A Long Road East
29 марта 2024 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 54 °F
For our second month of traveling slow, we are driving across the U.S. from west to east, California to Florida. We are taking our time for the drive.
A great example of our sower mindset was ourЧитать далее
Vegas
30 марта 2024 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 55 °F
We used our status with American Express to get a suite at the Venetian Palazzo. The room is huge and overlooks the strip. It includes $65.00 a day for breakfast (good thing too as the pot of coffee IЧитать далее
Hells Kitchen
30 марта 2024 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 50 °F
I enjoy watching Gordon Ramsey’s reality cooking shows. I even enjoy playing his cooking video games. When I worked with him at the Long Beach Grand Prix he was the nicest guy and his tv personalityЧитать далее
ПутешественникNo filming when we were there. I think they do special things for that, and maybe not in Vegas.
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I’m glad you tried the Wellington…. Was it as good as it looks in the series?
Sin City- for Easter?
31 марта 2024 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 52 °F
We found more skin than Easter eggs, in the city that never sleeps and it was a blast! Easter takes on a new meaning or actually no meaning at all, that we could see, in Sin City. Oh, there were someЧитать далее
Goodbye Vegas
1 апреля 2024 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌙 52 °F
Day 3 of 3. In case you didn’t hear, the strip is long. After three days we still hadn’t seen it all and this was our last time. All the way to Mandalay Bay today. Very busy there with a girlsЧитать далее
Wupatki National Monument
2 апреля 2024 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 61 °F
1100 is a long time ago when there were several groups of Indians who lived in the High desert around Flagstaff. Today, the area is part of the Wupatki National Monument. Their structures are made ofЧитать далее
Drive, drive…
3 апреля 2024 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 46 °F
Today was all car. I tried to take a photo and hour. Heading east from Flagstaff and ending in Clovis, New Mexico. Hills and mountains and even signs of volcanic activity. Then… New Mexico where itЧитать далее
ПутешественникYou have entered the road that never ends! Wait until you get to west Texas!
Buffalo Gap History Center
5 апреля 2024 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌬 84 °F
A park of Historical buildings from old Texas. Located in the small town of Buffalo Gap off the main highway. We had the entire park to ourselves. These historic villages are really fun to walk aroundЧитать далее
Texas - Hard Eight BBQ
6 апреля 2024 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 73 °F
Smoked BBQ by the pound? How can we say no to that. Thanks to Marc’s niece Anita and her partner Chris we literally ate it up. We tried it all. Turkey, ham, brisket, beef ribs, sausage, andЧитать далее
ПутешественникGo big in Texas! We love to show off the bbq 😁 So wonderful to hear about the trips taken, where your going, how to make it happen & getting to see y'all! I'm beyond thrilled to that i got to see you a long the way. Safe travels 💚
ПутешественникBack at you! Thanks for the Texas sized Welcome. It was way too short a visit, yet you were wonderful in how you made us feel special. We hope you can join us at one of our future homes. We need to get together again soon.
50 Nifty United States
7 апреля 2024 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 79 °F
Oddly, Arkansas was the last state on my 50 state visited bucket list. I guess I will have to work on my Countries of the World list. On that list I’m up to 29….
Rusty Tractor Winery -Arkansas Wine?
8 апреля 2024 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌩️ 77 °F
Who knew they made wine in Arkansas. If we were still doing the wine tasting this would be our bottle just for the novelty. The local wine wasn’t that great, some of it was made with local ArkansasЧитать далее
Solar Eclipse
8 апреля 2024 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 82 °F
Beautiful.
Flash flood warning: 4 hours on road
9 апреля 2024 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 70 °F
From one state Capitol city to another only a 4 hour drive. Heavy rain storm and flash flood warnings along the whole drive today between Little Rock Arkansas and Jackson Mississippi. All of the driveЧитать далее
Tornado, flooding, winds and surf
10 апреля 2024 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌬 70 °F
We got on the road early this morning to hit a sweet spot between storms. We left Jackson, Mississippi and drove south and east. We didn’t hit much rain and arrived at our beach front resort hotelЧитать далее
ПутешественникWow. We had a Windy day today too in Arles, France. Almost blew me over as we got close to the Rhône. Jim tried to walk up stairs to look at the river was blown to his knees. Said waves were really high on the river. But only 50 mph winds. Sounds like you had us beat by a lot!
