08/" style="text-decoration-line: none;">USA Adventure</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/07/days-1-iceland-adventure-begins.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Iceland</a> <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/07/days-15-16-off-to-ukand-stonehenge.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The UK Adventure</a> | </b><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/09/day-1-club-arrives-capitols-of-norther.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Our Travel Club Arrives in Paris</a> | </b><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com.au/2017/09/day-7-paris-to-amsterdam-frenchy-and.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Capitols of N. 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We selected a camping resort on a lake near Concord, HH, the state capitol and set up for a weeklong stay. Sandy Beach Family RV Campground is mostly a residential vacation camp, with lots of big trailers and motorhomes, as well as holiday cabins on annual sites. Our spot was in the transiant area, surrounded by huge trees, and just lovely. It is a big park with over 300 spots, just ten minutes off of the interstate, and was so peaceful.</p><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMLE6vvTnn-XK5Wf2iH2bQx1maaWvX8EBitZTrp0DQsdZayAJfjjEZgHEjn5zn7iFjeH22rAKYZL6yWy9nc8jtPFvV0_zgigSu5KKYhaFgLup1yvphUyg_wNtJSTuH87zMqTDyHdCTaxWl/s300/sb1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMLE6vvTnn-XK5Wf2iH2bQx1maaWvX8EBitZTrp0DQsdZayAJfjjEZgHEjn5zn7iFjeH22rAKYZL6yWy9nc8jtPFvV0_zgigSu5KKYhaFgLup1yvphUyg_wNtJSTuH87zMqTDyHdCTaxWl/s0/sb1.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidPcA2CJtddRLd76K0VwNU3kg-EVfTV86YGjvIpLP02VJOW4shc_gy8kUyUxX3gIkzxIi_Zsx3XwwhC-zQOPtPA6wfF26PHnzAlmqGK-M5ycmxpjLZnBAO6B1lAlPwocQH0MHLSlGtE9v1/s229/sb2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="172" data-original-width="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidPcA2CJtddRLd76K0VwNU3kg-EVfTV86YGjvIpLP02VJOW4shc_gy8kUyUxX3gIkzxIi_Zsx3XwwhC-zQOPtPA6wfF26PHnzAlmqGK-M5ycmxpjLZnBAO6B1lAlPwocQH0MHLSlGtE9v1/s0/sb2.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgayJ21IOWFsc9no0VN6gnpq0uRZ1GvXtdhyphenhyphenWiWuAbviWKBbs8UnnK_MQEs3Y2ve_4t3Du_LSAUWmZkX9sa4wXgzQk6dvxiAcz8nra1TVlbw1PnQLB4LTmShXZrj3bzR6xAql8CWG4_t19j/s204/sb3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="153" data-original-width="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgayJ21IOWFsc9no0VN6gnpq0uRZ1GvXtdhyphenhyphenWiWuAbviWKBbs8UnnK_MQEs3Y2ve_4t3Du_LSAUWmZkX9sa4wXgzQk6dvxiAcz8nra1TVlbw1PnQLB4LTmShXZrj3bzR6xAql8CWG4_t19j/s0/sb3.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">We had two motives for visiting New Hampshire. The first was to visit with our friend Lin Winters who lives about an hour away. The second was to see more of New Hampshire. Unfortunately the pandemic had shut down most attractions, the state house, etc. So we enjoyed daily bike rides and walks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw1I_wf9DhVz5ZD9-8R6m9oaaR0QUqiSqO3LA975uB-n8kOW6Au47jw9Lr00yL2G4IIY7RGuOYHvWyWR4xjva6tqbtV4gaAhU7bblgNIVeDreXWyzEuZPzOTFGsGRakD5wCUMMVIVmgTN7/s243/c1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="161" data-original-width="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw1I_wf9DhVz5ZD9-8R6m9oaaR0QUqiSqO3LA975uB-n8kOW6Au47jw9Lr00yL2G4IIY7RGuOYHvWyWR4xjva6tqbtV4gaAhU7bblgNIVeDreXWyzEuZPzOTFGsGRakD5wCUMMVIVmgTN7/s0/c1.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoPSDdfwbmmoVBqzOjrTuYQurmmNBCmhBVb214_cBEjTAGUiFPggxntB4AdjvF259hJDP-JnN7I6hTOiodPII1k7WH1s3kyviAaqcyjihWtdLftLLK8lKIG7R9J5Q5xunQ36WkptJL3FUV/s300/c2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoPSDdfwbmmoVBqzOjrTuYQurmmNBCmhBVb214_cBEjTAGUiFPggxntB4AdjvF259hJDP-JnN7I6hTOiodPII1k7WH1s3kyviAaqcyjihWtdLftLLK8lKIG7R9J5Q5xunQ36WkptJL3FUV/s0/c2.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl_P4A87V494TRMxQAb3Yy80gVnqDrpVFQ1u9tbdxwExtoen5vNKqiTZ8psUCNxOdoilNal_UTqcDlEA7Swse9Ggd9hoKFsLa9oluPQL07jxLRJk_2Qx_Te-49udJMj5cLcNEatSMu86XJ/s382/c3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="171" data-original-width="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl_P4A87V494TRMxQAb3Yy80gVnqDrpVFQ1u9tbdxwExtoen5vNKqiTZ8psUCNxOdoilNal_UTqcDlEA7Swse9Ggd9hoKFsLa9oluPQL07jxLRJk_2Qx_Te-49udJMj5cLcNEatSMu86XJ/s320/c3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">We needed some supplies for our trailer and there was an RV supply store in Concord so that got a few visits. We wandered the downtown area a bit, viewing the state buildings. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Lin drove down for the day and we had a wonderful visit in the park. She got to see the trailer and we fixed lunch, caught up on eachother's lives, and just had a grand visit. Lin was my best "man" for our wedding and we have been friends for about 30 years. She is the best in all regards. After she left we realized that not one of us took any photos. So here's one I found. I just love her so much.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsfVDDL0Eor5Q_hxtaajEzRK1DJ4gx5LHfDYiZxV2JrPyGjTSJVwKAVjYpL7GgYKo8v0hb0SJeAq6sMm3ZIJ3bhcSpIxTWePf4BLbeM4kJuueYnuREaexHmm3X9z-wRuq_Yp86YgmZYZPR/s414/lin+winters.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="414" data-original-width="414" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsfVDDL0Eor5Q_hxtaajEzRK1DJ4gx5LHfDYiZxV2JrPyGjTSJVwKAVjYpL7GgYKo8v0hb0SJeAq6sMm3ZIJ3bhcSpIxTWePf4BLbeM4kJuueYnuREaexHmm3X9z-wRuq_Yp86YgmZYZPR/s320/lin+winters.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">We set one day aside for a long drive up into the White Mountains. We drove north from our site through lush hardwood forrests, all in fall colors. We ended up making a huge cirle that included Burlington to the north and then back town through Vermont. These two states are so small that we were able to to the whole dirve in five hours.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsWmsFEG22dRM27TnvXoCivWJw1YppI7u8g8Nl1fgnUbquGIgBNV-qKxPkh_J9VQvcqV8be1xFRqikGWFyeXCWJr9KZ6BHhZkkNzYPshRoF9LcAb1czsgCJZzL_B0RRXo2w54F9TgOH_s6/s248/wm1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="157" data-original-width="248" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsWmsFEG22dRM27TnvXoCivWJw1YppI7u8g8Nl1fgnUbquGIgBNV-qKxPkh_J9VQvcqV8be1xFRqikGWFyeXCWJr9KZ6BHhZkkNzYPshRoF9LcAb1czsgCJZzL_B0RRXo2w54F9TgOH_s6/w400-h253/wm1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGUildEMFnLs9d0Himcod8rEM2LGbMDzxRM9RXOOudoxXZXXwoZQ7FQkDB4l2qK1phuSIGgWedu4M7qlXLeJTTZD-L3Tj6Qj7AzEzjX7crlbiM24AlM_agC9U9nCn7WM50QE4RzlsCtwr4/s225/wm2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="225" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGUildEMFnLs9d0Himcod8rEM2LGbMDzxRM9RXOOudoxXZXXwoZQ7FQkDB4l2qK1phuSIGgWedu4M7qlXLeJTTZD-L3Tj6Qj7AzEzjX7crlbiM24AlM_agC9U9nCn7WM50QE4RzlsCtwr4/w400-h267/wm2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div></div></div></div>Tom and Bobbie Lucidohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18375798496860862205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413062166120694487.post-4887676675470550082020-09-25T08:52:00.001-07:002020-09-25T08:52:18.054-07:00New Haven CT<p style="text-align: center;"> <b style="color: #444444; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">Handy Quick Links to our Blog Highlights</span></b></p><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2015/07/the-decision.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">How We Got Started</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2018/01/how-our-itinerary-is-planned-to-be-cost.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">How We Do It</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/08/countries-and-territories-visited.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Countries and Territories Visited</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2016/08/" style="text-decoration-line: none;">USA Adventure</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/07/days-1-iceland-adventure-begins.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Iceland</a> <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/07/days-15-16-off-to-ukand-stonehenge.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The UK Adventure</a> | </b><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/09/day-1-club-arrives-capitols-of-norther.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Our Travel Club Arrives in Paris</a> | </b><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com.au/2017/09/day-7-paris-to-amsterdam-frenchy-and.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Capitols of N. 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hills of eastern NY state.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Crossing into
Massachusetts, we stopped for lunch at a rest area and then could not get the
truck restarted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That of course raised
the blood pressure a bit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We called for
road service and in an hour, we had a tow truck arrive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Being a weekend with most service closed; we
had conceded to having to possibly stay at the rest stop for several days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The tow driver suggested we try once more
before starting to unhitch…and the truck started.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With this, we limped into New Haven, CT a few
hours later.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have scheduled to get
the truck checked this week.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Our home base in New Haven is an older residential mobile
home park.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the rear is an area set aside
for RV stays.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was one of two
choices in the immediate New Haven area and at $42 a night, we are within our
budget.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The interesting thing about this
stay is that it was hit by a tornado two days prior to our arrival.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Trees where down, several homes and RV
received considerable damage. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It isn’t
pretty, and not so neat, but we have full hookups, decent Wi-Fi, and lots of
travelers for neighbors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We seem to be
surrounded by OTR welders and construction workers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The lady next to us is a traveling nurse.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpNo_Fa4D6Aqj2miI_GN6_Eks9O6iTiv2EJlin7k06DB-kAJI3mIhY20fixoXA0czAa9pFVRqVfd0PotaoKdfZ_vGIn83s0Gs0Ei_ei20blEJErFYy3Jo8QMuuFEWEf4clSMVPqXcWLUcn/s920/totoket+trailer+park.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="686" data-original-width="920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpNo_Fa4D6Aqj2miI_GN6_Eks9O6iTiv2EJlin7k06DB-kAJI3mIhY20fixoXA0czAa9pFVRqVfd0PotaoKdfZ_vGIn83s0Gs0Ei_ei20blEJErFYy3Jo8QMuuFEWEf4clSMVPqXcWLUcn/s320/totoket+trailer+park.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIT1BvUffBy2T-46efi8KWZJJDeC7RYAbIPEjeIttyHLi2Tim-qg6tsBplYDw1KiisSsXScTQQKD-SQLkSzFquu4n0fQcS73ROpLfOqJHGqHdCoTStUigjOPDPc6P4g_0fBDpxZuiLRiLe/s250/th+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="167" data-original-width="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIT1BvUffBy2T-46efi8KWZJJDeC7RYAbIPEjeIttyHLi2Tim-qg6tsBplYDw1KiisSsXScTQQKD-SQLkSzFquu4n0fQcS73ROpLfOqJHGqHdCoTStUigjOPDPc6P4g_0fBDpxZuiLRiLe/s0/th+%25282%2529.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">Bobbie’s sister Becky and her husband live in Florida, but
they own a vacation home in Old Lyme, about 30 minutes away. Thus, our visit. Over two weeks’ time we got together for
outside activities, a couple of BBQs, some bike rides through shoreline
communities, and dinner at our place. It
was great to spend time with them as always.
