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We left our beautiful spot outside Knoxville and made a 2 1/2 hour trip due east, with great stops along the way, to a more beautifuller (my word) spot just near Pineola, NC. Our new campground is a quiet “over 55” community with old men lurking on every patio visually inspecting your RV backing andContinue reading “East Bound”

Marc, “Hey Little Al, ready for a road trip?” Little Al, “I’m always ready, long one?” Marc, “No, just 3 weeks to NC and The Outer Bank plus a few side trips?” Little Al, “What about that chick, I think her name is Joanie, she going?” Marc, “She is, I never travel without her.” LittleContinue reading “Off…Again”

Our final leg of travel back home turned into legs of travel as we had several flights cancelled or delayed. It all started pretty nicely when we were upgraded to business class for our flight across the Atlantic but then were kicked in the “privates” from that point forward. In a nutshell…2 hours waiting forContinue reading “It’s a Wrap”

Joanie decided we should take it easy since we’ve been running pretty hard every day since we arrived in Spain. So…21,000 steps later…in a day we saw just about every side of Barcelona we have yet to see. The highlight of our “easy day” was Park Guell, a development designed for the rich to liveContinue reading “A Day In The Park”

We’ve spent the last 3 days around the much walkable and enjoyable city of Barcelona. We also decided to try out the “hop on, hop off “ bus but we found that we can easily walk anywhere we want to in half the time the full bus cycle takes. Highlights so far have been plentyContinue reading “Around Barcelona”

Well I just haven’t had the energy the last couple of days to post any updates about our trip. On Saturday I spent most of the day sleeping while the girls took a day trip to Edinburg. Turns out I can’t turn my back on them, they met new friends that taught them about theContinue reading “Last Days in Scotland”

The weather has been great for the golfers and it appears the scores are going to be low this week. Although I really don’t want to deal with bad weather myself, it would be nice to see a little wind and rain to add a little chaos to the scores. We have three days ofContinue reading “Golf and Side Trip to Crail”

Yesterday we took a quick bus trip to Dundee to visit our friend Brian who we met seven years ago when we visited St Andrews for the first time. Brian was the Chef at the hall we stayed in, he since has moved to another dining hall but has left us in good hands withContinue reading “Quick Trip To Dundee”

Yesterday we spent all day walking around St Andrews Old Course and enjoying a full day watching golf. It was a beautiful cloudy day in the low 70s, when you moved into the shade you were glad you had a coat on…much better than the 100+ days we left behind. There are quite a fewContinue reading “Day of Golf”

The answer is… *Get wisdom teeth taken out without anesthesia. *Go swimming with sharks with a finger ripped off. *Replay the night before a colonoscopy. *Replay the day of a colonoscopy. The question is… What would I rather do than depart out of Amsterdam Airport again? Seriously, you need to show up four hours beforeContinue reading “Bad Airport Day”