Traveling in the United States and Abroad
On July 30th, Laura, McKenna, and I left the Outer Banks beach house to head straight to Caseville, Michigan. Typically, we stop at home on our way, but this year we were bypassing Midlothian. Rather than going our normal way through northern Virginia, we took the more scenic West Virginia route. After spending a night…
After a year of pandemic craziness in education, summer break had arrived in late June. Discomforted by the peace and quiet, Laura and I opted for some self-inflicted home renovation craziness, this time of the kitchen. The remodel would begin while we were on vacation, creating the dilemma of departing for the beach on the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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.…
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…