Robert, their son, is a rather gifted young man. He was just entering high school the last
time we saw him. Today he is a student
at UF and was buy with online classes. For our first BBQ Leo served lobster.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
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changer. We noted our earlier problem
with the truck and ended up doing $3,700 worth of work to the turbo-charger,
etc. It took several days and we had to
take it back one for a tweak. However,
so far so good.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We visited New Haven one day, taking in the Yale University
campus and historic downtown.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>New Haven
is all about Yale and one that was accomplished there was little left to see
and do that was outside and accessible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Most of the campus is closed with large iron fences and keyed entry
gates.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were able to walk around the
major common areas and take in the architecture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The student-guided tours were unavailable as
well so we were on our own.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBGjxoAhgL9BLH0VTM7L8htAVdTHSv19zzaZFSqf9O6Fn-v7v6xG6n7YlfFB79cYSl4LXfk_uq5vg5xMCMx4Zzd2Q84rJca-ioi8RmMUIjqGkq3SarPNEivPNZekw_uxCXw51VdFC7Mxqh/s243/y1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="162" data-original-width="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBGjxoAhgL9BLH0VTM7L8htAVdTHSv19zzaZFSqf9O6Fn-v7v6xG6n7YlfFB79cYSl4LXfk_uq5vg5xMCMx4Zzd2Q84rJca-ioi8RmMUIjqGkq3SarPNEivPNZekw_uxCXw51VdFC7Mxqh/s0/y1.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8SJx6xNL-mbMTLhSenHgWiR0sXXoC0pT67f6nXnZONc8U-UGkvUq_GUhyphenhyphenBfgAx-4SvzwFGpHp7cRpoPJAy-75ctmhDkB8vrgkfBlqgd74yAfVzuXsx2WDgzkAmSUU-ghlp0c-v3InpPJk/s226/y2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="151" data-original-width="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8SJx6xNL-mbMTLhSenHgWiR0sXXoC0pT67f6nXnZONc8U-UGkvUq_GUhyphenhyphenBfgAx-4SvzwFGpHp7cRpoPJAy-75ctmhDkB8vrgkfBlqgd74yAfVzuXsx2WDgzkAmSUU-ghlp0c-v3InpPJk/s0/y2.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2skmxMzk-kbBl6edHViXoS2lIJI9Hjjjyw9rpq8T6BeimCEclL7LH7YiDsz3HH4nOjR1CwsV1FOEauvhhzVpV1A9E5hH6lRMFX09cM35M2cqNpo-oCoHMc5oEKNovot0nJiNarPEhBFb8/s217/y3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="163" data-original-width="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2skmxMzk-kbBl6edHViXoS2lIJI9Hjjjyw9rpq8T6BeimCEclL7LH7YiDsz3HH4nOjR1CwsV1FOEauvhhzVpV1A9E5hH6lRMFX09cM35M2cqNpo-oCoHMc5oEKNovot0nJiNarPEhBFb8/s0/y3.jpg" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">New Haven, Haven, Fair Haven, South Haven, Haven Cove, and
Haven Beach. All separate towns sharing
the same base name. We took advantage of
our lengthy stay to have our eyes examined.
Its only been four years. Both
our scripts needed updating and we ordered glasses to be delivered in a month
to St. Louis.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">There were long walks in the rural neighborhood, a few long
bike rides, and some pretty truck rides throughout the area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are still figuring this whole thing out,
where to go and what to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>Tom and Bobbie Lucidohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18375798496860862205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413062166120694487.post-11359357192140480662020-08-31T07:04:00.006-07:002020-08-31T07:04:53.048-07:00Cooperstown, NY - A week in the Glimmer Glass District<p> <b style="color: #444444; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"> Handy Quick Links to our Blog Highlights</span></b></p><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2015/07/the-decision.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">How We Got Started</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2018/01/how-our-itinerary-is-planned-to-be-cost.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">How We Do It</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/08/countries-and-territories-visited.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Countries and Territories Visited</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2016/08/" style="text-decoration-line: none;">USA Adventure</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/07/days-1-iceland-adventure-begins.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Iceland</a> <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/07/days-15-16-off-to-ukand-stonehenge.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The UK Adventure</a> | </b><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/09/day-1-club-arrives-capitols-of-norther.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Our Travel Club Arrives in Paris</a> | </b><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com.au/2017/09/day-7-paris-to-amsterdam-frenchy-and.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Capitols of N. 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clear: both; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><br /><p class="MsoNormal">It was a beautiful drive north through the hills of
Pennsylvania. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The skies were bright
blue and it was warm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We touched the
corner of New Jersey before heading due north into New York state.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Farmland, small towns, and amazing vistas
graced our journey.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once off the
interstate, it was an hour’s drive along a two-lane road and into the small
town of Cooperstown.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The village of
course is home to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and the homeland of James
Fenimore Cooper, America’s first novelist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The village sits on the south shore of Lake Oswego.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ten miles further north along the shoreline
brought us to our campsite for the next seven nights. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cooperstown Deer Run Campground is a huge, sprawling park with
flatland sites next to the nearby farmland, and long-term holiday home sites in
the trees and along the hillside.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All
around are small farms, forests, and rolling hills.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We set up our rig on a site with a few large trees.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are getting better at this whole unhooking
routine and were up and running with 15 minutes or so.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For the next few days, we laid low staying away from the
tourist areas for the weekend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
wandered into town and walked the few streets admiring the 19th-century homes…many converted into luxury B&Bs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Cooperstown has less the 2,000 residents and it is all about the Hall of
Fame and the Fenimore Museum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are
upscale golf courses dotting the landscape, a massive chateau on the
waterfront, and beautiful, manicured streets with loads of flower gardens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The entire downtown area was under a
mandatory mask ordinance, and thankfully everyone was complying with the
rule.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A lot of tourist shops were
closed, a few open and accepting customers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There were a few restaurants and cafes offering outside seating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a pretty place.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiVSwJ9XjxXasUuvTkAOYzr5lSW_dWpywW24hKHOAf6oxnVkQZalRzaZ-4FfomuvOwb7X8jUfL3NWh-c2ekE0Mcwj-ucJsgDGFi2GwtRIqnnLMJFKKj1VpLdd5BHQNXzelEm6sOaWpsU1m/s898/IMG_1235%255B1%255D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="898" data-original-width="736" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiVSwJ9XjxXasUuvTkAOYzr5lSW_dWpywW24hKHOAf6oxnVkQZalRzaZ-4FfomuvOwb7X8jUfL3NWh-c2ekE0Mcwj-ucJsgDGFi2GwtRIqnnLMJFKKj1VpLdd5BHQNXzelEm6sOaWpsU1m/s640/IMG_1235%255B1%255D.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP6vmMyZkOXKLvYPHVQGsD6bWD4IyxekE_-iTUgfd7StzVWUR5i058vuto_8b3uWYZQhbw6DecZvAnCxSfTwPDx3VxPYzDqRg19VpcG_7DpR_AbtRjnT-Pybv1aWDXDwgJAtJcUWzGVyyk/s500/IMG_1237%255B1%255D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP6vmMyZkOXKLvYPHVQGsD6bWD4IyxekE_-iTUgfd7StzVWUR5i058vuto_8b3uWYZQhbw6DecZvAnCxSfTwPDx3VxPYzDqRg19VpcG_7DpR_AbtRjnT-Pybv1aWDXDwgJAtJcUWzGVyyk/s0/IMG_1237%255B1%255D.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqz3UKS0aItfyLr1CplClSp3iHkieklOZ8Xm1KO4q5XU7iCyvJrfrV-frkddQM3-4WswwokgRe12YT8i_IeYHt2_8MnCCxmSczO73dSCK7yN6223aejZBPHEtDlVX4J5rTMLN1XMKNGt9p/s800/IMG_1238%255B1%255D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqz3UKS0aItfyLr1CplClSp3iHkieklOZ8Xm1KO4q5XU7iCyvJrfrV-frkddQM3-4WswwokgRe12YT8i_IeYHt2_8MnCCxmSczO73dSCK7yN6223aejZBPHEtDlVX4J5rTMLN1XMKNGt9p/s640/IMG_1238%255B1%255D.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">On Monday, hoping we had missed the weekend crowd, we
visited the Hall of Fame. It is a large
complex housed in several buildings and contained three floors. Guests were allowed in at timed intervals and
of course with masks. There were hand-sanitizing
stations throughout. We felt relatively
safe until we got into the museum where people were too close and really not
paying much attention to the social distancing guidelines. We waited patiently for one group to depart
a display case before attempting the view the contents. The museum is a sanctuary to baseball, with
displays featuring key players, stats, and of course the history of the
game. Bobbie, being a huge baseball fan,
assumed she would be there all day. I
made tentative plans and thankfully there was good cellular service. However, the displays quickly became repetitive
and our visit only lasted a little over two hours. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOjuc6d0tnCMBEI1OSK5M9XsP4WW5ZOUnxCGBCmRQGgt4lCFtOA5Q25I2CAoms70kZhIfJQ-F0BZ9B1inV3DLT6QD71NDajKivt_X4ABuRzPwgbir0gV5q3GoJAPSN9paSVG8UvaIwhx7K/s4608/DSCN1507.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOjuc6d0tnCMBEI1OSK5M9XsP4WW5ZOUnxCGBCmRQGgt4lCFtOA5Q25I2CAoms70kZhIfJQ-F0BZ9B1inV3DLT6QD71NDajKivt_X4ABuRzPwgbir0gV5q3GoJAPSN9paSVG8UvaIwhx7K/s640/DSCN1507.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">We visited the Fenimore Museum housed in the original Cooper
family mansion, it was a lovely collection of American art and artifacts. The lower level was devoted to a private
collection of Native American art and the quality of their Alaskan collection
was superb.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7igU-ZLTj1sW787lWxbO0ijXv9OUA_ztfvCGeEvzZwDLHZpQGOhY2rveXIKkeehVVAq9DDS8dPTsAxbQMmhJqV8ZhduLrrWAxZAkXbEV8qCU9WPUcCOjkSQaD2pu7VvnXTeBVdDmRJHQg/s4608/DSCN1512.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7igU-ZLTj1sW787lWxbO0ijXv9OUA_ztfvCGeEvzZwDLHZpQGOhY2rveXIKkeehVVAq9DDS8dPTsAxbQMmhJqV8ZhduLrrWAxZAkXbEV8qCU9WPUcCOjkSQaD2pu7VvnXTeBVdDmRJHQg/s640/DSCN1512.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyISC4o9vglCSA6o9yWLk75MqL_yx_9k7ZAUjMK9X0IuTt60WvU3ZdkBfMNLv0BhPGPh4msJpafDCTCZsJbEOPOeFB_VmmpCm-e0_dKCjcnJfcala8sb1vODWyau86qcDbZAzkQX8hMhwb/s4608/DSCN1513.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyISC4o9vglCSA6o9yWLk75MqL_yx_9k7ZAUjMK9X0IuTt60WvU3ZdkBfMNLv0BhPGPh4msJpafDCTCZsJbEOPOeFB_VmmpCm-e0_dKCjcnJfcala8sb1vODWyau86qcDbZAzkQX8hMhwb/s640/DSCN1513.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi06T9zJOgkPSXMQao5tAPl_CKKmd8s8PkAjhn728Jk3pkuOHWZtVLDLceGGEYi_hgiT9DoGupQPUjG7a5zs0CV6lADNtsPDsWIZyMu1Yqkqrj_Jo2JBo_BLZBRGF4Wz_Q3l8bE-eNKN3fZ/s4608/DSCN1514.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi06T9zJOgkPSXMQao5tAPl_CKKmd8s8PkAjhn728Jk3pkuOHWZtVLDLceGGEYi_hgiT9DoGupQPUjG7a5zs0CV6lADNtsPDsWIZyMu1Yqkqrj_Jo2JBo_BLZBRGF4Wz_Q3l8bE-eNKN3fZ/s640/DSCN1514.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvbZ_ZK8RNchXhBTg357mpzHeQF9zI7sG0z_bg7ZCO5vmpkn6IVcb-QW1VRPfBNGv6yEhIk0cj55WJ_Bs2e2mcCoPcMirRriMFFgQPmSLOyS6Ne8_wGrnZVrFY6wGdpcCOTXqSgyrtyPFM/s4608/DSCN1516.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvbZ_ZK8RNchXhBTg357mpzHeQF9zI7sG0z_bg7ZCO5vmpkn6IVcb-QW1VRPfBNGv6yEhIk0cj55WJ_Bs2e2mcCoPcMirRriMFFgQPmSLOyS6Ne8_wGrnZVrFY6wGdpcCOTXqSgyrtyPFM/s640/DSCN1516.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-QslZWVzI9mZ7H7HDtwlYiCBkZxSN-iEn3IxeRVhhSNs3qOldgrgYA0o-4JDYoqurLWtkFbv0vy9FQfGlhBq314kR0wwyjTgPUzm38NFVmu0rAHWLVOiCL0FYsktHR7QmPfNlqbYhvyJK/s4608/DSCN1520.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-QslZWVzI9mZ7H7HDtwlYiCBkZxSN-iEn3IxeRVhhSNs3qOldgrgYA0o-4JDYoqurLWtkFbv0vy9FQfGlhBq314kR0wwyjTgPUzm38NFVmu0rAHWLVOiCL0FYsktHR7QmPfNlqbYhvyJK/s640/DSCN1520.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyvoAQDrwh37vonJxCHm0eqeNsvMNiHb2axwyt0H2HtoNl1Vj9JayH6ybH6Fe37XP6IeJdDRsmFqxw7wjubDMWEhhmlCGOVFRVIOnq6DuCCVEbAdhY5SVwUwpd-IThKLeVRJ5U5yz8W4Fj/s4608/DSCN1521.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyvoAQDrwh37vonJxCHm0eqeNsvMNiHb2axwyt0H2HtoNl1Vj9JayH6ybH6Fe37XP6IeJdDRsmFqxw7wjubDMWEhhmlCGOVFRVIOnq6DuCCVEbAdhY5SVwUwpd-IThKLeVRJ5U5yz8W4Fj/s640/DSCN1521.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">The balance of our stay was sitting under those great big
trees, talking long walks and a few bike rides through the country. The last three days were during Hurricane
Laura. We were surprised by the weather
forecasts and the amount of wind and rain that made it all the way up to
us. For a few days we had no choice but
to stay inside. I celebrated my 70<sup>th</sup>
birthday on our late night and Bobbie made me a homemade lemon pie.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Having a renewed interest in getting back to painting, I
completed a landscape of the fields and farms in the distance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a lovely stay and we are looking
forward to heading on to New Haven, CT where we will hook up with Bobbie’s
sister Becky for a short, Covid-19 balanced visit.<o:p></o:p></p><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-pe3TPbtKw178LlrSTVkngK8xyRwBhEH7teNTJcXnpcoddp1heOLMqcfFmx5v53s2xnSPdp2CijxtlS0AxgmCpEIA98r9Qg-tVx_l0TOSDXF0N9I1WEXWvEyaioa4k9kX0uBRXPyZHi5Q/s640/IMG_1249%255B1%255D.JPG" /></div></div></div></div>Tom and Bobbie Lucidohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18375798496860862205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413062166120694487.post-28660522091083908502020-08-31T06:46:00.001-07:002020-08-31T06:46:20.883-07:00Harrisburg, PA<p> <span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><b style="color: #444444; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">Handy Quick Links to our Blog Highlights</span></b></p><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2015/07/the-decision.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">How We Got Started</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2018/01/how-our-itinerary-is-planned-to-be-cost.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">How We Do It</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/08/countries-and-territories-visited.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Countries and Territories Visited</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2016/08/" style="text-decoration-line: none;">USA Adventure</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/07/days-1-iceland-adventure-begins.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Iceland</a> <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/07/days-15-16-off-to-ukand-stonehenge.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The UK Adventure</a> | </b><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/09/day-1-club-arrives-capitols-of-norther.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Our Travel Club Arrives in Paris</a> | </b><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com.au/2017/09/day-7-paris-to-amsterdam-frenchy-and.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Capitols of N. 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clear: both; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><br />We settled in at our campsite 20 south of Harrisburg to the
