It’s been nearly two months since my last post. Since then, we’ve moved into the apartment in Baltimore and parked our RV in PA for the winter. It’s been bittersweet. On one hand, I’m relieved that I don’t have to spend this winter chipping ice off the fresh water lines or using the hair dryer [...]
Things have moved very quickly since my last post. In fact, the night I made my last post, I was perusing Craigslist, and I found an ad from a young woman who was trying to get out of her lease, so she needed someone to take over her apartment. The location was right, the price [...]
Just a few days after my last post, I got a call from Texas. My Uncle James passed away. He and my father worked and lived together their entire lives, so he was like a second father to me. We drove to and from the funeral — a 3,600-mile round trip — in my little [...]
So, since I last updated, we’ve had a massive lightning storm, an earthquake, and a hurricane. We’ve come through them virtually unscathed. The lightning storm that hit us on Sunday, August 21 was scary, and I think it was responsible for killing our stereo. The surround sound system has a built in radio antenna which [...]
Continue reading about Finally, things are settling down…I hope
We’ve been home from Corry for over a week now, and I’ve been meaning to bring the saga to a close. Right now, I should be working on getting ready for school, so naturally it is a perfect time to write a blog post.
Continue reading about Summer 2011 RV Trip – Days 46-49 and Beyond
So here it is, our next-to-last day in Pennsylvania before heading home to Baltimore early Saturday morning, and I find myself reflecting on the past seven weeks. As I do, I discover some recurrent themes.
A lot has happened in the two weeks since I last posted. Let’s see if I can summarize.
I’m falling down on the job. So much for my promises of daily blogging about the trip, but I’ll try to get you up to speed. Tuesday morning was back to work. I spent much of the day answering e-mails, reading discussion threads, and grading essays. Alexis, too, had an avalanche of mails to which [...]
Today was all about geocaching, so if that bores you, feel free to skip this entry.
It seems that Alexis and I both have had a hard time truly committing to this summer’s travel. We’ve changed our plans half a dozen times. Here’s we are right now:
