I just can’t keep my camera away from Jimmy’s dock at sunset time!
It was a great day before and after sunset too. A warm, sunny day great for getting out on the water ..
And after sunset Jim and I paddled our kayaks down to watch the Harvey Cedars fireworks over the bay. They were some of the best fireworks I’ve ever seen! And the bay was calm oh so paddleable!
Our second article in print! The FMCA’s September issue of Family Motor Coaching magazine includes “Free Computer Tools for Travelers” by Chris Guld. It’s not the cover article like our first one was back in March - but it’s in there. In order to read the article on FMCA’s website, you need to be a member and have a password. Of course, if you have a motorhome – you should be a member! It’s only $45 for a year, so go ahead and join.
I have also posted a companion piece on our other blog – WiFiSavvy: Free Computer Tools for Travelers. This is a list of links to all the software mentioned … that’s something you can’t do in print!
Our second article in print! The FMCA’s September issue of Family Motor Coaching magazine includes “Free Computer Tools for Travelers” by Chris Guld. It’s not the cover article like our first one was back in March - but it’s in there. In order to read the article on FMCA’s website, you need to be a member and have a password. Of course, if you have a motorhome – you should be a member! It’s only $45 for a year, so go ahead and join.
I have also posted a companion piece on our other blog – WiFiSavvy: Free Computer Tools for Travelers. This is a list of links to all the software mentioned … that’s something you can’t do in print!
The place we’re staying overlooks Barnegat Bay and we’re facing west. We always get beautiful sunsets, but last night’s was jaw-dropping spectacular.
The view from inside the house.
Our parking spot:
We did it again! We got into town (Long Beach Island, New Jersey where Jim grew up) the day before a big Guld Family Reunion. We didn’t know about it until we got a phone call Saturday morning. We were already on the road and headed here. I really think we are charmed. This also happened four years ago, when we first came here to visit during our RV travels.
Here’s the gang:
And,here we are at our favorite parking spot! We plan to hang out here a couple weeks. Wouldn’t you?
Yesterday afternoon, we decided to take a drive to see the Delaware Water Gap. Not enough time to get in the water and go kayaking, but we at least wanted to see the views.
Well, there’s not much to see as far as scenic overlooks go – but there is beautiful forest to drive through. So we just kept driving. One turn on the map never materialize and we quickly found ourselves lost. We were just commenting on a memory of being in Ireland with our friend Emily and how her instructions about the best way to see Ireland was to get lost … when we rounded a bend and saw a standing stone! Then we caught a glimpse through the trees of a whole ring of standing stones! Had our daydreaming magically transported us to the Emerald Isle? We stopped and backed up the car … it was a very uncrowded road … and found signs that welcomed visitors. We spent the rest of the afternoon, and into the evening there. Watch the video below and you’ll see why! Check out their website at www.Columcille.org
I uploaded this video to Google Videos. Check back tomorrow or the next day and I hope to have a high resolution version on our website with a link here. Yes, we have photos too … 150 of them! Jim is trying to make a Photsynth with them … more on that later.
I kid you not! Jim and I pedaled 25 miles yesterday. In the mountains! Here in the Poconos of Pennsylvania.
Ok, so it was all downhill. So what?
Is that cool or what? A rafting and bicycling outfitter runs a shuttle to take you and your bike up to the top of the trail. You ride for 25 miles and the bus is waiting at the bottom to take you back to where you parked. It took us about 3.5 hours.
I LIKE it! We did have to peddle, it was only barely downhill. The trail follows the Lehigh River through Lehigh Gorge State Park, and the river drops 600 feet over those 25 miles. And, even though lots of people were on the shuttle, once we started on the trail everyone spread out.
If you click on the sign picture above, that will take you to the original in our Picasa Web Album, then you can magnify it in order to read about the 29 locks that used to exist here in a canal next to the river so that boats could get back upriver.
We did get plenty of exercise, but the gentle downhill also made for a relaxing day. As you can see from this guy on a recumbent bike. He said, “All I need is a remote and a beer!”
There were plenty of opportunities to stop, rest, and watch the river go by.
and even a beautiful waterfall along the way.
As always, more photos on our Picasa Web Album … clicking on any photo above will take you there.
We’re here in the Poconos area of Pennsylvania – it’s an Outdoor World park called Timothy Lakes. Or, it *was* an Outdoor World. Not too long ago Thousand TRails bought them out. Now Equity Lifestyles (ELS) bought Thousand Trails. It’s tough to keep track.
Got here on Friday, just in time to present a couple of seminars to a few – very few – guests. I think we need a better advance team! We’re also scheduled to present again next Saturday, maybe we’ll be able to drum up a few more!
I’m using this week to get some serious website development done. Here I am in my work outfit (bathrobe) after my long commute to work (about 10 feet from bed.)
About 3 o’clock it’s time to take a break. What do we do? Chat around the water cooler? Get a snack at the cafeteria? Oooh – how about a walk? Ok, says Jim, I know where we can go …
Bushkill Falls – about 10 minutes away.
What a life!
Got some good exercise too.
Lots more photos on the web album. Just click on any of the pictures above, then you can browse forward and backward.
Our first year on the road, we planned to go to New England in the fall. That’s a logical plan, right? Well, that was 4 years ago, yet as of July 2008 the New England corner of our map was still white.
Since the FMCA rally brought us to Minnesota (another white space on our map at the time) we saw our chance to do New England this summer! New York – check, Masachussetts – check, Maine – check, New Hampshire – check, Vermont – check. Then, last week we made sure to spend one night in Rhode Island, even though it was only 20 miles to our next stop in Connecticut!
You see, we’ve always understood that the LAW is: in order to put a state on your map, you must spend the night in that state in your RV.
So, until we decide to go to Alaska, we’re done with checking off states.
Uh-oh, look at that white spot for North Dakota. But, you know – we *were* there. It was even an FMCA rally where we gave a Wi-Fi seminar for Coach Connect. But, they flew us there, our motorhome was left in Florida and we stayed at a motel when we went to the rally in Minot.
So, whaddaya think, can North Dakota count? Or will you send the map police after us?