north, and Gettysburg to the south.
Nestled in the rolling hills and small mountains, our camp was primarily
a holiday/vacation resort. There were
over 150 travel trailers permanently hooked up for long term stays. At first, we thought they were primary
residences, but when no one came home at the end of the day, we figured they were all “mountain cabin” getaways. Over
the two nights we were there we were able to confirm our suspicion. It amazes me that someone would purchase a
trailer, then park it at a basic resort and pay $350 a month plus
utilities. Although, if it was a
mountain cabin you sought, this might be the less expensive option…and of
course it is moveable.</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We spent our full day driving to Harrisburg where we visited
the state capitol complex.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We got a
safe, private tour of the building.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our
tour group was limited to one guide and four guests.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And since we were not in the same family, the
guide asked us to make sure we gave each other a full six-feet distance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She reminded once again a bit later on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, we also were allowed to use the elevator
separately.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a very large elevator
and we decided to share it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Already,
some of our rules are getting relaxes…but that is the subject of another post.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The current capitol building is 120 years old and was
elaborately decorated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Set up as most,
it had senate chambers in one wing and congressional in the other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In-between was a magnificent rotunda with a
glass and terracotta tiled dome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Leaders
of state departmental offices lined the hallways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Throughout the building were remarkable
applied canvas murals, sculpture, and cases of historical documents and
artifacts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Baroque columns, ornate
niches, and stunning carved-stone cornices were eclipsed by unique chandeliers
weighing over a 4,000 pounds each.<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeUJRvmzK4p2iQE6uglC__G3MWhfNnawEadyv2xY2xouKoibPIeF3VIj5bWbsjY-KgMdMrzIcED-YpDvBTPAG6g7AMor3DWSseH6Hw3C2iX8btm7X7VrIlkivY8q8eTSjTfWPfEPIntq-w/s4608/DSCN1479.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeUJRvmzK4p2iQE6uglC__G3MWhfNnawEadyv2xY2xouKoibPIeF3VIj5bWbsjY-KgMdMrzIcED-YpDvBTPAG6g7AMor3DWSseH6Hw3C2iX8btm7X7VrIlkivY8q8eTSjTfWPfEPIntq-w/s640/DSCN1479.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br style="color: black; text-align: center;" /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX20-HPIgXRzEX9xfdFE4gIyNONLSLEZ3BISd8qbxwuKwY5J0TMehOrTnR8BQTLtg-1pZzIHJDdXM2tPZiYZWYIw9S3v9S_81xcxUhRrDvtFU5qO-QtJa9CpJmCYrtwAtY0Z4gF3DgGhtN/s4608/DSCN1480.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX20-HPIgXRzEX9xfdFE4gIyNONLSLEZ3BISd8qbxwuKwY5J0TMehOrTnR8BQTLtg-1pZzIHJDdXM2tPZiYZWYIw9S3v9S_81xcxUhRrDvtFU5qO-QtJa9CpJmCYrtwAtY0Z4gF3DgGhtN/s640/DSCN1480.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br style="color: black; text-align: center;" /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNtK-nun7esn8yHbhTAgTjOnVwloIpJENjXNfOpYbYB11c-0AGhZ6ySjoFMohilOIbhkqvKDBN_qjpfWg8dJYMCYx-CPIIzKZGWWMlClZZfmSMOu3Te2iGjprRcLdTBGvdOByy8Cl7XXiH/s4608/DSCN1484.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNtK-nun7esn8yHbhTAgTjOnVwloIpJENjXNfOpYbYB11c-0AGhZ6ySjoFMohilOIbhkqvKDBN_qjpfWg8dJYMCYx-CPIIzKZGWWMlClZZfmSMOu3Te2iGjprRcLdTBGvdOByy8Cl7XXiH/s640/DSCN1484.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br style="color: black; text-align: center;" /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Bo5STLzUkQGIurR8nyvl-reGyLQ0qsLrpZ4O_cVBfGRuR2LVNnIcgDaYwRMTPKMWJoCaLuhTJRfPDw7SHs6BmNni8ftnv2EckQzLydw4GrW2s1oxYXNPUcv9GdWaVDRzclUvUU5pmvHx/s4608/DSCN1495.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Bo5STLzUkQGIurR8nyvl-reGyLQ0qsLrpZ4O_cVBfGRuR2LVNnIcgDaYwRMTPKMWJoCaLuhTJRfPDw7SHs6BmNni8ftnv2EckQzLydw4GrW2s1oxYXNPUcv9GdWaVDRzclUvUU5pmvHx/s640/DSCN1495.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br style="color: black; text-align: center;" /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSvjDYPrZQLP2hE_iz3Z0u8DNcevfSHH_qxpDSTR2x8qsrBsN3DMWic25iyhqWjrziZOZX5_rJzIZPxGzz3dHn4s53Vsi1ro5iYzFeI9sEUxygzwOmeX4G6jw6gi22ed134QlTxuc7P_-u/s4608/DSCN1493.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSvjDYPrZQLP2hE_iz3Z0u8DNcevfSHH_qxpDSTR2x8qsrBsN3DMWic25iyhqWjrziZOZX5_rJzIZPxGzz3dHn4s53Vsi1ro5iYzFeI9sEUxygzwOmeX4G6jw6gi22ed134QlTxuc7P_-u/s640/DSCN1493.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br style="color: black; text-align: center;" /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN290RI2CqhA2CzlZ9P74A8n-9_6KjlHvhjmferZIX9rCv4bNNgn5sRhv0cNN8Q6JNvvRbF9u7L7lns2YA0wu3HVLLjZSu7QG9Dudg1BPKTYXJ5elrXojA4KRLJYpYwzxnIc0s44ta6qZy/s4608/DSCN1486.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN290RI2CqhA2CzlZ9P74A8n-9_6KjlHvhjmferZIX9rCv4bNNgn5sRhv0cNN8Q6JNvvRbF9u7L7lns2YA0wu3HVLLjZSu7QG9Dudg1BPKTYXJ5elrXojA4KRLJYpYwzxnIc0s44ta6qZy/s640/DSCN1486.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Outside was a memorial fountain surrounded by other state
office buildings and the state museum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The museum was closed due to the pandemic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The downtown area was remarkably quiet; few
folks were on the street and businesses appeared open but without customers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Walking back to the truck, we decided to
forego lunch and head out for some shopping.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiigjAxARbwovVf-qFkslQin-_fPBak6VPY8L158Z0YZpGTB6L8Aw-xjtPSXxM3hKD4_rPYy_k3QACLlldobPI7NancxOEamj6bYlxQDQfg99j_30LDtmJbq5qDFhBY-n0Mg97gmMBUFO4B/s4608/DSCN1498.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiigjAxARbwovVf-qFkslQin-_fPBak6VPY8L158Z0YZpGTB6L8Aw-xjtPSXxM3hKD4_rPYy_k3QACLlldobPI7NancxOEamj6bYlxQDQfg99j_30LDtmJbq5qDFhBY-n0Mg97gmMBUFO4B/s640/DSCN1498.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">On the way out of town we stopped at a large local
supermarket called GIANT FOODS.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What
initially looked like a big, discount box store turned out to be a really nice,
well-stocked market, rivalling Whole Foods in every respect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We stocked up on basics and fresh, and then
discovered they were offering flu shots at the pharmacy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We each got our seasonal quad-virus shot,
free, and the staff could not have been more pleasant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The pharmacist administered the shot in a private
room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We felt perfectly safe.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Returning home, we had an earlier supper and sacked in
early.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tomorrow is a 300 miles drive to
reach Cooperstown.<o:p></o:p></p><br /></div></div></div></div>Tom and Bobbie Lucidohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18375798496860862205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413062166120694487.post-17876374584031520732020-08-16T09:23:00.073-07:002020-08-17T12:30:38.057-07:00USA Adventure II Begins - August 19, 2020<p style="text-align: justify;"> <b style="color: #444444; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">Handy Quick Links to our Blog Highlights</span></b></p><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2015/07/the-decision.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">How We Got Started</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2018/01/how-our-itinerary-is-planned-to-be-cost.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">How We Do It</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/08/countries-and-territories-visited.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Countries and Territories Visited</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2016/08/" style="text-decoration-line: none;">USA Adventure</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/07/days-1-iceland-adventure-begins.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Iceland</a> <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/07/days-15-16-off-to-ukand-stonehenge.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The UK Adventure</a> | </b><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/09/day-1-club-arrives-capitols-of-norther.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Our Travel Club Arrives in Paris</a> | </b><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com.au/2017/09/day-7-paris-to-amsterdam-frenchy-and.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Capitols of N. Europe and Scandinavia</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/10/day-1-russian-adventure-begins.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Russia and the Trans-Siberian Railway</a> | </b><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/11/day-1-korea-small-group-tour-begins.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">South Korea</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/12/our-first-week-in-sapporo-japan.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Japan</a> | <a href="http://becomingnomads.blogspot.com.au/2018/03/australia.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Australia</a> | <a href="http://becomingnomads.blogspot.co.id/2018/05/bali-our-week-begins.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Bali & Indonesia</a> | <b><a href="http://becomingnomads.blogspot.my/2018/05/kuala-lumpur-malaysia.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Malaysia</a> | <a href="http://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/06/singapore.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Singapore</a> | <a href="http://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/06/transferring-to-hong-kong-another-one.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Macau-Hong Kong</a> | <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4413062166120694487#editor/target=post;postID=3525504979699109279;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=1;src=postname" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Southern China</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/07/zhangjiajie-national-park-chinas-first.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Zhangjiajie National Park</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/07/a-week-in-shanghai-big-city-big-days.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Central China</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/08/a-week-in-xian-terracotta-warriors-wall.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Terracotta Warriors</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/08/pandas-four-days-in-chengdu.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Pandas</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/08/tibet-five-very-interesting-days.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Tibet</a> | </b></b><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/08/nepal-our-first-week-in-kathmandu.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Nepal</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/09/our-last-club-adventure-day-7-on-to.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">India</a> | </b><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/10/our-last-club-adventure-on-to.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Uzbekistan</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/11/no-33-five-days-in-almaty-kazakhstan.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Kazakhstan</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/11/a-month-in-republic-of-georgia-first.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Georgia</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/11/bulgaria-via-turkey-sofia-our-first.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">The Balkans</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/02/eight-days-in-croatia-europes-best-kept.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Eastern Europe</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/03/a-restful-week-in-aviano-italy.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Italy</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/04/ireland-part-1-dublin-to-kilkenny.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Ireland</a> </b><b>| </b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/05/no-52-scotland-edinburgh-and-aberdeen.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><b>Scottish</b><b> </b><b>Highlands</b></a>-<b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/05/no-52-scotland-edinburgh-and-aberdeen.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Outer Islands</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/05/england-our-final-seven-days-of-carol.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">England</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/06/norway-country-no-56-two-weeks-with.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Norway</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/06/no-57-estonia-first-of-three-baltic.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">The Baltics</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/07/no-60-poland-one-week-two-cities.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Poland</a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/07/no-61-five-days-in-prague-czech.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Czech Republic</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/07/no-63-our-kenya-family-adventure-nairobi.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Kenya</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/08/our-tanzania-and-malawi-safari.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Tanzania and Malawi</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/08/no-70-zambia-leopards-and-and-amazing.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Zambia</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/08/no-71-zimbabwe.