Spending weeks in New England afforded a marvelous opportunity for leaf-peeping. Our trip wouldn’t have been complete without seeking autumn glory! After our first week of serving at the Mission E4 Ministry, we splurged on a 400-mile weekend tour through Vermont. From Massachusetts we headed north to Keane, NH on our way to Queeche, VT,…
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Last Stop… A Bountiful Harvest
Our final pin in the map on this journey brought us to the Bowman Orchards near Albany. Traversing through the western and central regions of New York from Lake Erie to Albany was spectacular. We encounter mile upon mile of the Catskills mountains covered in dense upland forests. Scant wisps of autumn colors foretold the…
Near Miss, Hand of Protection
Anne’s driver, here, Skip, contributing to our blog. In our current Community Bible Study of Job we are refreshing and gaining new understanding over the influence of God’s protection versus satan’s freedom to wreck havoc in the world. We got a taste of this on our drive east of the Finger Lakes Region of New York…
Bucolic, Simply Bucolic
While our adventures have been many, so too have the hours driving east. Thus, we decided on Tuesday to alter our plans and savor a day of rest at a campground along Lake Erie in Ripley, New York, just a 1/4 mile past the Pennsylvania border. We relished a day without travel. We loved looking…
Rescuing Mustangs, Training Canines
Wild to Mild Saturday’s travels led us further south in Michigan to Reality’s Chance Rescue Sanctuary, another Harvest Host experience. Rescuing mustangs is the centerpiece of this sanctuary which was founded in 2011 by Laura Hauenstein. To contain the population of wild horses on Bureau of Land Management land in the west, wild horses are…
Visiting the Trolls
While those living on the UP of Michigan are affectionately called “Yoopers,” I’ve never known the colloquial name for Lower Michiganders living in the “mitten.” Now I know. They are called trolls, so named for living under the Mackinac bridge. Learning new things is part of the fun of RV life. We’ll be surrounded by…
Meeting (a) Legend
Wagon ho and away we go! For our first night out on our trip to New England, we boondocked at the Aspire Ranch in Merrill, WI. What a beautiful, serene Harvest Host experience. Owners Kristin and Adam warmly welcomed us and led us to our parking site for the evening. Just outside our door we…
Rolling through the Great Plains
The Great Plains of our country are expansive. On Saturday, we traveled across mile upon mile of crop fields and pasture, some flat, while others rolled across once-fertile hills. Many acres were parched and brown, criss-crossed with stressed corn stalks trying to endure the August heat. The southern wind rattled our rig as we crossed…
Unique Beauty
From the pine-scented, crisp air of the Colorado mountains to the corn fields of Nebraska where the sweet smell (in Skip’s opinion) of cow manure wafts through our RV windows…what a magnificent and diverse country we live in! Ninety-two degrees greeted us. We were in need of refreshment! We arrived on Friday in the early…
Glorious Vistas versus Rattlesnake Alert
A riddle: When fellow hikers stop you on the trail and explain they just saw a rattlesnack on the path, do you: a) continue forward, b) turn around and head back to the truck, c) pick up rocks to throw at the snake if encountered or d) put your husband in front of you on…