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Doors of Annapolis — Road Trip 2020

Annapolis, MD is known as the Sailing Capital of the U.S., but it’s also boasts beautiful homes and buildings.

America’s Sailing Capital: Annapolis, MD — Road Trip 2020

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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Houses and barns of Gettysburg — Road Trip 2020

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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Gettysburg: Coming away changed – Road Trip 2020

If you go to Gettysburg and take the time, maybe take a tour, maybe just drive around, read some of the monuments, read some of the plaques, you will come away changed. Author Jeff Shaara Deciding where to go on a road trip in the middle of a pandemic didn’t happen without a lot of […]

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Strolling Harpers Ferry: Road Trip 2020

It was always on our itinerary for Road Trip 2020 — Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, that is. But when the owner of Frederick House in Staunton, VA called it a must-see, we quickly plotted a scenic route (Hwy. 11 to Winchester, VA, then VA 7 and US 15) to Harpers Ferry, a town that sits […]

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Farms, barns, city life, too: Hwy. 11 Knoxville to Staunton — Road Trip 2020

Road Tripping through the Shenandoah Valley up Highway 11 — old farms, barns, and houses and pastoral scenes everywhere.

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Discover Prompt 17: No distance running in Boston this April

Working with today’s Discover Prompt word — distance — was no problem, because a dear friend of ours, Jim Miller, is a marathoner. (Of note to readers, perhaps, is the fact that we can hardly run to the mailbox and back, but Jim has now run 180 marathons in 50 states, 11 of which in […]

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Discover Prompt 7: Below

A headline in our Knoxville News-Sentinel today announced: New York City’s death toll from the coronavirus rose past 3,200 on Tuesday, eclipsing the number killed at the World Trade Center on 9/11.” Associated Press What it means for those of us who are staying at home, watching the news intensely, and wondering if we really […]

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Welcoming in so many ways: The doors of Castine, Maine

We’re not the first nor the only ones to declare Castine a tucked-away gem along the scenic coast of Maine. Joining us in affirming the charm of this historic Down East hamlet is Yankee magazine who named Castine one of the 10 Prettiest Coastal Towns in Maine. So it was with great pleasure that we […]

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Sunrise at Acadia Dock

Coastal Maine offers glorious sunrises if you’re willing to wake up early, bundle yourself in layers, and stand on a dock for the morning show. And you’re never alone. From birds gliding overhead to lobstermen checking traps before dawn, docks like Acadia in Castine put on a spectacle like no other. Dawn comes in layers. […]