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Zimbabwe</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/09/no-71-botswana-our-overland-trek.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Botswana </a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/09/no-72-our-first-24-hours-in-namibia.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Namibia</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/10/no-74-south-africa-week-in-cape-town.html">South Africa</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2020/01/west-africa-24-day-adventure-into-heart.html">West Africa</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2020/01/handy-quick-links-to-our-blog.html">Portugal</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2020/02/spain-three-weeks-on-costa-azul-part-1.html">Spain</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2020/03/handy-quick-links-to-our-blog.html">Switzerland</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2020/03/germany-and-covid-19.html">Germany</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-first-ten-days-into-our-quarantine.html">COVID-19 Quarantine - Virginia</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2020/08/usa-adventure-ii-begins-august-19-2020.html" target="_blank">USA Adventure II</a></b></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b><br /></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXfc1syVWxsriPHS9o5VLpuk2RLEKcyTcwZMuNzNHfyCk2-i4ee89F2DtFhrM5JGC6u7s4xM0_i8WEJcmtZxUetmVjuce3ze5ddJagrDbQ6U0cDQuiGYI7j6WfdhIA_8pC-wUf9HyVHWXo/s2048/World+Travel+Map.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1283" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXfc1syVWxsriPHS9o5VLpuk2RLEKcyTcwZMuNzNHfyCk2-i4ee89F2DtFhrM5JGC6u7s4xM0_i8WEJcmtZxUetmVjuce3ze5ddJagrDbQ6U0cDQuiGYI7j6WfdhIA_8pC-wUf9HyVHWXo/s640/World+Travel+Map.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; text-align: left;">Our nomadic life has evolved. It's time to start a new USA portion of our map...it will have to be an overlay. While we had 2 1/2 years left on our world itinerary, things change. We now have monthly bills again, that has been a shock. We have spent our accrued savings on a truck and a fifth-wheel trailer that we will call home. After five months with sister Andi, we depart Charlottesville. This is our third attempt at setting out, only to be set back by Covid-19 warning, high numbers, and state closures. While we morn the losses we have all endured, things seems a bit more "stable" at the moment and we are ready for a change. </div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; text-align: left;">Who would have thought that it would be so hard to buy a vehicle in one state and get it registered in your home state when you are not home. Amazing. And in the end, it is all about collecting a sales tax. So we registered the vehicle in Andi's name, paid the Virginia tax, and we are listed on her insurance as additional drivers. This will keep us going for a while. We've taken care of several items that needed attention with both the truck and the trailer. We've added an auxiliary filtering system for water, four new tires for the rig, we've upgraded our landing tools, refreshed the interior, and the kitchen is well equipped and supplied. We have a good idea of how everything works. We've upgraded our mobile service for additional data. And now it is time to move on.</div></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; text-align: left;">The last five months have been quite a journey, certainly one we would never have planned, and it has been laden with a lot of emotion and planning. We have all gotten along great, and Andi has been the sweetest hostess/roommate. We each, I believe, have benefited from our experience. For the next year or so, we plan to wander, staying above the freezing point to protect our home on wheels, and away from large population centers. Our first destination is Coopertown where Bobbie has always wanted to visit the Baseball Hall of Fame. In route there we will make a two day stop near Harrisburg, PA to stock up on fresh supplies, get hooked up to a real sewer line, and be able for the first time to drain and rinse out all four holding tanks. There...now we sound like seasoned RVers/</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div>Tom and Bobbie Lucidohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18375798496860862205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413062166120694487.post-51866745630123786942020-08-16T09:20:00.001-07:002020-08-16T09:20:30.878-07:00Our Home in Charlottesville, Virginia<div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">
<b style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: red;">Handy Quick Links to our Blog Highlights</span></b><br />
<b style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2015/07/the-decision.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">How We Got Started</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2018/01/how-our-itinerary-is-planned-to-be-cost.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">How We Do It</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/08/countries-and-territories-visited.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Countries and Territories Visited</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2016/08/" style="text-decoration-line: none;">USA Adventure</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/07/days-1-iceland-adventure-begins.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Iceland</a> <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/07/days-15-16-off-to-ukand-stonehenge.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The UK Adventure</a> | </b><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/09/day-1-club-arrives-capitols-of-norther.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Our Travel Club Arrives in Paris</a> | </b><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com.au/2017/09/day-7-paris-to-amsterdam-frenchy-and.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Capitols of N. Europe and Scandinavia</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/10/day-1-russian-adventure-begins.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Russia and the Trans-Siberian Railway</a> | </b><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/11/day-1-korea-small-group-tour-begins.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">South Korea</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/12/our-first-week-in-sapporo-japan.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Japan</a> | <a href="http://becomingnomads.blogspot.com.au/2018/03/australia.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Australia</a> | <a href="http://becomingnomads.blogspot.co.id/2018/05/bali-our-week-begins.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Bali & Indonesia</a> | <b><a href="http://becomingnomads.blogspot.my/2018/05/kuala-lumpur-malaysia.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Malaysia</a> | <a href="http://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/06/singapore.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Singapore</a> | <a href="http://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/06/transferring-to-hong-kong-another-one.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Macau-Hong Kong</a> | <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4413062166120694487#editor/target=post;postID=3525504979699109279;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=1;src=postname" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Southern China</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/07/zhangjiajie-national-park-chinas-first.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Zhangjiajie National Park</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/07/a-week-in-shanghai-big-city-big-days.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Central China</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/08/a-week-in-xian-terracotta-warriors-wall.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Terracotta Warriors</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/08/pandas-four-days-in-chengdu.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Pandas</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/08/tibet-five-very-interesting-days.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Tibet</a> | </b></b><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/08/nepal-our-first-week-in-kathmandu.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Nepal</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/09/our-last-club-adventure-day-7-on-to.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">India</a> | </b><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/10/our-last-club-adventure-on-to.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Uzbekistan</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/11/no-33-five-days-in-almaty-kazakhstan.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Kazakhstan</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/11/a-month-in-republic-of-georgia-first.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Georgia</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/11/bulgaria-via-turkey-sofia-our-first.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">The Balkans</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/02/eight-days-in-croatia-europes-best-kept.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Eastern Europe</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/03/a-restful-week-in-aviano-italy.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Italy</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/04/ireland-part-1-dublin-to-kilkenny.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Ireland</a> </b><b>| </b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/05/no-52-scotland-edinburgh-and-aberdeen.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><b>Scottish</b><b> </b><b>Highlands</b></a>-<b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/05/no-52-scotland-edinburgh-and-aberdeen.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Outer Islands</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/05/england-our-final-seven-days-of-carol.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">England</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/06/norway-country-no-56-two-weeks-with.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Norway</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/06/no-57-estonia-first-of-three-baltic.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">The Baltics</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/07/no-60-poland-one-week-two-cities.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Poland</a></b></div>
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We have been living with sister Andrea for over three months now. Life's activities, and often its joys, have been put on hold. Like most of the world, we pay close attention to the news, react accordingly, and prepare for the next day...not knowing for sure what will be.</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; text-align: left;">By June 1st, our mask project had wound down to a crawl, with no more requests coming in. It was expected of course, and we were pleased to have stepped in when we did to fill a void. We made in excess of 3,500 masks and distributed them all over the US. One organization, Backpacks for the Street, got a huge shipment and then received a cash donation of the $360 we had leftover in our donation fund.</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; text-align: left;">By July 1st we had formulated our plan to move on and purchased a fifth-wheel trailer and a truck to pull it. After two trial runs to iron out the kinks, we departed on August 19th to begin a 14 month road journey winding in and out of hotspots throughout the US as we navigate the Covid-19 landscape.</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj6Ts7KugaVtdjU1c3lpY_NxBMkBj0zaBDeAkcKyNO2mzBHZzTpL2TEwMSKHhYVYyU0nHdekaEZttUUkID9-RYGWzNcZ3KdRmqq8Lh-OywJg5E4aUR8F4tplKEhf1V1L_ODgmiYDz7bBvi/s1200/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj6Ts7KugaVtdjU1c3lpY_NxBMkBj0zaBDeAkcKyNO2mzBHZzTpL2TEwMSKHhYVYyU0nHdekaEZttUUkID9-RYGWzNcZ3KdRmqq8Lh-OywJg5E4aUR8F4tplKEhf1V1L_ODgmiYDz7bBvi/s640/1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1bCVcSNg5ATpCN_0Yc3leqJi2l0cyNmsiGsYBPbmpqDKiXXGRlMGxQ6ePZnACejzhyrhpc0LvOVkdUqrwmpaCuvZALxVJ12F5H0OP1yQOznYKyLV6axKuxJgU56PSxC_9-90jbeWZSxKm/s1200/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1bCVcSNg5ATpCN_0Yc3leqJi2l0cyNmsiGsYBPbmpqDKiXXGRlMGxQ6ePZnACejzhyrhpc0LvOVkdUqrwmpaCuvZALxVJ12F5H0OP1yQOznYKyLV6axKuxJgU56PSxC_9-90jbeWZSxKm/s640/4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2NQ3-pY5jJg8hIg-FXzi5s0O0CcLLwepYaOtEXIASLuXKHhSXdkX2UfppyaYyIFadbURNJAsaLXfAE0M5hyRyvLQsiWCqw8YlLmN7wHsiuV53hWPaX0pqUNdr_lTxAbswsQgRT-g9iOnD/s1200/15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2NQ3-pY5jJg8hIg-FXzi5s0O0CcLLwepYaOtEXIASLuXKHhSXdkX2UfppyaYyIFadbURNJAsaLXfAE0M5hyRyvLQsiWCqw8YlLmN7wHsiuV53hWPaX0pqUNdr_lTxAbswsQgRT-g9iOnD/s640/15.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEM3Jn3hN-SoDY7Ap4LKOaGTfAi3wlSnmcjhhdfI7UggkiRL4AMtNCRYbYqNN-N6JMayPoW-LXqXDKs5UFpelefnU7CX75FtIXee31NiCC3n22hAUlBkuthoSS2EVEMkaFOBxxfRXDXr0-/s1200/17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEM3Jn3hN-SoDY7Ap4LKOaGTfAi3wlSnmcjhhdfI7UggkiRL4AMtNCRYbYqNN-N6JMayPoW-LXqXDKs5UFpelefnU7CX75FtIXee31NiCC3n22hAUlBkuthoSS2EVEMkaFOBxxfRXDXr0-/s640/17.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCJ2F5srrGjNtSX8Y4qLygRDH-jfxfF-PgFDwx6gGnaizrRCc-FfDlhED_zOe2XKtWY1BaH9tXVEv6rpBD35daEj7jSv_1IPuSk-XnqQUA_hWvDdcBL3h019G7x_xNqp7eG6X24DNu-_IO/s960/Truck.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="541" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCJ2F5srrGjNtSX8Y4qLygRDH-jfxfF-PgFDwx6gGnaizrRCc-FfDlhED_zOe2XKtWY1BaH9tXVEv6rpBD35daEj7jSv_1IPuSk-XnqQUA_hWvDdcBL3h019G7x_xNqp7eG6X24DNu-_IO/s640/Truck.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><br /></div>
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<b style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: red;">Handy Quick Links to our Blog Highlights</span></b><br />
