Showing posts with label greatest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label greatest. Show all posts
Thursday, September 28, 2017
They Float Through the Air With the Greatest of Ease
They Float Through the Air With the Greatest of Ease
This afternoon, after a quality nap, and some quiet time in the camper, we headed back to the welcome center at the Cape Hatteras KOA for the "tie dye extravaganza." We did this last year as well and the shirts made for great souvenirs that the boys still wear--so call it a new summer tradition. You could bring your own shirt or pay five bucks and buy one from the staff--they had a variety of sizes laid out on a table in the stage room next to the pool.
After we bought our shirts the summershiners (younger summer staffers) helped us bunch them up with rubber bands before we headed back outside to the buckets of dye. The boys took their color selections very seriously...
Of course, mommy did help...
Then, to celebrate our awesome new t-shirts, we decided to take one last swim before dinner and do a spontaneous aerial show...
Wes watched from the shade on the side of the pool, only mildly amused by his brothers hijinx. He sees this stuff at home all day long...
After our cool dip we were all ravenously hungry. So we headed back to our site and Stephanie rocked out a delicious chicken caesar salad. Then we all gathered around and shared a nice meal and talked about the day...
And drank some cold milk...
And played some cards on the carpet...
It was my favorite day of summer so far. And this road trip is just getting started.
Onward.
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Tuesday, September 19, 2017
The Worlds Greatest Travel Mug
The Worlds Greatest Travel Mug
L.L. Beans "Spillproof Travel Mug" is the perfect companion for your morning joe. It keeps your coffee warm for hours and, as promised, it does not spill. The big button on the top locks when you push it down--completely securing the coffee for a morning hike or for your morning commute. The mug is not cheap at $24.95 but it comes with L.L. Beans famous lifetime guarantee and it is sturdy, attractive, and well-designed. My guess is that it will last 10 times as long as a mug half its price. You do the math. Sometimes more is more.
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Tuesday, September 5, 2017
The Greatest RV Song Ever
The Greatest RV Song Ever
Looking for some great new music for your next road trip? A few weeks ago I recommended the new James Hunter album, Minute by Minute--which is still on heavy rotation in my house.
My other favorite new album for summer is a debut by the immensely talented country singer Kasey Musgraves. She can sing, she can play guitar and harmonica, and man can she write.
Musgraves is a a great storyteller with a razor sharp wit and a gift for precise imagery and detail. Her best songs are funny, sad, sweet, and satirical--and theyre easy to sing along to.
Ive heard her compared to Miranda Lambert several times but that doesnt tell the whole story--because Lambert doesnt tell such great stories. She definitely has that Lambert bad-girl edge and image but she also has a bit more poetry and soul in her dusty narratives--think Lucinda Williams and Car Wheels on a Gravel Road.
But more importantly, Musgraves may have written the greatest RV song ever. One of the best songs on the album is called "My House" which really should lead off your summer road mix. Its not even June yet but Im declaring this instant classic as our family song for the summer. Im also declaring Kasey Musgraves as the new poet laureate of the RV Tribe because of lyrics like this one:
"Water and electric / and a place to drain the septic / the KOA is A-OK / as long as Im with you. / So come on hitch your wagon / to this livin room Im draggin / If I cant bring you to my house / Ill bring my house to you."
Follow the link below, take a listen, and have a toe-tapping smile on me--then get to work on that road trip playlist.
http://www.cmt.com/videos/kacey-musgraves/901644/my-house-aol-sessions.jhtml
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