The last few days I’ve been hanging out, using my Harvest Hosts subscription, and checking out breweries. On the 27th I Idyll Hounds Brewing Company and Grayton Beer Company in Santa Rosa Beach, FL. Idyll House was a cute little brewery and Grayton had a huge building, but they were dead. I found out that […]
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Today was another fun museum day. I went to the US Army Aviation Museum on Ft Novosel, formerly Ft Rucker. When I got there I thought I’d blow through it pretty quickly. I was happily surprised to find that they had a lot of prototype and famous aircraft. Some of the most notable are both […]
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Yesterday I drove a few hours to get closer to my next stop in Georgia. I stopped at another Harvest Host, Brickyard Plantation Golf Club. They have both a frolf course and a golf course. I asked how much a round was and they gave me the member rate because I was a Harvest Host […]
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Today is one of my most memorable days of my entire adventure. I got to tour a nuclear power plant. I drove up to the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant around noon today. This is the newest nuclear plant and also produces the most power of a single plant in the USA. I got there a […]
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I signed up for Harvest Hosts this year finally. It’s so much nicer than I expected. I should’ve don this five years ago. For those of you that don’t know, Harvest Hosts is a program where people and businesses list their properties for people to camp at for a night or so. It’s a guaranteed […]
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I’m back baby!!! After a long four months I’m back on the road. Our first stop today was in Columbia, SC. I wanted to see the State House and liberty bell. There are only three capitol buildings left that I haven’t seen. After I got some pictures we got lunch at the Blue Marlin. They […]
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We drove through Asheville, NC today. I made my dad stop and Sierra Nevada Brewing so they could see the brewery. I’ve never been here in good weather before. We sat out on the back patio after a little walk. After a few beers and figuring out the hotel situation I took them on the […]
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I’m on my way to pick up the van. My parents were nice enough to drive me down to Augusta, GA. They are taking a little vacation too. Today we stopped in Lexington, KY. After checking into the hotel, I went to a fun restaurant/bar with my mom. Thoroughbred Restaurant is a place I’d totally […]
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I have a new update for the van. They ordered the new engine at the end of February and received it on March 5th. They’ve been working on taking the old engine out and putting the new one in. As of yesterday they have the new engine in and have a few more parts to […]
Read moreI finally have some solid information about my van. Its officially dead. The dealership replaced the starter and it still wouldn’t start. Then they tried turning the crank shaft and it wouldn’t move. The engine is locked up. I have no idea what would’ve caused it. It was working fine the night before and wouldn’t […]
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