16 National Parks, 18 States, and 6,588 miles and Countless Hours of Driving.This was a shot stolen off the internet, mine will have a lost hiker's boot in it *LOL*That is what a journey we are dreaming of undertaking will entail. A journey that will take us across...
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Dog Parks and Brew Pubs
Destination: Deal Island, MD
We arrived at Deal Island with a sound asleep Nora, after an hour straight of screaming. She just wanted out of the VAN! She endured 20 hours over 3 days stuck in the car seat and just couldot handle another minute. So I pulled over and just by pure luck, was an...
Destination: James Island County Park, S.C.
Nora and Daddy playing in the splash areaI guess Ieed to rename our travel blog from Dogparks and Brewpubs, to Dogparks and Playgrounds 🙂 Since Nora has begun walking we have made a point to search out big playgrounds for her to check out. Rightow though I think it...
Destination: Kiawah Island, South Carolina
Sharon and I headed out on a road trip to see her parents on Deal Island, MD and family in Baltimore, MD. To help make the trip easier we made a stopover in Charleston S.C. to see our friends Kevin and Jason. And while there we wanted to explore Kiawah Island as we...
Feb. 2010, Snowbirds Magazine Article written by Randy
Hello my name is Randy Hamilton and I traveled with my wife Sharon and 2 dogs, Jack and Jinjer, for over 4 years full-time in our 36' 1998 Cruisemaster motor home. When I was first asked by Snowbirds to write an article about being Snowbirds I was caught a little...
How to properly order a San Miguel beer
You will understand the headline later in the story so I ask you to bear with me as I write this entry mostly for myself to preserve the details of a great weekend. This past weekend Sharon's parents along with her sister and her husband, and her other sister came to...
Wanderlust
I have used this title before for a blog, and I find myself once again struck with wanderlust Wanderlust - wan·der·lust \ˈwän-dər-ˌləst\ noun • German, from wandern to wander + Lust desire, pleasure: Wanderlust is a loanword from German to English that designates a...
Dogparks and Brewpubs
It was a hard thing to do, but what was previously our travel blog website, dogparksandbrewpubs.com has been decommissioned. Weow have visitors routed to the One Shoe Diaires where our blogow resides. But to keep the distinction between the old andew posts we created...
Destination: Brewer’s Art, Baltimore Maryland
We went to The Brewer's Art brewpub with Nanny in Baltimore. I read about on the internet and had to go. And to call it a brewpub is to call Mount Everest just a hill (or something like that). Anyway this place was incredible, the best brewpub yet. Starting with the...
St. Michaels, Maryland
On the road from Deal Island to Baltimore is the small maritime village of St. Michaels. Known for its history and upscale residents it is full of small quant shops and restaurants. It is truly aeat place to go and walk around, kinda like Williamsburg but on a smaller...