It was quite an eventful two days in the Tuscon area, beginning with a 3-hour hike through Saguaro National Park (East). Visiting with relatives, attending a circus-related exercise class and catching up with a recently transplanted friend from Massachusetts.… Read More Tuscon: Cacti, Aunts, Acrobats and Haunts
Driving across the country to our next engagements and appointments, we have been passing through Texas. And passing. And passing. To relieve the monotony of tumbleweeds and cattle aroma, we stop at whatever interesting pit stops we find along the way. In Abilene, we checked out the Adamson-Spalding Storybook Garden, a little garden of sculptures… Read More Abilene, Midland and Odessa: Storybooks, Cartoons and Meteors
What do the Act!vated Adventures adventurers do between adventures? We have many mini-adventures. Sometimes fun, sometimes annoying, always surprising. This is our first in a series of glimpses behind the scenes. This is a week in the life of RV travelers who have been on the road constantly for 27 years, which just might be… Read More Between Adventures: Cape Cod to Abington
Wheat fields, grain silos and thunderstorms. These are all a part of the great Heartland, epitomized by Kansas, and that’s what we drove through this week. We even encountered our share of those thunderstorms (no tornadoes, thanks just the same) and saw some very severe flooding. In the historic little town of Augusta KS, we… Read More From Dala Horses to Buffalo
Slowly but surely, we make our way across the country. This week we pass through Colorado, where we encounter some snow flurries and the last of the chilly weather we expect to be seeing for some time. On our itinerary is Fort Collins, where the historic Old Town section was part of the inspiration for… Read More The Corner of Colorful Colorado
It’s time for our annual drive east across the continent. But this time we’re taking more time and maybe a few more detours along the way. We left from Reno, NV., and this week we made our way across the state. We stopped for a night at Rye Patch State Park, where we got in… Read More Highway 80 Nevada
Feb. 10, 2016: Paris to Keflavik to D.C. to Atlanta Our host Kim gets back this morning just as we’re getting up and stirring. He takes a nap for an hour or so while we pack our things, then he gets up to see us off. We exchange hugs, and promises to keep in touch.… Read More Dennis and Kimberly’s Excellent and Epic European Adventure, Day 30
Feb. 7, 2016: Amsterdam to Paris So it’s a very early start this morning as Joost drives us to the Amsterdam Central Station. Seeing the city in the pre-dawn light of Sunday morning, it feels positively apocalyptic in comparison to its beehive status we’ve seen before. We say goodbye, and then we’re back to spending… Read More Dennis and Kimberly’s Excellent and Epic European Adventure, Day 27
Feb. 3, 2016: Krakow to Berlin Up fairly early this morning, we reluctantly say goodbye to our cozy cabin on a riverboat on the Vistula. The lady at the front desk, who has been here during most of our stay, asks us if want breakfast before we leave. We politely decline and I tell her… Read More Dennis and Kimberly’s Excellent and Epic European Adventure, Day 23
Jan. 31, 2016: Vienna to Krakow So early this morning I’m downstairs preparing my tea and Kimberly’s upstairs in the bathroom with the squeaky hinge (the one complaint I have about this hostel) when the alarm on my Samsung pad detonates and sends her scrambling from the bathroom to shut it off before all of… Read More Dennis and Kimberly’s Excellent and Epic European Adventure, Day 20
Jan. 23, 2016: Rome to Naples/ Torre del Greco This morning at about 9:00 as we’re getting our things together at a leisurely pace, “Helena” knocks on our door and asks if we’re about ready to leave, as she has another guest arriving in 45 minutes and needs to get the room ready. This lady… Read More Dennis and Kimberly’s Excellent and Epic European Adventure, Day 12
Jan. 18, 2016: Marseille to Pisa Off at 7:00 this morning, after saying goodbye to our host, Simon. It’s about an hour later than when we rolled into town yesterday, but it still isn’t daylight yet. As we make our way through the narrow streets and alleys toward a (different) train station, we pass merchants… Read More Dennis and Kimberly’s Excellent and Epic European Adventure, Day 7
January 17, 2016: Marseille We don’t have high expectations for the second-largest city in France. We hear that it’s dirty and high-crime (though still lower crime than most major U.S. cities) and there isn’t really much there here. So it isn’t on our must-see list, but it does provide a convenient place to break up… Read More Dennis and Kimberly’s Excellent and Epic European Adventure, Day 6
Jan 13, 2016: Paris/ Meudon We land at Charles de Gaulle Airport at about noon Paris time, which is approximately ass o’clock back home, but who’s really keeping track anymore? As expected, nobody here checks our passports. This is actually a disappointment in a way. It would have been nice to collect a passport stamp… Read More Dennis and Kimberly’s Excellent and Epic European Adventure, Day 2
Jan. 12, 2016: Atlanta to D.C. to Reykjavik “Let’s go to Europe!” Kimberly said one day out of the blue. And now, a mere three weeks later, we’re soaring into the blue on a Frontier Airlines airbus that will take us to Washington, D.C., where we’ll catch an IcelandAir flight to Reykjavik, and then another… Read More Dennis and Kimberly’s Excellent and Epic European Adventure, Day 1
May 17: Portland to Honolulu Having spent the night in Vancouver, WA, we woke up at about 6:00 a.m., a couple of hours before our alarm went off, and drove just across the river to the Clarion Inn Portland Airport. We’d already booked the night of the 24th at this hotel, the night we land… Read More D, K and Z in Hawaii, Day 1
Aug. 14-15, 2006: San Francisco to Tokyo to Kumagaya City Our journey began in San Leandro, California, where some friends are babysitting our vehicle and trailer while we’re away. They also gave us a lift to the BART station this morning. BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit, if you’re unfamiliar with it) has considerably extended its… Read More D, K and Z in Japan, Day 1