<b style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2015/07/the-decision.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">How We Got Started</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2018/01/how-our-itinerary-is-planned-to-be-cost.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">How We Do It</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/08/countries-and-territories-visited.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Countries and Territories Visited</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2016/08/" style="text-decoration-line: none;">USA Adventure</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/07/days-1-iceland-adventure-begins.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Iceland</a> <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/07/days-15-16-off-to-ukand-stonehenge.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The UK Adventure</a> | </b><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/09/day-1-club-arrives-capitols-of-norther.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Our Travel Club Arrives in Paris</a> | </b><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com.au/2017/09/day-7-paris-to-amsterdam-frenchy-and.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Capitols of N. Europe and Scandinavia</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/10/day-1-russian-adventure-begins.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Russia and the Trans-Siberian Railway</a> | </b><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/11/day-1-korea-small-group-tour-begins.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">South Korea</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/12/our-first-week-in-sapporo-japan.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Japan</a> | <a href="http://becomingnomads.blogspot.com.au/2018/03/australia.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Australia</a> | <a href="http://becomingnomads.blogspot.co.id/2018/05/bali-our-week-begins.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Bali & Indonesia</a> | <b><a href="http://becomingnomads.blogspot.my/2018/05/kuala-lumpur-malaysia.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Malaysia</a> | <a href="http://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/06/singapore.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Singapore</a> | <a href="http://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/06/transferring-to-hong-kong-another-one.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Macau-Hong Kong</a> | <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4413062166120694487#editor/target=post;postID=3525504979699109279;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=1;src=postname" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Southern China</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/07/zhangjiajie-national-park-chinas-first.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Zhangjiajie National Park</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/07/a-week-in-shanghai-big-city-big-days.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Central China</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/08/a-week-in-xian-terracotta-warriors-wall.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Terracotta Warriors</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/08/pandas-four-days-in-chengdu.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Pandas</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/08/tibet-five-very-interesting-days.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Tibet</a> | </b></b><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/08/nepal-our-first-week-in-kathmandu.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Nepal</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/09/our-last-club-adventure-day-7-on-to.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">India</a> | </b><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/10/our-last-club-adventure-on-to.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Uzbekistan</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/11/no-33-five-days-in-almaty-kazakhstan.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Kazakhstan</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/11/a-month-in-republic-of-georgia-first.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Georgia</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/11/bulgaria-via-turkey-sofia-our-first.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">The Balkans</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/02/eight-days-in-croatia-europes-best-kept.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Eastern Europe</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/03/a-restful-week-in-aviano-italy.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Italy</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/04/ireland-part-1-dublin-to-kilkenny.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Ireland</a> </b><b>| </b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/05/no-52-scotland-edinburgh-and-aberdeen.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><b>Scottish</b><b> </b><b>Highlands</b></a>-<b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/05/no-52-scotland-edinburgh-and-aberdeen.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Outer Islands</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/05/england-our-final-seven-days-of-carol.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">England</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/06/norway-country-no-56-two-weeks-with.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Norway</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/06/no-57-estonia-first-of-three-baltic.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">The Baltics</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/07/no-60-poland-one-week-two-cities.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Poland</a></b></div>
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We have been busy for the last five days or so making masks for the local front line workers in the stores, gas stations, etc. We delivered 50 to Kroger yesterday and the store manager was so excited. I am also doing a daily video of our journey, friends, and we welcome you to watch. Take what you like and leave the rest behind. Stay safe, stay healthy, and STAY AWAY from each other. </div>
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Tom and Bobbie Lucidohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18375798496860862205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413062166120694487.post-43627845968785818512020-03-25T04:51:00.001-07:002020-03-25T04:52:18.721-07:00The First Ten Days into our Quarantine in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA<div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">
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<b style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2015/07/the-decision.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">How We Got Started</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2018/01/how-our-itinerary-is-planned-to-be-cost.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">How We Do It</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/08/countries-and-territories-visited.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Countries and Territories Visited</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2016/08/" style="text-decoration-line: none;">USA Adventure</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/07/days-1-iceland-adventure-begins.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Iceland</a> <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/07/days-15-16-off-to-ukand-stonehenge.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The UK Adventure</a> | </b><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/09/day-1-club-arrives-capitols-of-norther.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Our Travel Club Arrives in Paris</a> | </b><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com.au/2017/09/day-7-paris-to-amsterdam-frenchy-and.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Capitols of N. Europe and Scandinavia</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/10/day-1-russian-adventure-begins.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Russia and the Trans-Siberian Railway</a> | </b><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/11/day-1-korea-small-group-tour-begins.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">South Korea</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/12/our-first-week-in-sapporo-japan.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Japan</a> | <a href="http://becomingnomads.blogspot.com.au/2018/03/australia.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Australia</a> | <a href="http://becomingnomads.blogspot.co.id/2018/05/bali-our-week-begins.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Bali & Indonesia</a> | <b><a href="http://becomingnomads.blogspot.my/2018/05/kuala-lumpur-malaysia.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Malaysia</a> | <a href="http://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/06/singapore.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Singapore</a> | <a href="http://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/06/transferring-to-hong-kong-another-one.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Macau-Hong Kong</a> | <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4413062166120694487#editor/target=post;postID=3525504979699109279;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=1;src=postname" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Southern China</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/07/zhangjiajie-national-park-chinas-first.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Zhangjiajie National Park</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/07/a-week-in-shanghai-big-city-big-days.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Central China</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/08/a-week-in-xian-terracotta-warriors-wall.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Terracotta Warriors</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/08/pandas-four-days-in-chengdu.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Pandas</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/08/tibet-five-very-interesting-days.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Tibet</a> | </b></b><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/08/nepal-our-first-week-in-kathmandu.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Nepal</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/09/our-last-club-adventure-day-7-on-to.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">India</a> | </b><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/10/our-last-club-adventure-on-to.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Uzbekistan</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/11/no-33-five-days-in-almaty-kazakhstan.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Kazakhstan</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/11/a-month-in-republic-of-georgia-first.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Georgia</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/11/bulgaria-via-turkey-sofia-our-first.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">The Balkans</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/02/eight-days-in-croatia-europes-best-kept.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Eastern Europe</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/03/a-restful-week-in-aviano-italy.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Italy</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/04/ireland-part-1-dublin-to-kilkenny.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Ireland</a> </b><b>| </b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/05/no-52-scotland-edinburgh-and-aberdeen.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><b>Scottish</b><b> </b><b>Highlands</b></a>-<b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/05/no-52-scotland-edinburgh-and-aberdeen.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Outer Islands</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/05/england-our-final-seven-days-of-carol.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">England</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/06/norway-country-no-56-two-weeks-with.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Norway</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/06/no-57-estonia-first-of-three-baltic.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">The Baltics</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/07/no-60-poland-one-week-two-cities.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Poland</a></b></div>
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We arrived back in the USA 2 1/2 years ahead of plans. We are sad and disappointed...our dream od traveling the whole world is being interrupted by an international catastrophe and we have nothing truly to complain about...we are healthy and alive, It has been an amazing 3 1/2 years so far and we will pick it up again when our world is healed. Here is our world map and stats as of today...</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXSpWBEKn_zzlliPxSH0FPWe5gdgquLBcDwdqlc1QojLqTc74ooIVVeztQSRZ8MndVQ0sbtygI5PB7y400Y0_Wpi1F0v-UVDPAGdnS_SV8XF9ht8cgkfB4Nm8mJYKbGi_Qh9ee4oqfuEQN/s1600/World+Travel+Map.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1003" data-original-width="1600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXSpWBEKn_zzlliPxSH0FPWe5gdgquLBcDwdqlc1QojLqTc74ooIVVeztQSRZ8MndVQ0sbtygI5PB7y400Y0_Wpi1F0v-UVDPAGdnS_SV8XF9ht8cgkfB4Nm8mJYKbGi_Qh9ee4oqfuEQN/s640/World+Travel+Map.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;">We quickly settled into sister Andrea's home to begin our 14-day self-controlled quarantine. it was a bit eerie at first, settling in for a long stay...we haven't been in one place for more than two weeks in a long, long time...not since our one-month stay in Oska, Japan two years ago. Out of the last 2 1/2 years, sister Andrea has joined up for 14 months...she pops in for a few weeks, hangs out with us and then goes home. Then a few months later she returns. She has become our mule for supplies we can't get overseas. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;">It didn't take long to settle in, find our separate corners, and learn the rules of the house. We visited the store for supplies a couple of times, bought enough food to last a while...not toilet paper or course, and settled into watching the news, ad nauseum, and coming up with things to keep us occupied. Bobbie started doing home repairs and completed reorganized the basement, Andi started at new puzzle, and I began making daily video messages. Ten days into our recluse, we started making medical/surgical masks to donate to first responders. It took a few days to get up to speed and or first box os 35 makes went out to a doctor friend and her clinic in Colorado. Her need was intense and we really felt a lot of joy in our little jester.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;">We've taken our temps daily...so far so good...and have probably put on a few extra pounds. We are healthy, still like each other, and are daily more hopeful that our world will heal.</span></div>
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Tom and Bobbie Lucidohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18375798496860862205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413062166120694487.post-55373782323751774322020-03-18T11:57:00.003-07:002020-03-18T12:15:27.379-07:00Germany and our COVID-19 Evacuation<div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">
