One of the first excursions we had the option to take from our ship was a 30 minute bus ride to the town of Guimaraes, and then a walking tour. Lisa opted to do a little more shopping in Porto and Douglas went on the excursion. Guimaraes often referred to as the “birthplace of the…
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We arrived in Porto, a Unesco World Heritage Site, late in the afternoon. It reminded us of how often when we’re driving our campervan, we arrive at dusk. Soon after arriving, there were welcome drinks in our hands. This is a dangerous river cruise with an open bar and good wines- like superman is to…
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We left the Blackwoods campground of Acadia National Park to catch a 10am tour boat with a Park Ranger out of the Northeast Harbor. The cruise was the Islesford Historic and Scenic Cruise which lasts about three hours and includes a 45 minute stop on Little Cranberry Island to visit the small Post Office that…
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We parked the TravelerBlues van at the Portland airport and flew to NOLA for Lisa’s parents’ 60th wedding anniversary celebration at Ralph’s on the Park. We love NOLA and this trip the travel God’s blessed us with an upgraded suite at a 5 star hotel. On the way back to Maine, our first leg stopped…
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Leaving New York State via a ferry across Lake Champlain was a first water crossing for our little camper van. On the Vermont side, you land on the idyllic island of Grand Isle. The beauty of rolling hills, farming, livestock punctuated by a couple of small towns must call everyone. Lisa had the same feelings…
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What does the word “Shenandoah” mean? Well there is a well known American folk song, that at least Douglas claims to never have heard of (“Oh, Shenandoah, how I long to hear you, Far away, you rolling river”). It could be the long running Civil War campaign in the Shenandoah valley running north and south thru Virginia. Or…
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This last King of Memphis was B.B. King- “The King of the Blues” or one of the three Kings of the Blues along with Albert and Freddie King. His real name was Riley B. King. He went from cotton field hand, to radio DJ to Blue’s force over his long life. A museum celebrating his…
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There are 3 major ‘Kings’ in Memphis- you’ve got Elvis- The King, B.B. King the blues guitarist and singer (see Blues and BBQ blog entrée), and finally, the last King is Dr. Martin Luther King (MLK). In no way should they be compared to one another. Our next stop was the Civil Rights Museum which…
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Driving through Gallup, NM and humming about getting our kicks on Route 66 a’la Chuck Berry and heading towards Winslow, Az with an eye out for a “girl in a flatbed Ford” a’la The Eagles, we pull-off the road outside of Holbrook, Az to check out Petrified Forest National Park . Long gone are the high…
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It takes a good, long while to escape the State of Texas. After all, it is about as big as France and its economy is the same as Canada. We stopped in Amarillo to eat at a famous Burger joint, The Golden Light Cantina— a must on any burger-dive beer joint bucket list. Here’s some…
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Lisa is a beach girl- loves the beach and warm sun, has great memories of the beach. For her it was going to the Cajun Riveria, aka Destin, Fl with family at first, then with friends, and then with her branch of the family- Ant, Ash, Tony, and Alex. Douglas on the other hand isn’t…
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After spending time at the “mouse house” and “fort winderless”, we decided to go coastal again, so we fought thru I-4 construction and traffic until we got way east of Orlando and its sprawl. This time the destination was to continue to find warm Florida beaches in Winter again so we headed north on I-95…
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It is time to leave sunny Florida for a few days and head to Austin so Lisa can attend her Yoga Therapy weekend training. It was way too easy to drop the campervan off at Ft. Lauderdale airport offsite parking location and hop on a plane. It was interesting that one of the national airport…
View MoreIf there is one thing in Lisa’s life that she absolutely hates when traveling, it’s backtracking. If you go to Key West and through the dozen or so islands along the way, there are only two ways not to backtrack. Either you fly out or you stay. We didn’t stay because we have so many…
View MoreI’m not talking about retreating no sir Gonna take our stand in this chevy van Windows open on the rest of the world Holding hands all the way to dixie land We’ve been trying to turn our lives around Since we were little kids It’s been wearing us down Don’t turn away now darling Lets…
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