Relaxing on the gulf
11 апреля 2024 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌬 68 °F
Sitting on an inner tube and floating in a lazy circle. I never knew how much I would smile. We also visited with Marc Niece Kelly and her husband Chase for dinner. No sightseeing or museums, just aЧитать далее
ПутешественникThere is an rv resort just across the street from the Holiday Inn.
Farmers Market
13 апреля 2024 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 64 °F
Every Saturday there is a wonderful farmer market at one of the town squares. In addition to the great produce, many vendors had prepared meals and gourmet foods. Lots of breads and pastries and piesЧитать далее
The Villages- Florida
13 апреля 2024 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
A completely designed, planned, programmed and made-up, fantasyland for people over 55. Over 150,000 residents live in 8 different “communities” in 3 different counties. They share 179 pickleballЧитать далее
Family in the Villages
14 апреля 2024 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F
Today we skeedadled in the golf car (not golf cart) and took the scenic route to visit with Marc’s father-in-law. Don and Maggie have lived in the Villages for several years. We went to theirЧитать далее
ПутешественникNo pool yet. But the waterfall one is on our list, and it has a bar and drink service. Most regular rec pools don’t have food or drinks.
Go With Less Meet up
15 апреля 2024 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 84 °F
Since deciding on this lifestyle I’ve followed and joined many groups, both on Facebook and other platforms. I really enjoy Go With Less or GWL for short. This groups of world travelers shares theirЧитать далее
Corvette Club Show
15 апреля 2024 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 84 °F
Every day, all three town squares have a special event. Today, the Landings, had a car show. Vets circled all 4 sides of the square. Every one was cherry! Most clubs have “works in progress “ notЧитать далее
ПутешественникI did not notice the tree until you pointed it out. Yes, looks very cool!
Around The Villages
16 апреля 2024 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 86 °F
Touring and sightseeing. Spent our day with old friends Mike and Janine. They have lived here for two years and they know their way around. We visited the “highlights” and we could have gone forЧитать далее
More boating around
18 апреля 2024 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 88 °F
Great day on the lakes of central Florida. Marc also has some photos of the adventures to add to photos Pam posted.
Boating Around
18 апреля 2024 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 88 °F
Cousin Dave took us out for a boating adventure on Lake Dora. We sped across the water to the Dora Channel into Lake Eustis. Not only was it great fun (thanks to Captain Dave) but I would swear thatЧитать далее
Golf Car
19 апреля 2024 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 90 °F
We spent the day driving around in the golf car. We went as far as Hogeye walking trail, 13 miles from home, 30 miles round trip. Then back stopping at The Blueberry Festival at Brownwood Square whereЧитать далее
ПутешественникDo you own a home in the villages or are you just checking it out? We have one that we rent out while traveling.
ПутешественникWe don’t have one. We got an Airbnb for our visit and look around. We are in De La Vista where are you? Are you here now?
ПутешественникNice community. No, we are not in the USA until August. In Barcelona now.
ПутешественникOur schedule is: Edinburgh in May, Split in June, Budapest July, Belgium in August then state side for September. Drop me an email at pwelty@gmail.com and let’s see if we can coordinate in Europe?
World Equestrian Center
20 апреля 2024 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
I’m not a horse person and really, I’ve only been on a horse a half-dozen times. But, when the World Equestrian Center is less than a quarter mile away, it’s easy to visit. The facility is newЧитать далее
ПутешественникBonus stop.
ПутешественникWe used to live in that area. Tahaccipi is a cool little town with great wineries around. Don’t miss the “loop” while you are there!
ПутешественникNice to know. We always like wine and food finds.
ПутешественникCan’t wait to see you here in Texas ❤️