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<b style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2015/07/the-decision.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">How We Got Started</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2018/01/how-our-itinerary-is-planned-to-be-cost.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">How We Do It</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/08/countries-and-territories-visited.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Countries and Territories Visited</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2016/08/" style="text-decoration-line: none;">USA Adventure</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/07/days-1-iceland-adventure-begins.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Iceland</a> <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/07/days-15-16-off-to-ukand-stonehenge.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The UK Adventure</a> | </b><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/09/day-1-club-arrives-capitols-of-norther.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Our Travel Club Arrives in Paris</a> | </b><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com.au/2017/09/day-7-paris-to-amsterdam-frenchy-and.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Capitols of N. Europe and Scandinavia</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/10/day-1-russian-adventure-begins.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Russia and the Trans-Siberian Railway</a> | </b><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/11/day-1-korea-small-group-tour-begins.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">South Korea</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/12/our-first-week-in-sapporo-japan.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Japan</a> | <a href="http://becomingnomads.blogspot.com.au/2018/03/australia.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Australia</a> | <a href="http://becomingnomads.blogspot.co.id/2018/05/bali-our-week-begins.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Bali & Indonesia</a> | <b><a href="http://becomingnomads.blogspot.my/2018/05/kuala-lumpur-malaysia.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Malaysia</a> | <a href="http://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/06/singapore.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Singapore</a> | <a href="http://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/06/transferring-to-hong-kong-another-one.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Macau-Hong Kong</a> | <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4413062166120694487#editor/target=post;postID=3525504979699109279;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=1;src=postname" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Southern China</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/07/zhangjiajie-national-park-chinas-first.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Zhangjiajie National Park</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/07/a-week-in-shanghai-big-city-big-days.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Central China</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/08/a-week-in-xian-terracotta-warriors-wall.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Terracotta Warriors</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/08/pandas-four-days-in-chengdu.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Pandas</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/08/tibet-five-very-interesting-days.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Tibet</a> | </b></b><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/08/nepal-our-first-week-in-kathmandu.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Nepal</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/09/our-last-club-adventure-day-7-on-to.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">India</a> | </b><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/10/our-last-club-adventure-on-to.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Uzbekistan</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/11/no-33-five-days-in-almaty-kazakhstan.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Kazakhstan</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/11/a-month-in-republic-of-georgia-first.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Georgia</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/11/bulgaria-via-turkey-sofia-our-first.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">The Balkans</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/02/eight-days-in-croatia-europes-best-kept.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Eastern Europe</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/03/a-restful-week-in-aviano-italy.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Italy</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/04/ireland-part-1-dublin-to-kilkenny.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Ireland</a> </b><b>| </b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/05/no-52-scotland-edinburgh-and-aberdeen.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><b>Scottish</b><b> </b><b>Highlands</b></a>-<b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/05/no-52-scotland-edinburgh-and-aberdeen.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Outer Islands</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/05/england-our-final-seven-days-of-carol.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">England</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/06/norway-country-no-56-two-weeks-with.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Norway</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/06/no-57-estonia-first-of-three-baltic.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">The Baltics</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/07/no-60-poland-one-week-two-cities.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Poland</a></b></div>
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Concerned about Italy being closed and not knowing how our plans for the rest of our European adventure would work out, we found ourselves in a small industrial village north of Heidelberg. It looked like something out of the Post WW2 eastern block and the lady's name meeting us for check-in at our Airbnb was Svetlana...she spoke with a heavy Russian accent. It was a decent apartment, lots of room and fully equipped. For the next week, we stumbled through each day as the news of the COVID-19 virus spread brought up roadblock after roadblock.</div>
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The news indicated that Germany was considering shutting it's borders. We still had hope that we would make it at least into Spain. Fom Madrid we at least might be able to wait out developments and still make it on to Myanmar. The days dragged by. We drove to Heidelberg for a day visit. The walking tour we had booked was canceled. The castle was still open and we did get a chance to tour some of the interior rooms. Tensions were high and everyone was on edge. Even though the castle was grand, our spirits were pretty dashed.</div>
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On our fifth day, the French borders were closed and the writing was on the wall. We quickly assessed our options and decided to attempt to return home from Frankfurt. We have been trying all week to contact American Airlines, Qatar and Lufthansa with no luck, In the end, we bought last mind tickets from Frankfurt to Charlottesville, VA where Andi lives.</div>
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We got up at 3AM and packed up, leaving all of our six weeks of kitchen supplies of canned goods, etc, along with the ice chest and much more, and drove the one hour to the Frankfurt airport. There we returned the car and boarded the LAST plane bound for the USA. Talk about luck. If we had missed that flight we would be in Germany for the duration of the pandemic.</div>
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The flight was GREAT. The service exceptional, and we shared the 320 passenger plane with about 80 other people and 30 crew members deadheading back home. When we landed in Atlanta to switch planes, we were boarded by the CDC, temps checked and questions asked. We were then told to self-quarantine at home for 14 days. We had a three-hour layover before continuing on to Charlottesville and settling in for what was appearing to be a very long time.</div>
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<b style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: red;">Handy Quick Links to our Blog Highlights</span></b><br />
<b style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2015/07/the-decision.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">How We Got Started</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2018/01/how-our-itinerary-is-planned-to-be-cost.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">How We Do It</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/08/countries-and-territories-visited.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Countries and Territories Visited</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2016/08/" style="text-decoration-line: none;">USA Adventure</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/07/days-1-iceland-adventure-begins.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Iceland</a> <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/07/days-15-16-off-to-ukand-stonehenge.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The UK Adventure</a> | </b><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/09/day-1-club-arrives-capitols-of-norther.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Our Travel Club Arrives in Paris</a> | </b><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com.au/2017/09/day-7-paris-to-amsterdam-frenchy-and.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Capitols of N. Europe and Scandinavia</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/10/day-1-russian-adventure-begins.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Russia and the Trans-Siberian Railway</a> | </b><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/11/day-1-korea-small-group-tour-begins.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">South Korea</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.jp/2017/12/our-first-week-in-sapporo-japan.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Japan</a> | <a href="http://becomingnomads.blogspot.com.au/2018/03/australia.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Australia</a> | <a href="http://becomingnomads.blogspot.co.id/2018/05/bali-our-week-begins.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Bali & Indonesia</a> | <b><a href="http://becomingnomads.blogspot.my/2018/05/kuala-lumpur-malaysia.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Malaysia</a> | <a href="http://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/06/singapore.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Singapore</a> | <a href="http://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/06/transferring-to-hong-kong-another-one.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Macau-Hong Kong</a> | <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4413062166120694487#editor/target=post;postID=3525504979699109279;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=1;src=postname" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Southern China</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/07/zhangjiajie-national-park-chinas-first.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Zhangjiajie National Park</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/07/a-week-in-shanghai-big-city-big-days.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Central China</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/08/a-week-in-xian-terracotta-warriors-wall.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Terracotta Warriors</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/08/pandas-four-days-in-chengdu.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Pandas</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/08/tibet-five-very-interesting-days.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Tibet</a> | </b></b><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/08/nepal-our-first-week-in-kathmandu.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Nepal</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/09/our-last-club-adventure-day-7-on-to.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">India</a> | </b><b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/10/our-last-club-adventure-on-to.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Uzbekistan</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/11/no-33-five-days-in-almaty-kazakhstan.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Kazakhstan</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/11/a-month-in-republic-of-georgia-first.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Georgia</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2018/11/bulgaria-via-turkey-sofia-our-first.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">The Balkans</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/02/eight-days-in-croatia-europes-best-kept.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Eastern Europe</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/03/a-restful-week-in-aviano-italy.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Italy</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/04/ireland-part-1-dublin-to-kilkenny.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Ireland</a> </b><b>| </b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/05/no-52-scotland-edinburgh-and-aberdeen.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><b>Scottish</b><b> </b><b>Highlands</b></a>-<b><a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/05/no-52-scotland-edinburgh-and-aberdeen.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Outer Islands</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/05/england-our-final-seven-days-of-carol.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">England</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/06/norway-country-no-56-two-weeks-with.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Norway</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/06/no-57-estonia-first-of-three-baltic.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">The Baltics</a> | <a href="https://becomingnomads.blogspot.com/2019/07/no-60-poland-one-week-two-cities.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Poland</a></b></div>
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We planned a week in Switzerland to visit sets of old friends. The drive from Nice was beautiful, through stunning mountain valleys, passing Lake Como as we approached the southern border at Italy. The temperature dropped and we started to see quite a bit of snow. It was winter again.</div>
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We approached the Gottard Tunnel knowing we would be traveling underground for at least 20 minutes. It is 10 miles long and still one of the longest tunnels in the world. The transit was fine with enough turns in the road to prevent being hypnotized by the monotony. </div>
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Once on the other side we wound through sleepy villages and small towns, got lost up in the mountains by our GPS misdirect, and ended up making it an 11-hour drive. We reached our friend's home late in the day and settled in. They live in Glarus, a lovely village nestled within a high mountain valley.</div>
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For three days we wandered the little town, took a few hikes, enjoyed the cheerful howl of a three-year-old and one-year-old, and reminisced about our many years of friendship. This was the first time we got to meet Grace. Marc was an employee of ours, one of our most skilled comedy tour drivers, and, eventually purchased the company and made his fortune. He sold it two years later and moved to New Zealand where the Kreiger love story began. Now living in Switzerland, they had a lovely family and it was a grand time sharing quality family time with them. Getting off the road n such a loving environment was a true gift for us.</div>
