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Ascape 5 – Wet Weekend at Douthat State Park

By From https://odonnellweb.com/pelican/ • Aug 15th, 2020 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

We got to our campsite at 6:30 PM on Friday. It started raining at about 7:30 PM. It stopped raining about 8 AM Sunday morning. You are not …



3 people in 153 days

By From https://odonnellweb.com/pelican/ • Aug 10th, 2020 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

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We’ve been social distancing for 153 days. In that time I have spent more than 5 minutes within 6-feet of my wife, my son, and my dentist. That’s it for …



Where are the good camping blogs?

By From https://odonnellweb.com/pelican/ • Aug 2nd, 2020 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

I just spent 30 minutes clicking through several “Top 20 camping blogs you must be reading now” articles. Do you know what I found?

A bunch of SEO optimized, glossy …



Ascape 4 – Shenandoah KOA

By From https://odonnellweb.com/pelican/ • Aug 1st, 2020 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

We took the Ascape out for the 4th time this weekend, this time a father-son trip to go hiking. On the drive up there must have been traffic on the …



Recent Books Summer 2020

By From https://odonnellweb.com/pelican/ • Jul 24th, 2020 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Living through a pandemic has definitely been good for finding time to read.

K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches by Tyler Kepner

I greatly enjoyed this book. 10 …



Teddy’s First Camping Trip

By From https://odonnellweb.com/pelican/ • Jul 19th, 2020 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Our third trip in the Ascape was a weekend camping trip to Fairy Stone State Park. 30 minutes before we left I looked at Michelle and said, “Let’s take …



What States Have You REALLY Visited?

By From https://odonnellweb.com/pelican/ • Jul 9th, 2020 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

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Do you remember back in the golden days of blogs when somebody would write something then a bunch of other people would write about the same thing and link back …



Covid-19 doesn’t exist in Natural Bridge VA

By From https://odonnellweb.com/pelican/ • Jul 5th, 2020 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

We spent the weekend camping at the Natural Bridge / Lexington KOA. As I pulled up for curbside check in the employee/manager/owner was masked, but she made a snide …



Lexington VA Camping 2020

By From https://odonnellweb.com/pelican/ • Jul 5th, 2020 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

This was our 2nd trip in the camper. This time it was me and my son. We spent 3 nights at the KOA Natural Bridge / Lexington.

This particular KOA is …



Halfway to What?

By From https://odonnellweb.com/pelican/ • Jun 29th, 2020 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

June 30th, 2020. The year is 50% done (49.73% if you want to be pedantic about it.) We are halfway home. 117 shopping days until Christmas.

Can you even …