KRISTA STANLEY's Blog (8)

Alright, we are officially Airstreaming. We left Chandler, spent the night in Maricopa with our friends, and then headed off the next day to Joshua Tree. Frank and I aren't totally in sync yet. It usually takes a couple of set-ups and tear-downs till we get it figured out. I've apparently forgotten the hand signals when I'm backing up. Oh well. There was one I recognized. The international symbol, for "you're number one"- yeah that one. We came off the I-10 and stopped at Cottonwood campg… Continue

We are in San Diego currently- and I'm at least a month behind on blogging. I will probably just upload some pics of the places we've been, rather than blather on about what we've been doing. Everything is fantastic. Maya and I have been to Sea World, the San Diego Zoo, and Pacific Beach twice this week. We have had perfect weather and we got to hang out with our friends and even met some new people. I'm going to try and catch up this week. But I'm not making any promises! I'll just give you all… Continue

Definition: The conscious positioning or arranging of objects. So, we are near Louisville, Kentucky now, but on our way through Georgia, Tennesse and Kentucky we noticed some rather interesting signage. On the left of the I-24 was a giant sign (you’ll see above), that says “HELL IS REAL” and just across from that sign on the right side of the street was a sign for and Adult Superstore. HMMMM. It seems as though there may be some differences of opinion in the bible belt, and it goes on for miles… Continue

I'm going to keep writing while Maya naps! So, we left Disney on Wednesday and we are now parked in a town north of Atlanta called Braselton. Frank got a mini job to justify our Disney trip and he is working a "Drift" car race. I'll take some video later when the race actually starts. So, we are essentially parked on a race track, Road Atlanta, as a matter of fact, and the past couple of days they have been practicing Formula D cars, I believe. They appear to be much smaller than Formula 1 cars-… Continue

We just spent 5 days at Disneyworld's Fort Wilderness. If you didn't know Disney offered a campground for it's outdoorsy type folks- they do. It's full of the Disney charm, piped in music spread throughout the campground. All the loops have cute little names, there was horseback riding, a campfire sing-a-long and they even have bunnies. It was perfect! Originally our reservations were for Sunday, but we made it down there so quickly we checked in on Friday instead. Turns out they only offer a fe… Continue

Well, I didn't do anything in Charleston that I meant to do. But, we decided to make our trip to Orlando in two days rather than one, which meant we got to stop sooner and stayed at the nicest state park I have ever been to. The trip from Charleston was rather long and meandering, even though it was only about 88 miles. You'll see the pictures above. The campground was along the beach, and nestled in the woods. It's a barrier island, so there is all this amazing driftwood and one of the oldest l… Continue

So here we are in Charleston, South Carolina. Actually, we are in Mt. Pleasant- but it’s very close. We haven’t yet explored the city. We got in late Monday night and Tuesday we worked on the Airstream packing and unpacking, arranging and re-arranging. Then I was doing dishes and I pulled the plug in the sink to release the water and we had a leak. You notice a couple gallons of water very quickly in a space this size. Charleston is a port city, so there are lots of bridges and it’s on the wate… Continue

So we headed out of St. Louis aiming for Nashville by way of southern Illinois and Kentucky. Which, were actually quite lovely. And it made the trip very easy. We wanted to stop at the "Land Between Lakes" in Kentucky but Maya fell asleep a mile into our detour so rather than waste the time, we hightailed it to Nashville. Instead of spending the night in Nashville, we made it to Edgar Evins State Park about 60 miles from the city. It was well worth the trip back to the campsite. The parking pads… Continue