Author: Andy Sorensen

Tennessee Comforts

Tennessee Comforts

After almost six months touring the United States, we have established somewhat of a system for traveling to new locales.  It usually goes like this: Find functioning wifi or adequate cell connection for research, and use it to figure out where we are headed to next, and establish how far away that is.  Then search…

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Smoke and Rain

Smoke and Rain

The jungle sounds of chirping birds, buzzing cicadas, and rhythmic crickets abruptly ceased as if the forest possessed a global “mute” button.  And then it came. The sound of a thousand stampeding hooves filled our ears.  We could feel the ground start to tremble as the noise came closer.  We hoped the protection of our…

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Shenandoah National Park

Shenandoah National Park

We arrived at Shenandoah National Park after a 5 hour drive from Delaware.  The park was beautiful, and had an almost jungle-like feel to it.  What stood out the most, however, was the history park;  a history that left us with a feeling of both resentment and admiration. The park was created in the 1930s…

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Racing across the Eastern Seaboard

Racing across the Eastern Seaboard

We left Boston with a target destination of Virginia.  We were headed to Shenandoah National Park.  This was one of our biggest driving days, but still retained a couple highlights: a walking tour of Providence, RI, and a stop at Andy’s now favorite brewery, Dogfishhead.  That’s right, only one month on the East Coast and…

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Through History and into Boston

Through History and into Boston

We reluctantly left Acadia National Park after a sobering view through our finances… turns out brewery visits, eating out, and paying an increasing number of campsites eats our budget faster than we accounted for!  It was a good wake up call to be a little more discerning when exploring new cities (although we still want…

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