Never too old to travel!
All good things must come to end, we suppose. And so it is that we are concluding our series — Road Trip 2020 — with this last post. And what a trip it has been: Knoxville, TN; Staunton, VA; Gettysburg, PA; and on to the Eastern Shore of Maryland before looping back home. We took […]
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Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy. Thich Nhat Hanh In these days of protecting ourselves from the coronavirus, it’s sometimes hard to tell if anyone is smiling. After all, our mouths may be upturned, but no one can see past our […]
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The small-town charm of a seaside town, Onancock, VA.
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One thing you hope you’ll find on any road trip is something unexpected. So, imagine us driving along Maryland Hwy. 333 outside Oxford, MD on our way to Assateague, VA and finding this little collection of white buildings. Although all were closed and locked with no one onsite to talk to, we took pictures, savored […]
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Although we left St. Michaels, Maryland, reluctantly, we knew we wanted to see Oxford one more time — and stay again at The Robert Morris Inn. But what route to take? You can drive from St. Michaels along Hwy. 33 through Easton and enjoy the scenery to Oxford, or you can take the Oxford-Bellevue Ferry. […]
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For those following our blog, you already know that we love houses. We’ve even been known to drive leisurely through towns, down side streets and back roads just to get a glimpse of how and where people live . . . as we showed you in our posts on Georgetown, SC and Annapolis, MD. So, […]
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Perhaps your GPS talks like ours does: “You have arrived at your destination. Your route guidance is finished.” And when “she” told us we had arrived (for only the second time in our lives) at our chosen spot — St. Michaels, Maryland — we were glad we had braved the pandemic to spend a few […]
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Annapolis, MD is known as the Sailing Capital of the U.S., but it’s also boasts beautiful homes and buildings.
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Who wouldn’t want to drive a little over 80 miles from Gettysburg to be in America’s Sailing Capital — Annapolis — even if it’s just for a couple of days? After all, if you’re from East Tennessee as we are, the lure of the open sea, and the chance to see sailboats, historic 18th century […]
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Youth is a gift of nature, but age is a work of art. Stanislaw Lee So, here’s the thing: Bert loves history; I love houses. When we travel, thankfully, it’s tit for tat as we try to satisfy both of our interests. In our first post on Gettysburg National Military Park, we focused on the […]
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