The Dogfish Head Brewery, near Rehoboth Beach DE, is one of the largest craft breweries in the US. I used to homebrew, so I found it all interesting. You can tour the plant, get some free samples, then spend the afternoon eating food and drinking beer.  🙂 Some photos from a tour. ​The brewery ​Some … More Dogfish Head Brewery

Fort Miles was built before the US entered the Second World War as a shore battery and anti-submarine post. During the Cold War, it became one of the locations for the top secret SOSUS (Sound Surveillance Underwater System) listening posts that used microphones to track Soviet submarines. Today, Fort Miles is part of the Henlopen … More Henlopen State Park/Fort Miles

[NOTE: I’ve blogged all these “how-to” posts before, but am gonna re-run them on occasion, since folks may have missed them, and many of them have been updated or expanded since they were first posted.] If you are going to be living and traveling in a camper van, then selecting the right vehicle for you … More Vanlife: Selecting a Van

Rehoboth is a little resort town on the Atlantic shore. It reminds me of Florida. Without the palm trees.  😉  Oh, and you can get lobster rolls here, which you can’t get in Florida. Yum. (I haven’t had a lobster roll since I was in Boston.) Some photos from a day at the beach. ​On … More Rehoboth Beach

Greetings from Delaware. One of the few states I haven’t been in yet. I’m here just for a few weeks on my way back to Pennsylvania for my niece’s wedding. The Junction and Breakwater Trail is in a park within walking distance from my camping spot, so I spent the afternoon walking around. Some photos. ​Wild … More Greetings From Delaware

I think I could visit this place every day and not get bored.  🙂 Some photos from the Fyfe and Drum Parade at Colonial Williamsburg. Looks to be made up from area college and high school bands. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​  

[NOTE: I’ve blogged all these “how-to” posts before, but am gonna re-run them on occasion, since folks may have missed them, and many of them have been updated or expanded since they were first posted.] “Can I bring my dog or cat along in the van?” is one of the most common questions asked by … More Vanlife: Pets in the Van

I visited Busch Gardens Williamsburg the last time I was here.  I visited it again partly just because I liked it, and also because the Food and Wine Festival is happening now. So I drank a lot of beer, ate a lot of food, and spent a lot of money.  😉 A few photos. ​The … More Busch Gardens

Fort Monroe guards the mouth of the harbor at Hampton and Norfolk. It is the largest stone-and-brick fort built by the US. Constructed after the War of 1812, the Fort remained in Union hands during the Civil War, and was the place where Confederate President Jefferson Davis was imprisoned after the war. Today the Fort … More Fort Monroe

I visited Williamsburg VA last year and did lots of photo diaries. Since it was on my way up to Delaware, I am stopped for a few days just to see Fort Monroe, which I missed the last time, and to revisit a couple places just because I liked them.  🙂 A couple photos from … More Colonial Williamsburg