Ohiopyle State Park

August 11, 2026 / rugreen4u4632 / Leave a comment

Another great Pennsylvania State Park. This one had great sky in the RV loop for the working crew.

It was not the greatest for cover during the electrical storm. I’m pretty sure lightning hit somewhere in this field because my hair was standing up on my arms when the crack of thunder woke me up.

The storms ran through and cooled the air down for a slow a beautiful rails to trails ride along the Youghiogheny River (pronounced “Yock-a-GAY-nee).

We are heading now to bark camp. Guess what. It’s raining again but it’s still a beautiful ride. Pennsylvania is quite lovely.

Jenna and Egeus

August 11, 2026August 11, 2026 / rugreen4u4632 / Leave a comment

My sister has named her lymphoma Egues. Earlier this summer we were both talking about how we both thought we had a hernia and we should go get it checked out. Since then she has had a whirlwind of doctors visits since she has been diagnosed and received her first round of chemo yesterday.

It’s been heavy on my mind. It feels wrong to be having fun but I am thankful for everyone taking care of her this week Dirk, Knox, and Pam and of course Mom and Dad. I love you and wanted you to know I’m looking forward to our next adventure after you Kick Egeus out.

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Hickory run State Park

August 10, 2026August 10, 2026 / rugreen4u4632 / Leave a comment

We left Hammonasset heading across Eastern pa to hickory run State Park. With late check outs (3pm) PA ranks high in my state list. Hickory run is right in the middle of an awesome rails to trails and boulder fields with nice little streams worth exploring (shades of death trail)

We truly enjoyed the lehigh gorge rails to trails. The gorge was lined with historical River locks that raised the river 600 feet in 26 miles.

Then to top it all off it’s got this random boulder field.

It was an awesome day

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Hammonasset Beach State Park.

August 8, 2026 / rugreen4u4632 / Leave a comment

We arrived Wednesday night and have been doing beach things since we arrived. Working in the mornings, but I’m the evening we’ve enjoyed more lobster rolls (campground chef), beach walks (check out the guy with the trident), 2 stand up paddle board rides, sunsets, beach hikes to meigs point, severe weather advisories (campground storm watching), and lots of level paved biking paths. We are on our way now to Pennsylvania.

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More Cape Cod fun.

August 5, 2026August 5, 2026 / rugreen4u4632 / Leave a comment

The past two days, I’ve had to work but we’ve had a great time bumming around after work. The first evening we went to Nauset Beach and Cape Cod National Sea shore. We saw seals, multiple light houses, slanted beaches and intimating jaws signs. We capped off the evening with delicious campground chef lobster rolls.

The next day we grabbed our bikes and took a tour of p-town. We had some oysters, jumbo shrimp little neck clams, and tuna tartar at a beachside restaurant. Then we wandered through p-town.

It was incredibly clear when we got home and we sat outside and looked at stars, satellites and watched shooting stars. No pictures. You’ll just have to trust me.

I’m off today and we headed out of Nickerson State Park towards Hammonasset State Park which is in Connecticut. Before leaving, we got on the Cape Cod rail trail and dipped my feet in every pond along the route (Sheep, Seymour, Long Pond, & Flax). We had beers and pizza for lunch.

Life is really good.

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Damascus to Boston to Cape Cod

August 5, 2026August 6, 2026 / rugreen4u4632 / 1 Comment

We started our journey last weekend, as we visited Damascus with Mark and Cheryl and their wonderful group of friends. I’ve been slow to post.

George headed out to a guitar camp in New York (‘band camp’ according to George’s sister and ‘divorce dad’ camp according to our kids). I think it’s probably more like ‘retiree camp’.

Since George was already upstate, I flew into Boston and we stayed at Wompatuck State Park. There, we ran into Craig, Jessica and Oskar. We even got the pleasure of car pooling and lunching with Jessica and Oskar on the way to the Cape.

At Nickerson State camp ground check in, we won the ice lottery and grabbed as much free ice that would fit in our cooler. We cried when we left it to melt but there was nothing we could do to save it.

Then we drove to Brewster flats and found hermit crabs and relaxed and the beach.

Life is good.

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Depoe Bay to Portland

May 25, 2026May 25, 2026 / rugreen4u4632 / Leave a comment

We went for a run Sunday morning. It was not our best personal records since I kept stopping to take pictures, but Depoe Bay was stunning. It was high tide so we randomly stumbled on to this spouting horn, cliff. Brants cormerant (bird) and 5+ of whale spouts.

This led us to stop by the OPRD Whale Watching Center before leaving Depoe Bay. They had binoculars set up for everyone to use and a video feed. We saw whale tails and spouts;)

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Grey whales are the only bottom feeders. They scoop up mud and eat the krill, eating as much as 1.2 tons of food per day.

After our educational whale stop we took a pit stop in Bob Straub State Park for some giant sand dunes and beach time.

Next we stopped at Tillamook and my second ice cream in 2 days. I’ve reached my quota for the summer;)

We got to Portland late afternoon and stopped at the Scotch Church Winery that had music.

As you can see Mt Hood was out when we got to Portland. We ended the day with some fabulous sushi at Bluefin Tuna and sushi on Broadway.

Today has been a travel day. Our flight this morning was delayed so we all scrabbled to get on an earlier flight to Charlotte. George and I got to CLT with a 3 hr layover but Sadira and James didn’t get the same flight and had a 5 hr layover. Then they delayed our flight. So, we rented this bad ass ride for 100 bucks to get home in 2hrs.

Calling this trip a great success. Signing off

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Coos Bay to Depoe Bay

May 25, 2026May 25, 2026 / rugreen4u4632 / Leave a comment

We stopped at Heceta head and took a walk about the rocks

We continued up the coast for a picnic lunch and some more beach time.

Then we stopped at thors well, but since it was low tide the kids missed the big event. We did have a sneaky wave surprise James and Fiona which made the stop worthwhile. Fiona really took a hit, she’s always been the lucky hand. We also stopped at devil’s churn and devil’s punch bowl.

We stayed at the Trowler’s Lodge in Depoe Bay and saw a lovely sunset after dinner of halibut and Sadira’s world-famous orzo. Depoe Bay is the smallest harbor in the world and is home to grey whales. We didn’t see any spouts this evening. (Fore shadowing).

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Coos Bay

May 24, 2026May 24, 2026 / rugreen4u4632 / Leave a comment

The next morning James had to work so we made our way to hike at Sunset Beach SP, Shore acres SP and Cape Arago just south of Coos Bay.

From Sunset Beach we could see the lighthouse, and we got surprised by a bunch of harbor seals with their babies.

This is a picture of the pile of sea lions through the telescope at Cape Arago. They were crawling all over each other.

We finished the day with some pepper jelly tasting.. so very difficult to decide which one was best

Brookings to Coos Bay

May 23, 2026May 23, 2026 / rugreen4u4632 / Leave a comment

We started the day right by going on a low tide run and serving up a big breakfast. So far I have failed to mention the Brookings rental has Pac-Man. Check out is 10 o-early-o-clock and the pac man high score had not been beaten. Right before 10 and before my bags were neatly packed, George started a two man game. I got closer than any other game but eventually killed myself on my bonus life because the house keeper was waiting outside. Sadly, I ended up leaving my toiletries and had to circle back after dropping everyone at the first hike (Cape Ferelo) but sign me up for the Mouth of the Pistol River Beach access. It was amazing.