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Sofia, Grace, Marc and Valentina Krieger</div>
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We got a small snowfall while there and it had been a long time since we shoveled a driveway. In reality, we watch Marc shovel.</div>
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We took a full day and drove to Vaduz, Lichtenstein. We walked around the very quiet city, it was an early Saturday morning and few shops were open. We took a few photos and then headed into Austria for lunch. There we wandered the streets of a small city (I failed to note the name) and enjoyed each other's company.<span style="text-align: center;"> </span></div>
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Late in the day, we drove back home to a wonderful home-cooked meal with Grace and the kids. In the morning we said our goodbyes and drove to Zurich. We dropped Marc off at the airport where he departed for London and a new assignment. And...met up with John and Constanza, old travel friends from many, many years back. John is one of our brothers and this is the fourth time we have hooked up with him since departing Alaska. We settled in quickly into their home in Baden (Bath) and joined then for a dance class that evening-they danced and we watched.</div>
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The next two days went by slowly as things got progressively worse in Italy with the COVID-19 blockade. We barely missed getting stuck in Italy and were thankful we had changed our route into Switzerland. John took us out on a long day hike along the river in Baden and we ended up at a really nice hotel for a fancy lunch. Later that night we drove into the Zurich city center and met Constanze for dinner at a really historic hotel that specialized in fondue. It was a spectacular dinner.</div>
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We did a day trip into Zurich with John and visited the history museum. It was quiet and the displays were great. After a few hours, it was time to head back home. That night we cooked a traditional Mexican carnitas dinner and had "street" tacos which Constanza ate with a fork and knife...LOL.</div>
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In the morning we left early for the airport, met sister Andrea, said goodbye to John and headed north into the safety of Germany...or so we thought.</div>
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After a nice break at the beach, we headed north to our next big Spanish city, Valencia. Still, on the coast, Valencia is the home of Paella, the Spanish delicacy, and a beautiful, very large city with loads of cultural heritage sites. It was a five-hour drive on the tollway reaching the city mid-afternoon. We were met at our apartment by our hostess, Sonya, who showed us around and also took us down the block to the parking garage. Luckily we found a street space right in front of the apartment and since it was too good to lose, we never moved the car during our whole stay. We had a large three-bedroom apartment, and as usual, it was perfect in every way, sparkling clean, nicely furnished and perfectly located. We settled in quickly with a market trip to replenish supplies.</div>
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The bus stop on our block took us right into the city center in just five stops, and at $1.50 a trip, it was more economical than driving and parking. We chose to wander the first day, and after a few hours in the historic center and a quick visit to the Spice Market building, we got onto the metro/bus system and headed west to the sea and the City of Arts and Sciences. The architecture was so modern and fanciful, that it felt like we were on a foreign planet. There we visit the science museum and enjoyed the sun.</div>
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We scheduled a free walking tour, our 42nd on this trip and thoroughly enjoyed our guide whose thick Italian accent speaking English was charming. We wandered the old quarter and were introduced to many beautiful sites. It was a Sunday and there were folk dances and costumes galore.</div>
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We scheduled a bike tour for our last day in the city but got rained out, so we wandered a bit and did a bit of shopping at one of the large malls.</div>
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We departed on a six-hour drive to Barcelona. We purposefully chose a location outside of the city in the village of Martorell (pronounced "Mar-tow-rey" and were pleasantly freaked out by the mansion we inherited for the week. A fully restored main floor of a stately family home built in 1896 greeted us. Our hostess, Anna, was quite proud and very amused by all of our oos and awes. The place was furnished with exquisite antiques and art and in one of the bedrooms was a Dali original. Wow. We lived in splendor, though a bit cold at night, even with the heat on, for the next six days.</div>
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We drove into the city the next day for a walking tour of the city highlights.</div>
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Our second day we took an architectural tour of the Gaudi buildings ending in an outside tour of the Sagrada Familia Basilica.</div>
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On our fourth day, we booked a bike tour through the waterfront district that was refreshing and good exercise. Our guide was a transplanted Cuban fellow, charming and knowledgable and the day was bright and sunny, warm, and being a Sunday, packed with people. It was interesting and fun weaving in and out fo the crowds on our bikes.</div>
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We departed Barcelona and had gotten 30 minutes out of the city when we received a text from our host that we had left a bag behind. We quickly backtracked to discover it was Bobbie's purse...ugh. Once back on the road it was a beautiful drive through the mountains and into Andorra. Hoping to find a local restaurant to enjoy some local delicacies we sadly discovered that if the town did not have something to do with spring skiing, everything was closed. We found a decent burger joint along the border and settled in for lunch. Once back on the journey, we climbed higher and higher over the Pyrenees and into the ski resort area. Lot of snow, lots of skiers, and a decent amount of traffic made for a slow journey over the high mountain pass. Luckily the roads were clean and in great shape.</div>
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Into France and a couple of hours, more of driving brought us to Toulouse where we would stay for a week. It is a large city, sprawling over the plain at the base of the mountains and we had a nice apartment in the city center. Great bus and tram service allowed us to get into and out of the historic district. It was off-season and not much to offer other than a few art museums, a walk around the old town and such. One the day we were able to book a walking tour, it rained. All in all, we enjoyed a restful week of watching movies, taking daily walking into the city center and visiting the space center.</div>
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Driving south, it took us a good eight hours to reach Nice on the coast. The French Riviera was all we expected. Clean, pretty, great beaches, and decent winter weather. It was sunny for our entire week with only rain on one day. We had a grand apartment on the ground floor just a few blocks from the city center, complete with a private parking spot that was ideal and cost-saving.</div>
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It was a grand week with long walks a great walking tour, a lovely botanical garden, and a movie house where we were able to see two new US films., Judy and The Gentlemen. It has been a while since we had enjoyed a flick and we settled into the older, nicely appointed movie house easily. </div>
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As usual, our walking tour guide was charming and effective...a transplanted Irish lass with a nice grasp of the city. We walked about 5 miles that day, up and down the main hill.</div>
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We took the tram and bus into Monaco for the day and visited the Oceanographic Museum. It had a great aquarium. The rest of the exhibits were lacking and disappointing. It was in a magnificent building though and that made the visit more worthwhile. We wandered around a bit, caught a little of the changing of the guard at the palace, had lunch and opted to head back into Nice midafternoon. We did not visit the Casino and lose $1,000 in a minute, as I pretended to do on Facebook. That was fun and solicited an assortment of interesting replies to my posts.</div>
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Our car returned and a few things taken care of like upgrading our phone service, and we checked into our Lisbon Airport Hotel. A really nice newly renovated transfer hotel at the foot of the airport. We enjoyed a quiet evening and an early start. Landing in Seville, Spain mid-morning, our car rental pickup was a snap...and within an hour we were at the doorstep of our Airbnb waiting to check-in. We had a bit of a surprise, my bad, when the hostess, as sweet and welcoming as you could imagine, showed up to our "room." By accident, I have rented a private room in a family home instead of the whole apartment. We adjusted to sharing the space and enjoyed three lovely days meeting family members and practicing our Spanish...Marilo did not speak a word of English. </div>
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We'd been to Seville before and took in all of the sites over the course of three days. Our stop here was to get into the car rental zone that would allow us to have the same automobile for three months, to the doctor, and to get ourselves organized for our big European road trip. We reserved one day to visit the city again and chose our favorite venue, a free walking tour. Our guide Jose did not disappoint us and we toured the main sites of the city for about three hours. It was a beautiful day, sunny and warm, and we covered nearly 6 miles on the tour. Since we have been in almost all of the locations we visited, it was fun to see them again from the outside. My knee got a workout and I survived.</div>
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We departed Seville for Gibraltar the following day. It was a pretty two-hour drive to the coast once again. After crossing the border check we parked our car at the Cable Car lot and took the ride to the top. As soon as we got out, Bobbie was accosted by the apes...climbing on her and going after the lunch sack. She had to knock it off. We toured the mountain for about three hours, walking from historic site to the next, all downhill thankfully, and back to the car. It was fun to visit the "rock" and the views were grand, even on an overcast and cold day. It is amazing that over 35,000 people live in this UK territory that is less than 3 square miles in size...and it is packed.</div>
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The mountain road winds down the south side in switchbacks and the views werre stunning.</div>
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This Moorish tower dated back to the 11th century.</div>
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At the end of the day, we drove out of the territory and back into Spain. In an hour we were at our B&B for the night. The stately mansion is run by American ex-pats and it was like living in a modern art museum. As beautiful and modern as it was, there were a lot of things missing. It was cold, it was dark. The kitchen appliances were filthy, especially the over, and the owner greeted us, took off, and we never saw her again. With all this, it was nice to be in such a lovely place all alone. We tried to find a local restaurant in the small nearby town. All were closed. So we stopped at the grocery store, picked up a few things from the deli and went back to warm things up...that's how we found the icky oven. This was a reward night from Hotels.com so it only cost us $8.35 in taxes. We wish them well. I hope the mess was just because it was offseason. </div>
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A surprise awaited us the next day as we drive three hours into the mountains to find the town of Ronda perched on top of two mountain plateaus separated by a canyon. Wow. The apartment we booked was right in the center of town and with a private gated parking area. It was perfect for a three-night stay. We wandered the historic city, climbed up and down the cliff trails, and relaxed in a really romantic and special place.</div>
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We left Ronda and traveled for five hours over the mountains and back to the coast. Our destination of Roquetas de Mar, a small resort town just outside of Almeria. As we got closer we started to see greenhouses, soon ALL WE COULD SEE were greenhouses. It so happens that the Almeria region is the largest concentration of greenhouses in the world...some 26,000 acres and still growing. Thi sis view of the area from the top of the mountain pass.</div>
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We we finally reached the city, we drove for miles through this area to reach our apartment. </div>
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We lucked out and for $35 a night has a beach condo right on the water. The view was great. For the next five days we did nothing but take daily walks along the shoreline and watch Netflix at night. It was a great rest period in our travel itinerary.</div>
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We start off our back to Western Civilisation with a really hard rant on service. We took the six-hour redeye out of Accra, along with 250 folks from San Tome & Principe. It was possibly the worst flight ever...TAP has new Airbus 321 that hold up to 300 passengers, crammed into 46 rows of six across, narrow seats that barely recline. The new Airbus seats are poorly cushioned and there is less leg-room on this plane than any of the other 43 we have flown to date of this journey. Shame of TAP Portuguese Airlines for this really uncomfortable flight. We got only a couple of hours of sleep if that and landed with sore backs.</div>
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Lisbon immigration was packed with several thousand arrivees...it took well over 90 minutes to get through. Once through customs getting our rental car and into the city center was a breeze. Our Airbnb for the next five nights was on Ave. da Liberdade, right in the heart of the old town. We had an ungraded luxury one-bedroom in a classy shopping and housing complex. The underground parking was convenient and perfect and we were able to walk to almost everything in a few minutes.</div>
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Nursing my bum knee, we took short walks, Bobbie did daily longer jaunts, and we we took the car out for a day for a coastal drive to Cabo da Roca and Sintra. </div>
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This may be the smallest rental car we have had to date...and it was quite comfortable. A Fiat 500c.</div>
