A Day in the (Van) Life
What does a typical day look like for us, and how does it vary from our expectations? First, Doug and I typically have very different weekdays. He is still working full-time while we are on …
President Lincoln’s Cottage
The day after visiting the family home of President Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth, we headed to the outskirts of Washington D.C. for our second attempt at touring President Lincoln’s Cottage. While it is quite …
Architecture / Books / Civil War / History
Tudor Hall and the Booth Family
Doug and I briefly visited family in New Jersey, and timed getting back on the road to coincide with the limited schedule at Tudor Hall in Bel Air, Md. Tudor Hall is the Gothic Revival …
Getting our Beauty Sleep Without Breaking the Bank
As full-time travelers, every single day we have to sort out where we are going to sleep, or more accurately, where we are going to park the van that we are going to be sleeping …
Spending (and Saving) on Admission Fees
Many of our followers are wondering how much money we have been spending on our adventures, probably pondering if they can afford to do this, too, right? As an accountant, I had of course tried …
The American Clock & Watch Museum
The American Clock & Watch Museum in Bristol, Conn. is yet another museum we never found time (heh, heh) to visit when we lived nearby, but made time for a stop as tourists passing through. …
The Carousel Museum
Once again we found ourselves playing tourist at a museum we had had nearly two decades to explore when we lived locally, but never found the time. On our swing through Connecticut we finally visited …
New England Air Museum
The New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, Conn., is the place to go if you like things that fly. Unfortunately, it turns out I do not like looking at things that fly, but Doug …
Witch’s Dungeon Classic Movie Museum
I wasn’t sure what to expect with our visit to the Witch’s Dungeon Classic Movie Museum in Plainville, Conn. I mean, what is a “classic movie” museum doing in a small town in Central Connecticut? …
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Mass., is devoted to the art of picture books, the first such museum in the United States. It was founded by Carle and his wife …