Stories In Writing

Journey Through North Carolina – Part 4

Hello and welcome to part 4 of our journey through North Carolina. There is such beauty waking to a sunrise over the Appalachian Mountains as you sip your coffee.  Then it was off to find our entrance to the Blue Ridge Parkway and enjoy the views through the Shenandoah and Great Smoky Mountains National Parks.  […]

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Stories In Writing

Journey Through North Carolina – Part 3

Hello and welcome to part 3 of our journey to North Carolina. With all the plans in place and chores done, it was time to pack Daisy and head down the road.  We are finally getting the hang of what to and what not to pack.  We look back on earlier road trips and are […]

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Stories In Writing

Journey Through North Carolina – Part 2

Before leaving on any road trip, there is always preparation work to be done.  On our list was making sure Daisy was mechanically sound.  This was only our 3rd long distance road trip in our travel van Daisy since purchasing it in late fall of 2016.   Since this would be our first spring/summer excursion we […]

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Stories In Writing

Journey Through North Carolina – Part 1

Hello everyone and welcome to part 1 of our journey exploring the beautiful state of North Carolina. Have you ever had that moment when you woke and as you’re lying there the overwhelming desire to just get out and explore strike you?  Well that’s what happened to us that one morning in May.  The weather […]

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Stories In Sounds

Journey Through North Carolina – Teaser

Hello everyone and welcome back to our journeys through the United States.  We are excited to begin sharing with you our most recent expedition through North Carolina.  Before we get into the story we wanted to give you a teaser of the folks we met along the way through this amazing state. We hope this […]

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Stories In Writing

The Joy of Encouraging Others

Hello everyone and welcome back.  Throughout our 9 months of blogging with all its ups, downs and teaching moments one of the greatest discoveries was how the encouragement we received from others kept us going.  We have so many to thank for this.   Today we would like to take a moment and share with […]

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Stories In Videos

Rochester, NY – Our Back-Yard part 23

Hello and welcome back everyone. Today we wanted to share a video that features the many folks behind the scenes of the Rochester Maplewood Rose Festival that make it happen.  One of the main individuals is Paul who for the past 30 years has been the horticulturist working year-round to make the gardens ready to […]

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Stories In Photos

Rochester, NY – Our Back-Yard part 22

Hello and welcome back everyone. Today we wanted to share with you Rochester’s celebration of its 27th annual Maplewood Rose Festival.  The Rose Garden contains over 5,000 roses and 300 varieties and we attempted to smell each one. We hope you have enjoyed seeing the photos and look forward to your next visit.  Until then […]

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Rochester, NY – Our Back-Yard part 21

Hello and welcome back to Rochester, NY our back yard.  A couple days ago we shared some photos from our day at the Fairport Canal Days Festival.  Today  we thought you might like to see a video of that afternoon. We hope you have enjoyed this moment in time and hope to see you back […]

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Stories In Photos

Rochester, NY – Our Back-Yard part 20

Hello and welcome back to Rochester, NY our back yard.  Today we would like to share with you our day enjoying the annual Fairport Canal Days Festival.  This annual event is one of the many festivals here in Rochester and celebrates this town on the Erie Canal which extends  from Albany to Buffalo. If you […]

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