Feb 22, 2021 Wow, 2020 was one strange year. Yeah The Rona made it crazy, and the election was nuts, but that’s not the half of it. In late June, after we returned from Hilton Head Island (a great place and a fabulous trip, I’ll blog more about it when I have time) my darling…
Author: Jim Mellema
Magnolia RV Park, Kinard, SC
We’re on our way to spend a week on Hilton Head Island, and this place is exactly half-way. We’ve stayed here once before, I think on our way to Savannah. This is a short drive @ 200 miles from home. Often we make it further and stay in Columbia, but this was an ideal stop…
USS Kidd
Being a Navy Vet as well as a history buff, I’m into all things military, especially all things Navy. In our travels, we’ve toured 2 battleships and an aircraft carrier. (Alabama, Texas, and Lexington). The big ships are fun, but I prefer the “small fry”, as that’s where I served. As far as I know,…
Bob Seger!
Carol is finally getting her bucket list Bob Seger Concert! Last time we chickened out because of the cost, and then he cancelled all the shows due to health problems. And then he announced his Second Annual LAST ROAD TRIP! We bought 2 good seats in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Main Floor, 5th row center! Show…
Where does the time go?
And why did I pause blogging again? I did good until about 3/4 done with our Texas winter trip. We spent a total of thirty days at Gulf Waters RV Resort. This was the first time we’d payed attention to being in a “Fancy Ownership Resort” but it was really really nice, and the idea…
USS Lexington Tour
On Thursday the seventeenth, we drove into Corpus Christi to tour the aircraft carrier USS Lexington, CV-16. Lex is moored in Corpus Christi Bay, across the shipping channel from downtown, in the area known as North Beach. Lexington was commissioned in 1943, and served in the Pacific Theater during World War 2. She was damaged…
Some Old Time Rock and Roll!
Carol and I have always liked us some good ole Classic Rock. They just don’t make music like that anymore! And yea sure, I’m new age, got my satellite radio, even listen to my own classic rock stations on Pandora on my phone. But it just ain’t Classic Rock without that vinyl disk going round…
Beach kite and Mexican food!
We’ve been here at Gulf Waters RV Resort for over a week now, and we’ve been having a great time exploring the area. The other day we got bored in the coach and went out ‘splorin. We drove around town, explored the harbor area, saw a bunch of cop cars and flashing lights up by…
Winter in Texas Day Four – Trouble at Ann’s house
Everything’s bigger in Texas! New Years Eve morning 2018 we rolled out of Cajun Palms, heading to “Cousin Ann’s house” in Montgomery, Texas. Montgomery is a suburb north of Houston, some 250 miles from Cajun Palms. After a nice drive including a couple hours on a rural 2 lane, we were in front of Ann’s…
Winter in Texas Day 3
Now this is what I’m talkin about! Woke up this morning (way to early again) to a 73 degree outside temp and a nice ocean breeze coming in the tiny windows next to our bed. After waiting out a brief rain shower, we took the dogs for a walk right about dawn. Fantastic. After day…