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My Kids Amaze Me!
Resilient. Resourceful. Amazing. Those are the words that come to my mind as I think about our nearly ruined night. I’m thinking them about my kiddos. Drive-in movies are awesome. Am I right? Yeah, you know I am. I went to the drive-in fairly often as a kid, but guess what friends, they don’t have…
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Being Prepared
I’ve learned to be prepared for breakdowns with this good ole truck of mine. Extra oil, extra coolant, tool bag under the seat just to name a few. These preparations came in handy today as our love-hate relationship continued. After my ‘falling in the rain’ accident in Cracker Barrel’s parking lot we started on our…
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Falling Down in the Rain
Sometimes it’s just easier to eat out for dinner and boondock for the night than it is to find a campground, set up camp, cook and clean up all before being able to hit the hay for the night. Last night was one of those nights. We left DC and headed northwest towards Pittsburgh with…
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To New Friends…
One thing I have loved about our journey so far is the new people we have met.We just spent the few days exploring DC from the FamCamp at JB Andrews. While we all enjoyed the museums and getting to see the city and learn more about America’s history and start as a country, my favorite…
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The OBX
Wow! The last few days have been more than just a little busy and now I need to take a few days and just relax. We completed our trek up the Outerbanks of North Carolina and have now made our way to Fort Story, Virginia Beach, Virginia. The trek took us about three days and…
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One boy’s worst day is a young girl’s favorite
A few years ago, Miss Drama read the books Misty of Chincoteague and Sea Star: Orphan of Chincoteague. Ever since then horses have been one of her favorite animalsy. And since we were only a couple of hours away and it wasn’t totally out of the way, we decided to make a stop on our…
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Hide and Seek For One is Not Fun
It’s the middle of the night, and I can’t sleep. Little One is teething, again. She woke me up to comfort nurse and now I can’t fall back asleep. There’s beauty in the moment though. Have I ever mentioned our rooftop tent has skylights? I’ve been laying down looking up at the stars for…
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Sunrises and Water Slides
We’ve had a great couple of days enjoying the sun and surf of Onslow Beach at Camp Lejeune. But, it’s still not cool enough for me, so we’re heading northward to hopefully find a bit more reprieve from the heat. This originally was not a scheduled stop for us, but the kids enjoyed our first…
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New ID!
Woohoo! I’m officially authorized to utilize military facilities again. Made it to Camp Lejeune today and after a bit of negotiation was able to get a new ID. It would seem their rules state no children are allowed in the building unless they are getting an ID for themselves. Umm… I’ve got four children, one…
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Travel Skills Need Work
A long day followed by an even longer week and we’re staying at a hotel tonight. It would seem plausible by now that I should have awesome organizing and packing up skills. But this morning those skills seemed to have disappeared. I had hoped to get an early morning start heading up the coast to…
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Rain, Heat, and No-see-ums a.k.a. Midges
It was a lousy day today. We were supposed to leave Ft. Fisher to start heading north, but bleh. We woke up to rain, which then turned to heat, which brought out the midges and mosquitoes, which combined made me want to sit in the tent in front of the A/C all day and watch…
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Crazy Campers
All right friends, I’m not one to judge people getting outdoors and enjoying nature, but this past weekend the things I saw were just too crazy that I have to comment on them. We’re still stuck at Fort Fisher waiting on a new debit card. When USAA said “Two days,” they meant two business…
