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Short Travels 2018-2024

2024 Penn’s Peak & Jim Thorpe

September, 2024 We had tix to see Latino band Los Lonely Boys at a venue up in Jim Thorpe, PA called Penns Peak. We took the ride up there on Friday afternoon, took in the very well received concert, and…
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2024 – Cumberland, MD

Since we are semi-seriously looking to move out of New Jersey within the decade, western Maryland is one of the areas we’ve decided to look into. Prices are relatively inexpensive. We took a trip out to Cumberland one day in…
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2017-10 A Capital Idea

Columbus Day Weekend, 2017 After much hee-hawing and hum-dinging, we set off on a quick overnight trip down to Washington DC. The grandkids were finally old enough to appreciate and understand some of the sights down there, our only concern…
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2018-09 South to Selbyville

Melissa bought a used loom over eBay in September, and we made a quick trip down US 13/113 to Selbyville, Del to pick it up – it’s a pleasant, easy drive.  Once you get past the clutter and stoplights of…
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2019-08 Killen’s Pond State Park

We scheduled a full week’s vacation at a state park a few dozen miles south of Dover, Delaware for the first full week of August. Originally scheduled to be another joint family vaca like the one in July at Massey’s…
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2019-07 Massey’s Landing Park

In July of 2019, we took a short trip down into Delaware to stay at an RV/Family Resort near Bethany Beach. The grandkids were there with their extended family already, and it was decided that when we got there in…
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2017-05 South of the Border-2

I left SOB by 4:30 or so, headed right back north. I figured to make the Virginia border between 7 and 8pm and stop for the night around Emporia. As I went back up into North Carolina, the setting sun…
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2017-05 South of the Border-1

Part 1 – Southbound, To Richmond VA Uncle Hal moved back to Florida in December of 2015, and is living with an old buddy of his, and buddy’s aged Mother, outside of Ocala. June used to spin and weave, and…
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