We slept in! Maybe the trains were more disruptive overnight after all, since we were right next to the railway tracks. Or maybe we needed to catch up on sleep regardless, as travel can be tiring at times! Our late start meant that we didn't arrive at St. Theodosius Orthodox Cathedral until lunchtime (but we […]
Schenley Park was a hive of activity the following morning, with parents pushing their children in strollers, friends out jogging, and people driving around the city. It was so hectic that when Lisette opened the RV door to take Sheila for a morning walk, she bumped into two people walking with picnic chairs slung over […]
After the day we spent in the Ohio countryside among the Amish community, today we were headed to the bustling city of Pittsburgh, well-known for its heritage in steel and industry. What a huge difference from one day to another. It took us about an hour to get to Pittsburgh, crossing the border from Ohio […]
When we'd been driving eastward after visiting Columbus yesterday, we noticed a lot of signs for Amish furniture, and it occurred to us that we may be near Amish Country. While Pennsylvania has the largest Amish population of any US state (Lancaster County is the oldest and one of the biggest Amish settlements), Ohio is […]
We were about 30 miles (less than 50 kilometers) southeast of Columbus, and our first stop in the city was in the suburbs, stopping at the Watlao Buddhamamakaram Buddhist Temple, a Laotian temple that was built in 2009. The grounds were empty when we arrived, except for a lady who arrived at the same time […]
When we woke up at the Cracker Barrel parking lot the next morning, we had a camper community surrounding us, with quite a few folks joining us overnight. We had to go back on ourselves for about a mile and a half, where we visited J. Q. Dickinson Salt-Works, a seventh-generation salt-making business. While West […]
Sleeping not far from a cemetery is definitely quiet, and we didn't have any train noise near us either! Rather, the din in the morning was from city worker's gardening around us, using a whipper snipper (they're called weed whackers in America?) to hack at the grass next to us. Greensboro, North Carolina We'd planned […]
Good morning, Cracker Barrel! After struggling and slightly stressing to find a place to stop for the night, and feeling paranoid about our surroundings, it was all good come morning. And, it's getting into fall! After having yogurt with fruit and granola for breakfast pretty much every day for the last few months, it was […]
Within an hours' drive from Knoxville, we arrived in the town of Sevierville, which bills the Smoky Mountain Knife Works as one of its top attractions. It's the world's largest knife showroom and store (spanning 108,000 square feet, or over 10,000 square meters!), and more than 1.5 million people visit each year! So they can […]
We got up hoping to see Rob and Estelle before they left the house to say thank you and goodbye, but alas, we were too late to see them! So we sent a virtual message to Rob to thank him for his hospitality and letting us stay with them over the last couple of days. […]