The trailer is GOT!

We picked up mom's custom trailer from Rustic Trails last week. How super-cool looking is this?

12' long, with a twin bed and little sink. The battery charges from the tow vehicle, and has a solar plug-in.

When Rob and I were in PA recently we found a cap for the truck, so mom and I are both set for some serious road-tripping. To be able to camp for a night without having to put up tents is going to make us so much more mobile.

First trip is to NY on June 17. The route is plotted in Roadtrippers, and 2 HipCamp sites are reserved. In the works are NC from end to end on Hwy 64, and the Natchez Trace from Mississippi to Tennessee.

More pics of the trailer when it cools off enough for mom to glamp it up.

These flowers are EVERY where this spring

"Dame's rocket was brought to North America in the 17th century and has since become naturalized there.

This species is commonly found in roadside ditches, dumps and in open woodland settings, where it is noticed when in bloom. Although it makes an attractive, hardy garden plant, it has been found to be ecologically invasive in North America."

In the past week, I've seen it all across NC, and all up to western PA. Also up in PA are tons and tons of honeysuckle bushes that are blooming.

Here we go...!

Trip last week was to Celo. Some of the rhododendrens were blooming, and so were the flame azaleas. When they were together they were crazy awesome - orange and purple and pink in a big ball. The blooms hadn't reached the higher elevations, so we should have known better than to go looking at Roan Mountain.

Mom was in hiker-mode:

Later, I found some Lady Slippers in the woods near the house.

And these... what? mushrooms?

We did some driving on the Parkway. We're both big fans of the BRP, and are thinking of driving it end-to-end.