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About Us – The Travels of Joan and Stu, our travel trailer and previous boats

  • The Adventures of Joan and Stu
  • About Us and our Traveling Vehicles
  • 2021 A Year of Travel During Covid
    • 2021 08/31-9/3: Larry and Penny Thompson Park – Railroad Museum, Ichels, Zoo
    • 2021 9/1 Key Biscayne Visit with Joan’s Cousin, Jan and David Ichle
    • 2021 Summer: Road Trip
    • 2021 05/20-23: C.B. Smith Park, Flamingo Gardens and Miami Motocross
  • 2020 March – Visit Daytona Raceway
    • Continue to Jonathan Dickinson State Park and Trapper Nelson March 2020
  • 2019 End of Year in Naples
  • 2019 Autumn Travels
    • November 2019: The Hunt for Fall Foliage
    • 2019 Thanksgiving to Jacksonville and Then Home
    • 2019 Shalom Roamers at Fun N Sun Sarasota
  • May to August 2019, Travel to southwest US, northwest US, back to Austin, and home
    • May and June 2019: Leg 1, Home to Austin, Grand Canyon, Zion and Lake Mead
    • June, 2019: Leg 2, Stu Moving Trailer from Lake Mead to Portland OR
    • July 2019: Leg 3, Cruise the Snake and Columbia River
    • July-August 2019: Leg 4, Portland, OR to Salt Lake City, UT via Yellowstone and Grand Tetons
    • August 2019: Leg 5, Stu, Shirley, and Justin – Salt Lake City to Austin via Grand Canyon and Tempe
    • August–September 2019: Leg 6, Austin to Home (at Last)
  • Shearwater IV – Sold, July 2019
    • About the Shearwater IV, a Ranger 25
      • Interior Views and 2018 Refit
      • Ranger 25 – Shearwater IV Equipment List
      • Underway Air Conditioning
      • Inverter Installation and Battery Relocation
      • Solving the Shearwater Cooling Problem
  • 2018 October: Fall Foliage RV Trip to the Smoky Mountains
  • 2018 July/August: Rideau Canal, Canada
  • 2018 May/June: RV Trip to Austin
  • 2017 Fantasy Fest in Key West
    • Friday Night Costume Parade
    • Saturday Night Parade
  • 2017 Autumn Motor Home Trip
    • Northbound along the Eastern Shore
    • Deanna Marissa Bat Mitzvah
    • Southbound on Skyline Drive and Blue Ridge Parkway
      • Entering Skyline Drive: Mathews Arm Campground
      • Big Meadows: The Great Tunnel Detour via Luray Caverns
      • Loft Mountain – the Southern Skyline Drive
      • South from Otter Creek Campground
      • Rocky Knob Campground Area
    • The Drive Home – some sightseeing and visiting friends and relatives along the way
      • Visiting Natalie, Ariel, and Matt Wellman in Charlotte NC
      • Camp Walmart, Jacksonville, St. Augustine, and another Camp Walmart
      • Walmart, breakfast on Fort Matanzas Beach, Melbourne to visit friends, and Home
  • Virgin Islands Sailing Adventure – Summer 2017
  • February 2017: Little Loop – the trip around South Florida
    • February 5: ICW from Home to Soverel Marina
    • February 6: Underway to St. Lucie Campground on the Okeechobee Waterway
    • February 7: Cross Lake Okeechobee to LaBelle – visit the Horses
    • February 8: Travel Labelle to Tween Waters
    • February 9: Boca Grande with Dodie and Dan
    • February 10: Placida and Ranger Rendezvous
    • February 13 to 15: Sanibel and Naples
    • February 15 to 17: Naples to Goodland
    • February 18: Towing to Islamorada
    • February 19 and 20: Crandon and the Miami Boat Show
    • February 21: Miami to Home at last
  • 2016 SW Florida Ranger Rendezvous
    • Friday night “Rum Party” and “Cruising from Florida to the Bahamas” by Rich Obendahl and Mike Rizzo
    • Friday Arrival Dinner Feb. 5, 2016
    • Saturday Lunch and Boat Electronics by Bob Easterday
    • Saturday Surf and Turf dinner – February 6, 2016
    • Ranger Saturday night raffle
  • 2016 Amsterdam Tulip Cruise
    • Arrival in Amsterdam and City Tour
    • WW II Arnhem Museum and Tour
    • Antwerp With a Pedestrian Tunnel Under Scheldt River
    • Floralia Excursion – beautiful flowers
    • Bruges Excursion – a Preserved Old City
    • Willemstad Organ Recital
    • Kinderdijk Windmills
    • Keuhenhof Excursion – Fantastic Flowers
    • Amsterdam Canal Boat Cruise
    • Amsterdam Photo Safari
  • 2015 Mississippi River – Fall Foliage
    • Fun in the Sun II
    • Alma, Wisconsin – Quiet and Pretty
    • Lock and Dam 4 – near Alma, MS
    • Wabasha
    • Pepin, Wisconsin
    • Lake City
    • Lake City to Great River Harbor
  • Erie Canal – June 2015
    • Fairport, the Start of Our Adventure
    • Pittsford, Lock 32 and 33, and Kayaking
    • Spencerport June 13 – 14
    • Holley June 14 – 15, 2015
    • Albion -Greek Revival June 15, 2015
    • Culvert Road and Medina
    • Palmyra – June 18, 2015
  • Sheila’s Special Birthday
  • 2020 Valencia Isles Chorus
  • Comprehensive Immigration Reform
  • 2021 08/31-9/3: Larry and Penny Thompson Park – Railroad Museum, Ichels, Zoo
  • Stu’s Previous Boats

2017 Holiday Greetings

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