Category: Ondafly Blog
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Meandering in the Midwest
The Pennsylvania Turnpike has always been a traveling route whenever we took trips to Michigan from our home in Virginia. In those days, a car full of kids, a couple of stops at Sheetz and White Castle, we would reach our destination. Today, the adventure with the Black Pearl was much different. A whopping 65.00…
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Pennsylvania Amish Country
The Amish country of Pennsylvania has always been a favorite destination for us over the years. It was nice to have an extended stay around Lancaster instead of the long weekend jaunts we used to take in the fall back in the days when we were working. If you are a camper, we highly recommend…
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Virginia / Washington DC
After 21 months – 640 days – 18,845 miles – 26 States – 41 National & 38 State Parks…..We were back to Virginia Beach! It sure has been an experience of a lifetime. It was nice to spend some time with our daughter Maggie. We had lunch at some of our old favorite spots, did…
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Back to the Old Dominion
Old Dominion – We’re Back!! This is the last leg of our journey back to Virginia. One of the many pleasures of being retired is NOT being on anyone’s schedule or itinerary but ours. We had enough flexibility in our tentative plans that we were able to stay longer in Alabama and it was time…
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“Sweet Home Alabama”
After another successful stay in New Orleans, we were off to Alabama. Our initial plan was to go to Birmingham to see some sights, have dinner with an old shipmate, then visit some music studios in Muscle Shoals and scurry up to Nashville. We found a nice campground just south of Birmingham, nearby Oak Mountain State…
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Take the Long Way Home
After a winter break in Tucson, we were finally, once again, Always On Da Fly! Seemed very odd to be traveling east after all of the adventuring in the previous months were roads and routes taking us to western landmarks. Now our destination is the Old Dominion State of Virginia, but this will NOT be…
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Tucson – “Bye for Now”
Tucson, Arizona “Bye for Now” The winter hiatus is coming to a close…..little did we know when we got here last October that we would be spending a few months in Tucson. In our “Welcome to Tucson” blog, we shared the places and adventures we enjoyed in November. This one will capture our travels since…
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Alwaysondafly-Year in Review
AlwaysOnDaFly “Year in Review-2018” Wow…where to begin. It’s difficult to completely absorb where we have been and what we have done in the past year, a little bit overwhelming, a little bit sad and a whole lot of gratitude for being able to live this retirement life like we are, so hop onboard and enjoy…
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Welcome to Tucson
Wow, Deb and I have had an unbelievable time in New Mexico and as we were winding down our stay, we were faced with the decision of where we were going to slow down for the winter. Texas was always our goal and we had been looking forward to spending more time at the places…
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Land of Enchantment
Wow, we sure weren’t expecting to spend a month in New Mexico but we sure enjoyed the “Land of Enchantment” (LOE) from top to bottom. After departing Colorado Springs, we headed south on I-25, through Pueblo, past Raton, NM and took US Highway 64 toward Cimarron Canyon. Earlier in the year a fire scorched over…