Scott to me, “I don’t know. This looks like some dude’s house. This is weird.” Me, “Yeah. It’s totally weird. Come on anyway. Let’s find this twine!” Finding Twine We were poking around the yard of a private home. I don’t want to throw shade, but maybe it wasn’t immediately obvious that visitors were welcome….
“I love rest areas,” said no one, ever. But dang if we didn’t find one that’s worth a shout out. Is there someplace that collects the Best of Rest Areas? A connoisseur of highway turn outs? If so, I heartily nominate Prentice Park in Wisconsin. Two days before finding the rest area Scott said to…
Bridge Advice As we were zooming past the VERY LAST EXIT before the bridge, a fact made excessively clear with lots of signs and big letters, hidden in the mix was a helpful little sign for an AM station broadcasting bridge conditions and weather alerts. Scott turned it on. AM Station {alert sound}, “Due to…
We have a rock hound in our midst. It might be my fault. Rocks are just so cool. That’s how we found Petoskey State Park. Ev took whatever interest I showed and 10x’ed it. The good homeschooling advice says something like, “Take whatever they’re interested in and go with it until they aren’t interested any…
I’m not one to forget a Do Not Miss. I collect those like other people collect shoes or tools. Before we set out for our first loop around the country in an RV, Kim said, “You must go to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.” I hadn’t heard of it. There’s a lot of sand somewhere…
