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Monthly Archives: June 2019
Chh chh-chh, uh, chh chh-chh, uh”, Lake Kandle Campground, NJ
How many songs about the summertime can you conjure up in your mind? Here’s a few for you. Be careful…they might become ear boogers. Mungo Jerry https://youtu.be/yG0oBPtyNb0 Sly and the Family Stone https://youtu.be/32inwlWSRpY Alice Cooper https://youtu.be/XH4JL42iWLI Neat King Cole https://youtu.be/IOV96BCAvZc We realize with each new place we go that summer means so many different things. In northeast Florida, people […]
June 24th – “What are the five freedoms in the First Amendment?”
Wait…there are five? I thought it was just about freedom of speech. Apparently I’m not alone. The McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum recently found that 22 percent of Americans could name all five Simpson family members, compared with just one in 1,000 people who could name all five First Amendment freedoms. Can you? (And I won’t […]
Washington DC – (June 19th – 24th)
A tour of the Capitol Building was arranged with our Senator Patty Murray’s office. It was a great tour with only 5 of us compared to other tours if you just show up, the groups were around 20+ in size. We looked into a White House tour (Fred wanted to wear his RESIST shirt) but […]
Scotland, Last Day Edinburgh (June 18th)
By now we are pretty much ready to move on to the US and continue our travels there. We miss being on a closer time zone with our family and friends. We have decided that we are liking the big cities less and less. Europe’s bigger cities are looking more and more alike and less […]
Scotland, Ben Nevis climb
Ben Nevis is the highest mountain in the UK Main Route 10.75 miles out and back Elevation gain 4,146 feet Near Fort Williams Reported average speed that is posted is between 7 and 9 hours Yes we did it! In 6 hours 15 minutes! (They have a run every year on the mountain and the […]
Scotland, Fort Williams
After searching the other day for two hours, which was pretty fun I might add, we saw this coo close to town in Fort Williams,
Scotland, A day between Isle of Skye and Fort Williams – see video
There is never enough time to do everything you learn about once you have visited a place. Our explorations from three days on the Isle of Skye brought us to places not written up in the guidebooks (and a few that were and that, despite the stream of people, were still fun to visit). As […]
Scotland, Jacobite Steam Train (as in Harry Potter Train)
A trip to Scotland is not the same without a view of this iconic train. We decided not to take 6 hours to ride this train, so we went in pursuit to the viewing spot. Than we took a 4 mile hike up the valley. Once again Beautiful! I would come here again and ride […]
Scotland, hiking on the Isle of Skye
Following the suggestion of our wonderful B&B host, we drove out to this remote spot on the island to start our hike. The clouds had already claimed their rights to the day, releasing enough misty drops on the windows at breakfast to clarify their intentions. So we packed our hats and jackets and gloves (It […]