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Feeling pretty spry on one morning we sought out our favorite sightseeing standby, a free walking tour. We were the only one and enjoyed a really pleasant 2 1/2 walk through the central district with our guy, Manuel. He was new, only four months, and he stumbled a bit here and there...but he was charming and pleasant and it was a nice walk around the city's more historic area. Five miles later I was guaranteed the nest day would be quiet with my leg propped up on a pillow.</div>
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During the tour we crossed the famous No. 28 cable car line where all of the weed sellers hang out. It's legal in Portugal to buy on the street, so we got a little to ease the pain. </div>
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We booked another week in Faro, on the southern coast, in a small golf resort right on the beach. The drive down was pleasant and we did our best to stretch the otherwise two-hour drive into five by using coastal roads. Over the time we passed through hundreds of cork oak forests, 1000s of trees. </div>
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We reached the coast and Faro, where we settled into a week-long rental at a golf resort and just 10 minutes from the beach. </div>
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We said goodbye to our sweet home in Cape Town, returned the car at the airport, and boarded our flight to Addis Ababa. We were facing a twelve-hour layover once there but were pleasantly rewarded by Ethiopian Airlines, a hotel room for the night. We also received a free transit visa and were able to add Ethiopia to our world list...yippee. We arrived after dark and left before the sun rose so we never got to see any of the capital city. Back in the air we flew across the African continent and landed in Accra late afternoon. The Accra airport was ultra-modern and gave us an initial great firt-impression. And yes, I was a bad boy and took a photo of the immigration gates.</div>
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However, once outside things changed dramatically. Accra is a huge city, and it is also pretty much a mess. Awful roads, lots of old buildings, blatant poverty, and the smog was overwhelming. On to of all that it was almost 100^ with high humidity. We negotiated for a taxi, paid a bit more than we should, and were at our hotel in the city center within an hour. The hotel was a nice surprise, and at the $150 a night price, it was a hard pill to swallow on our budget. "Decent" hotels in the city for tourists are hugely overpriced. We had to wait a bit for our room and were rewarded with a nicely appointed suite with A/C and decent wifi.</div>
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For two days we walked the hot, dusty crowded city streets looking for something to see and do. The markets were busy, the national monuments in poor repair and unattended. We were warned that visiting West Africa was about the people and not the sights and it was correct in every way. The people were charming. Going about their daily lives, few gave us much attention, even the vendors. It was a nice break and we were able to see quite a bit.</div>
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We made our way on Day 3 to our Dragoman host hotel and were surprised to find "Sura," the first Dragoman truck I ever experienced. She had been all over the world and had ended up here in West Africa. What a great coincidence. Our crew, Tanja and Liz, all-female and charming. We checked in, got our paperwork out of the way, and had a nice group dinner with our travel companions...two Aussies, a Brit, a Swiss, a Fin, a Sri Lankin, and a Korean. Quite a nice mix. It was going to be a grand 20-day tour.</div>
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We departed early the next morning for our first camp, along the shores of the Akosombo reservoir. We a great spot, lots of grass and shade, to celebrate Bobbie's birthday and her 100th country. Alongside was our new friend Rivka celebrating her 74th. We had hidden two cakes from Accra and it was a lovely night with fireworks to celebrate the new year as well.</div>
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Bobbie showed off her new Cullinan Mine Garnet earrings. We were there for three days and toured the nearby dam that supplies power for Ghana, Togo, Benin, and Burkino-Faso. Our dam guide was really great.</div>
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From here we headed to the Togo border and would not see a tarred road for several days. It was a pretty drive up and into the mountains that separate the two countries. The border station was a hut with a few guards, and because we all had gotten our visas in advance, it was a quick process. On the other side, a truck had died in the middle of the road and we all had to get out while Tanja skillfully maneuvered Sura past and beyond the block...a really tight squeeze.</div>
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Once in Togo is took another four hours of dirt road winding through the thick tropical jungle to eventually reach our campsite on the grounds of an old and rundown tourist lodge. There we stayed for two nights. On the morning of our second day, we enjoyed a walking tour of the nearby village. Met a locally famous artist, and eventually ended up at a lovely hidden waterfall where we enjoyed a few hours of cool bathing and a nice lunch served up by a few local fellows. The area is famous for its butterflies.</div>
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That night we were treated to a drumming and fire dance show. The drums were moving, loud, and whimsical. The fire dancer was amazing. Sadly the lighting was so bad that we only got a couple of photos.<br />
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We departed the next morning a drove another four hours on dirt roads before reaching a tarred road that eventually led us into a small town. There we did a bit of shopping and afterward were taken for a short walk into a small valley were we witnessed thousand of bats, hanging in the trees and flying...IN THE BRIGHT SUN. That was a first.</div>
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We departed again for what ended up being another six hours of driving further north into Togo. The saving factor was that it was a commercial road most of the way. There was plenty to see and at a security checkpoint, the truck blew a water hose and we were grounded for the night. Luckily there were plenty of trucks being worked on and a mechanic was found and repaired the issue. Being so late, we bush camped on the grounds of a restaurant nearby for the night.</div>
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Another long day driving to almost the Burkino-Faso border got us to Sarakawa Game Reserve where we were treated to a great game drive and then a night in a really nice hotel. Real beds, a nice dinner, and hot showers. Along the way, there were countless firewood gatherers selling their finds for the day. While the law says one cannot cut down a living tree, it was obvious few were observing the ordinance...and the signs of drought and cleared land was evident.</div>
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The game reserve had none of the Big Five, but the drive was nice and there were some great shots of some of our favorite grazers.</div>
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We were here for two nights. The following day we enjoyed a long walk through the nearby village where we say sleeping huts below.</div>
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We walked through the bush and visited several homes. <br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">This one belonged to our guide. He is in the process of building it. One bucket of mud at a time.</span></div>
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The kids were curious as usual and we did get a change to visit a school.<br />
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Later in the day, we enjoyed another, albeit hot, trek to a cave reported to be where folks hid in the 1700s to avoid being captured and sold into slavery.<br />
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For the next two days, we continued further south into Benin, stopped at a catholic religious site for a short visit to see a grotto where the Virgin Mary presumably appeared. We did not see the grotto choosing to wander the small town instead. That afternoon we heard about hippos in a river a "short" distance away and opted to use our free night to go see. After several hours down a long dirt road, and then down yet another even narrower track, we reached the river. It was hot and humid and we both opted to not do the trek to see the hippos. We stayed in the truck and played Scrabble. The rest of the group went on...three hours later they returned torn up by all the reeds and thorns...no hippos. It was now almost dark and we found a school a bit up the road where the local elder said we could set up camp. The locals came by to watch and we were surrounded by curious kids through the night and into the next morning before our departure.<br />
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We departed very early for the long drive to Abomey, the center of Voodoo culture and the seat of the central Benin government. The city is large, about 300,000 people but very underdeveloped. We stayed at a decent hotel with nice grounds for two nights. On our full day, we took a scooter tour to the local palaces of the Fon Dynasty. These were the kings of the 1700s that sold their own people into slavery...those later sent to South and North Amerca. Sad. I took no pictures because, to be honest, I've pretty much had as much information and remembrance of that era as I can stand. The ride was nice, the drivers were pleasant, and the city, honestly, a bit depressing.<br />
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We departed the next day and drove almost to the coast where we parked the truck and took flatboats out to the stilt city of Ganvie. There we stayed overnight in a stilt hotel and enjoyed a boat ride around the village. Built by fleeing tribes in the 1700s, the opted to live in the middle of the lake because the Fon people believed the water was full of devils. They did not venture on the water to capture slaves. It saved this tribe and they have flourished to this day, living and fishing on the water. This was my favorite part of the Benin segment.<br />
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Then it was further down to the coast where we stayed in Quidan where we toured the Python Temple...yikes, loads of snakes everywhere we stepped.<br />
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The VooDoo sacred forest was interesting with all of the statues.<br />
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Later that night we visited a local village and were given a grand Voodo performance with drumming, dancing and singing...and magic. It was great and we had loads of kids to keep us entertained..</div>
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We crossed the Ghana border and spent two more nights at a really nice beach resort, Dragoman's way of saying "sorry" for all the bus camping. The it was back to hot, humid, and dusty Accra where we sequestered in our air-conditioned suite at the hotel for two more days before departing for Lisbon.<br />
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Sorry folks. No photos until after Cape Town. My camera died and I had to purchase a new one. Guess you'll actually have to read the text on this one...smile.</div>
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Departing the northmost region of Kruger we started our two-week drive back to Cape Town. We staged our drive into six-to-seven hours treks in between stops. Our first stop was in Polokwane, a large city halfway between Kruger and Pretoria. There we enjoyed a great apartment for three nights. The town is not a tourist stop and we were amused at how often we were asked why we were there. We wandered the two huge malls, did a bit more shopping in preparation for the next three years on the road...it is time to replace most of our well-worn wardrobe and shoes. The hosts were lovely and accommodating and the visit was pleasant.</div>
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Next up was the city of Newcastle halfway to the coast. There we stayed for one night at a really nice B&B. That evening we had dinner out and enjoyed meeting af ew locals...once again with the same questions.</div>
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Our next leg got us to the coast and the small village of Umzumbe, surf city for the Kwa-Zulu Natal coastline. Just south of Durban, the town sits on a pristine beach with lots of waves. We rented a room at a surf lodge for one night and enjoyed the views. This was the first time in a while we had actually shared our space with other guests. The four Turks were fun...20-somethings on a one-week holiday to learn hot to surf...and nine young women who made quite a bit of noise. It was a memorable one night stay.</div>
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Driving further down the coast, our six-hour drive turned into eight as we were once again routed over windy country roads by our GPS...ugh. We got to East London or another three-night stay at a really beautiful home...once again sharing the space with the owners and other guests. The house was so big that we hardly noticed the other people.</div>
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Another six hours got us to Knysna where we had stayed a few months back. This time we settled in for one night with a really lovely apartment next to the owners...possibly n most well-planned studio we've been during our entire journey thus far.</div>
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We had a shorter drive the next day...only four hours...along the coastline and into the town of Hermanus. Situated just two hours south of Cape Town, we had a really lovely home for two nights with beautiful views of the mountains and coastline. The beach was just a few blocks away and we enjoyed a lovely Tapas lunch on the cliffs at a special little cafe.</div>
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Our drive into Cape Town was along the Whale Coast Route. Just beautiful. We reached the city midday and checked in. Our host was charming, open and accommodating. Our last South African residence is two blocks from the beach on the third floor with big windows. Just perfect for our Christmas week.</div>
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We did a bit more shopping and completed our wardrobe change, getting ride of most of our previous three years' gear and upgrading to what will be summer wear for most the remaining 2 1/2 years. We did a few walks, shipped off a large box back home full of our South African finds, and relaxed. I'm still nursing a bum knee that flared up a week earlier. An elastic brace and some pain meds is helping. Who knows what happened. It certainly wasn't the case of any noticeable injury. Here's hoping it returns to normal within the week.</div>
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For Christmas Eve we enjoyed dinner at the Hussar Grill on the beach and treated ourselves to a really excellent dinner. Christmas Day started with a batch of homemade cinnamon rolls followed by a steak dinner at home. Our last day was spend reorganizing and packing for our departure to Ghana.</div>
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