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Rains, Trains, and Watermobiles near Virginia’s Cascade Falls.

After staying home for a week, we began to look for another chance to get away from home before the craziness of virtual education began. In mid-August, the temperatures in Virginia dipped back into the human range, with highs around 80 and lows around 60, temperatures that we knew would be great for camping. We…

August 19, 2020 in camping, Traveling Adventures.

Mandates, Musicals, and More in Caseville, Michigan

We left the Outer Banks on a Friday, unpacked the car, repacked the car the next day, and then began the drive up to Michigan. This year, we were staying for about a week near Caseville. When we arrived, it was a bit chillier than we were used to in Virginia and North Carolina. There…

August 16, 2020 in Family in Michigan, Traveling Adventures.

Beach Questions and Answers During a Trip to the Outer Banks

At the end of July, we began vacationing in the era of social distancing. For our first trip, we were going to Hatteras Island in the Outer Banks with my family, and Hatteras is remote enough that distancing would not really be an issue, provided we avoided the Avon Food Lion on a weekend. The…

August 2, 2020 in The Outer Banks, Traveling Adventures.

Constructing Sand Walls and Other Forms of Entertainment at the Outer Banks

Laura, McKenna, and I got back to Midlothian from Caseville, Michigan on August 1st, with just enough time to cut the lawn and do the laundry before we left for the beach vacation with my family at Frisco on Hatteras Island on Sunday, August 4th. Our Sunday beach rental enabled us to avoid the terrible…

August 5, 2019 in Traveling Adventures, The Outer Banks.

Spectrums of Drunkenness and Spectrums of Fun in Caseville, Michigan

On Saturday, July 29th, we packed up at Canadian Lakes to move on to the annual vacation in Caseville for Laura’s mom’s side of the family. There we would meet up with Laura’s sister, Gayle, who McKenna and her cousins all agreed was the best aunt out of all of the possible aunts. In Caseville,…

August 3, 2019 in Family in Michigan, Traveling Adventures.

Catching Fish and Playing with Concrete at Canadian Lakes

On Tuesday, July 23rd, we headed south from Cadillac to the misleadingly named Canadian Lakes. Along the way, we saw a sign for an overlook off the highway, and we were immediately intrigued. Michigan has many impressive overlooks, but nearly all of them are on the coasts of lakes. What could this overlook be in…

July 30, 2019 in Family in Michigan, Traveling Adventures.

Boating Misadventures and Other Events in Cadillac, Michigan

On July 20th, we left for the annual trip to Michigan, just in time to escape a day when it would go up to 100 in Richmond. Normally, we drive up to the Detroit area, but this time we would bypass that altogether for three lake houses. Fourteen hours later, we arrived in Cadillac, Michigan.…

July 27, 2019 in Family in Michigan, Traveling Adventures.

Roman Ruins and Catholic Cathedrals in Pompeii and Rome

On July 2nd, our Italian tour group left Sorrento for Pompeii. We would tour the ruins of Pompeii and then proceed to Rome, our final destination on the ten-day trip. Pompeii is located away from the coast, which meant returning to the heat of the interior after the breezy days in Sorrento and Capri. Even…

July 4, 2019 in Traveling Adventures, Trips to Europe.

Living the Life on the Italian Coast

On June 29th, our Euro travel group started the next portion of the Italian tour, to Sorrento and Capri. The combination of our early tour of the Academia and highway traffic caused us to miss the stop at Orvieto on the long journey south from Florence. On the lengthy drive, the travelers found a variety…

July 1, 2019 in Traveling Adventures, Trips to Europe.

Experiencing Dante’s Inferno in a Heat Wave in Florence, Italy

On June 27th, our party of Euro travelers had an early wake up to get to the ferry from Venice to the mainland of Italy in order to get to Florence by the early afternoon. To offset the effects of our early rising, I ordered the large coffee to go from the place across the…

June 29, 2019 in Traveling Adventures, Trips to Europe.

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