The Woods Online

08/19/2025

Pretty cool “folklore” about the Mothman in the Point Pleasant area of West Virginia. Definitely worth a stop if you’re nearby. They have a museum there but I didn’t have time to check it out.

Check out the movie, The Mothman Prophecies.

08/15/2025

Overnight stay at to get the van dewinterized for some short trips. Yeah I know it’s August already. lol We have done a couple weekends in it this year, but never dewinterized it. Had to get with my pal Nick from to go over the Alde hot water system with me. Never used it and was having issues. He came through for us as always.

One thing for sure, after this trip, we definitely need to head for higher elevations. Still a bit warm. Although we are almost completely shaded here.

Not a bad park. A good bit of the sites aren’t level, so just know that if coming.

And this is the first time to use this butane Eureka! grill.

08/09/2025

PSA….if purchasing an RV, whether new or used, hire an independent inspector to check it out. Have everything checked and be sure you know how to correctly operate all its systems. It doesn’t matter if you have owned one before and think you know how things work, set your pride to the side and make sure. Not all rvs function the same. Technology changes yearly as well as all other systems. Manufacturers also don’t necessarily make them to where they function the same. Even two RVs for mthe same year and same manufacturer but doffeeent model numbers can be different.

The worst thing is to get out on a trip and something work or you not understanding how something works. Next thing you know, you’re on a 3 month waiting list to get it in to the dealer and then another 3 months of it sitting on their lot. Save some angst and get it inspected and know everything about it before taking it out.

07/27/2025

Took a ride up to Stone Mountain State Park. Bingo had never been there. Unfortunately, about 2 minutes after these pictures, it started to rain. At least it cooled it down. Bingo is now a North Carolina Bark Ranger at 3 North Carolina State Parks.

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07/16/2025

Nice McClaren in Mooresville.

07/15/2025

Well, after 6 years of our adventure “Up North”, it has officially come to an end. We sold our 95 year hold home in the Victorian Village of Manistee, Michigan which sits on Lake Michigan. We love Manistee and the surrounding area. There truly is a difference between that area of Michigan than the lower section, although, Michigan in general is a beautiful place. It’s just a long drive (800 miles) to go back and forth to. And we don’t need to have 2 homes. At least not that far apart. We did plan to move there full-time last year with plans for me to retire early. But, we decided not to do that.

If you ever get a chance, go and visit that part of Michigan. I’ve visited many places across the country, but I will it that area up against any other place. It’s not just the beauty. But the culture and the wildlife. I recommend summer time, but fall is great too.

This isn’t goodbye Manistee. But more of a see you later.

07/11/2025

So today I visited the Detroit Coney Cart in Manistee, Michigan to get some awesome hot dogs for my wife and I. This was the second this week. I’ve been wanting to get some for a good while, but he actually stopped the cart to go run a restaurant, but eventually and thankfully, got it back up and running. The first time I went this week, I gave an extra $20 to pay forward for other people’s food. Today, was no exception and I threw down $40.

He always takes your picture and the picture of the recipients and posts them on Facebook. It’s actually a lot of fun. I noticed I got tagged on a Facebook post today and went to read it. There was my picture and a picture of this Hispanic couple. Apparently after I left, they happened to be the second recipients of my pay forward. They had a little bit they had to pay to cover the rest. According to the guy that runs the cart, some jack ass behind them starting mouthing off saying stupid crap. Like the guy was feeding non-citizens and bunch of other stupidity.

The guy who owned the cart called him out on it and told him he would take care of him (give him a free dog). The jerk mouthed off more saying he will never be back. That’s great. Because there’s no stupidity needed.

05/28/2025

Angie collecting seashells by the seashore.

05/12/2025

Rainy nights hit different in the Queen City. The Bank of America tower glowing through the mist, with that surreal purple glow from the Truist tower (out of view)—pure magic.

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05/07/2025

Shout out to . I sent a message to them a month or so ago concerning an issue I had with a prepared sub sandwich I bought and they reached out to me to ask some questions. Fast forward to today and I received a $50 gift card from them.

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04/29/2025

We really need to pull the Skottle and do some more cooking on it. It’s been a while.

Enjoy this video from when we cooked a steak dinner at Lake Norman State Park, NC.

We are very fortunate to have Lake Norman State Park very close to our home. We decided to take the Jeep and The TemboTusk Skottle out to the park and have a...

04/27/2025

Memorial Day week camping plans made. Been years since we’ve camped for a week. And will be in 5 different campgrounds! We will be camping in the NC, TN and GA mountains.

This will put us to the test of being in a van together with Bingo. Can we survive? 😂