Our road trip started with a small pre-departure challenge — fussing with the Blue Ox brake controller before leaving home. Once that was sorted, we hit the road toward Wright’s Farm in Gardiner, New York, a favorite Harvest Host. We parked in a quiet field alongside other travelers, cooked up a simple dinner, and settled in for the first “fall” evening of the trip — though the only thing that really felt like fall was how early it got dark. Cooler nights haven’t arrived yet,

Months tend to fill up on their own—whether with travel, projects, or the simple pleasure of gathering around a table. Recently, we've...

One morning, the yard was soggy. The garlic was still hidden, and the boat was waiting for the lake to drop. The next day, everything...

This year, a big milestone crept up on my oldest friends and me: we are all turning 60, including Whiskey! To mark this occasion, a group...

Departure from Hilton Head Island Our departure from Hilton Head Island didn't go as planned—literally. We were packed and ready to hit...

After a long New Hampshire winter, there is joy in watching the snow finally melt—until it turns into mud season . You know the drill:...

As we bid farewell to the deep, snowy winter of New Hampshire, we're buzzing with excitement for the arrival of spring. Our trusty...

This April is a good month to practice being a snowbird. The snow, the cool weather, and ongoing mud season in NH makes being in HHI a...

Backyard / in-home maple sugaring has been a learning experience. From February 1-16 we collected approximately 93 gallons of sap (1488...

There are many great things about RV travel, but there is one that tops the list, the changing views. I got to thinking of the many...

First Landing State Park in Virginia Beach, VA is a rustic campground (links below) with RV sites, tent sites, and yurts for rent. The...

Making our way home from Hilton Head was an adventure. Our goal is to make the travel a part of the vacation instead of just hammering...

Two overnight stays on the journey south to Hilton Head were at Harvest Hosts. Often the locations are off the beaten path, which...

Wine and Whiskey left NH! April in NH is a long pause between seasons; a waiting period until warm weather, leaves, and the perennials...

Let's get ready to hit the road! Wine here writing about trip planning. I enjoy the process of planning because I am a list-maker type of...

A work assignment is well over five hours from our home to a rural part of Maine, actually most of Maine is rural. In deep winter much of...

As I, Wine, said in an earlier post, we make our own fun. A day of fun was a day trip to Bretton Woods. Whiskey had a ski day and I had a...