The Chautauqua Institution was a VERY interesting experience and place. The Institution itself was initially created as a place to teach Sunday School teachers, so its origins are faith-based, for sure. But, layered onto that are its conscious mutation into…
Author: Dan Harris
(Non-snob) Wine Country
First Winery: Halliday’s on Lake Milton. Lake Milton is a reservoir, and the Winery is right on the shore between the water and a Golf Course. They had a very nice tasting room, with cheese and meat trays and flatbreads…
Preparing for a Summer on the Road
So, after Amish Country, we stopped in Columbus, Ohio where there is a company called Bus Services, Inc. This company services all kinds of buses, including Bluebirds, and was mentioned on the Online Forum that I consult on all things…
The Air Force Museum and Waffle House
We left Amish Berlin in a sort of Bluebird Wanderlodge Caravan…several of us were heading onwards to Dayton, OH. There we stayed in a KOA for a few days with the intention of visiting the Air Force Museum. We also…
Amish, Ohio
We spent our first week in Amish Country, which reminds us exactly why we are choosing to travel around the USA in the manner we are. You would NEVER choose to visit ANY of the places we have been lately…
Summer Dreams…
We are beginning the next leg of our trip (is it a trip? Or is it just life…beginning the next leg of our life?) with a few “plans.” Plans being a very loose term in our vocabulary. Describing more of…
Chicago for month…and we survived!
Well, we survived a brief visit to Chicago. Words chosen carefully. “Visit” because we frankly feel more at home now in the bus. At least the first several nights at our apartment in Chicago, I woke up in the middle of…
Going “Home” (?)
Nearly finished with our first crack at “full-time” RVing — heading back to Chicago. We stopped a couple of times; Once in Baraboo Wisconsin (Ho-Chunk Casino parking lot) and also Delavan’s Walmart. Then we decided to add a stop in East…
Last “scheduled” stop on the first circuit – Minneapolis
Our last destination on the road was Minneapolis, where my extended family resides. We stayed in a nice campground in a distant suburb. Which causes me to wonder… Why are there no RV Parks nearby ANY city? My father, urban-planner…
Shipshewana Indiana…Lovely and Surprising
Our next stop was to see Leon, the Amish A/C guy. Leon was absolutely all that his reputation lead us to expect. His shop was very modern. Yet, no power. Batteries only for LED Shop Lites. When testing stuff in…