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September 22, 2021

Places We’ve Gone And Things We’ve Seen – Part 3, Canada’s Swissair Memorial, Peggy’s Cove, and Lunenburg

Our third day-trip out of Shediak, New Brunswick was planned for visiting Halifax, Nova Scotia but turned into a different two-day excursion. The less than fantastic experience in Charlottetown had us change our minds about visiting one more big city on the chance of being disappointed again. A quick google search for top sites to…

September 14, 2021

A Day in Farmington, Maine

As part of the requirements for entering Canada, we needed a negative COVID-19 test, current within 72 hours. We planned on using the new border crossing at Calais ME (pronounced “callous”) but learned all the local and nearby pharmacy appointments were booked. The pharmacy closest to Calais with available appointments was in Farmington ME. So…

September 3, 2021

The Krahn Projects – Ocean Park, ME

Hans-Peter and Carolyn Krahn gave MFI and me a book about Maine as a gift when I retired from ERM CVS and invited us to visit sometime. They live in Freeport, Maine, and Carolyn has a long family history in the area. MFI had never been to Maine, and I had only been to Loring…

August 30, 2021

The Ufnal Projects – Winnekeag Lake, MA

We met Mike and Karen Ufnal during our last Air Force assignment at Randolph AFB from 1995-1998. Mike and I worked together within the Environmental Division. He was a very smart engineer, but generally a man of few words. When he did speak, you can bet his words were thought through carefully. Karen was the…

August 22, 2021

Muller Projects, Island Heights, NJ – Part 2

Beth and Barry Muller are our go-to friends-with-projects in Island Heights, New Jersey (population 1,650). We began doing projects for them at their former beach-rental property in Wildwood, NJ (population 5,157) back in April 2018, long before we implemented our current retirement plan. It was there, they first became aware of our construction/repair capabilities. They…

August 15, 2021

Filippa Family Project List – Alexandria, VA

I was stationed in DC and working at the Pentagon for 4 years in the early 1990s. We lived in Alexandria, VA and the kids went to school at Polk Elementary. One of Sarah’s earliest and longest friendships from that time was Becky Lloyd. She lived nearby, and both attended Chris Collins Dance Studio. MFI…

June 20, 2021

Arthur Returned Home – Sort of

We purchased Arthur on 19 August 2019 at Chillhowee RV Sales and Service in Alcoa, TN. Wisely, the purchase price included a 5-year extended warranty. As well constructed as Airstreams are and despite their reputation for quality, MFI is quick to point out that when you put tens of thousands of parts together, including the…

June 15, 2021

The Muszynski-Cogburn Project List – Part 2

Our next stop (with projects) was a return to Sumter, SC to visit our friends Nick and Cindy (Muszynski and Cogburn). Readers may recall that Cindy was managing Pisgah View Ranch during our nine year stint of helping there. They know what our capabilities are and excell at coming up with a great list of…

April 24, 2021

The Dance

Airstream trailers have an abundance of storage spaces, both internal and external. There are cupboards and closets, drawers and dropdowns, and other nooks and crannies. These provide what would seem to be sufficient room for all the things one believes will be needed for travel. Unfortunately, our actual experience has proven to be different. There…

February 12, 2021

Interesting People – Reston, VA

We stayed two weeks at Lake Fairfax Park in Reston, VA and met some interesting folks. After parking the first night we noticed a man next to us in a small teardrop trailer. His unit only provided sufficient space to sleep and store essentials, and a rear clamshell door opened to a galley. We…