A little background

As you know, I began this blog last evening, with the help of my neice, Aimee, who lives here in Newburyport with her husband, Brian and two little girls, Madelyn and Katja. We are staying in a nearby campground for a few days so that we can visit with them before embarking on our summer travels.

Most of you already know that we have been traveling full time in our RV...........a Montana fifth wheel.........for a year. Altho we have loved this way of life, it has been difficult to stay in touch with our family and friends and share our adventures and stories. Thus, the blog. I am hoping this will help all of you to stay in touch with us and share in our adventures.

When we first began our journey, April 24, 2009, we intended to travel for a year. Well..............the year was up this past April and we are not yet ready to settle down in one location. So........we will keep going as long as we continue to enjoy what we are doing and our health is good.

Last summer we explored the western region of our country.........Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, Montana, Utah............saw many national parks and then drove into Canada to spend time in Banff, Lake Louise, Jasper and Waterton. We met up with long time friends, Jim and Barbara Gustafson in Bozeman, Montana in June and traveled together for 2 months. They own a Winnebago so we camped side by side........sharing conversation, cocktails, dinners, sight seeing and lots and lots of laughter.

We parted ways in late August..........Jim and Barbara driving back to their home in Florida and Barry and I going down the Washington and Oregon coast before heading back across the country to see our families in Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvani Virginia and North Carolian in the fall. Winter was spent in Florida where we also visited with another son and his family (Mitch and Kari) who live in Port St. Lucie, Florida.

We have just completed a month in Western PA, where we were able to see our families and friends again. We had a wonderful time there, enjoying our children and grand-children and re-connecting with many of our Pittsburgh friends. Now we are off to the northeast..................Maine, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland.

We leave this beautiful area of Massachusetts and our visit with "The Hromadkas" tomorrow morning. Next stop...........Boothbay Harbor where we will meet up once again with Jim and Barbara Gustafson. Once again we will be spending our summer with them and are looking forward to more good times together.

As Helen Keller said "Life is a glorious adventure or nothing at all".