Michigan – again and again
This has been an amazing year for Two Lanes of Freedom. Our plan for the summer was to slowly make our way up to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and spend time exploring this beautiful...
Discovering America in an RV- Our Tales, Stories, Songs and Photographs
Somewhere in Time – Mackinac Island Michigan
It’s raining softly and I quietly listen to each delicate drop find its way from the heavens onto the top of the ferry boat. I’m still in that mysterious place nestled between a dream and...
Smoke Signals
Whoosh! The flames shot up and ignited the tee-pee of dried twigs that Chet had meticulously stacked in the fire ring. “Yes,” he said excitedly to his wife. “Looks like we finally have a fire, hon.”...
A Place Like Mayberry
“Sarah?…This is Andy Taylor. Fine how are you……Well, soak it Sarah. Soak it a lot in warm salt water. Uh, listen Sarah, get me Thelma Lou will ya’? I know she’s Barney’s girl…..Cause I...
50 Shades of Green – A Journey up the Natchez Trace
Two lane road. Tall pines and Live Oak trees with eerie looking Spanish moss dripping from their limbs, line the sides of the road as we curve and weave our way through the forest. It’s been...
Where the River Flows and the Trace Begins
“M, i, crooked letter, crooked letter, i, crooked letter, crooked letter, i, hump back, hump back, i.” This is how my mom remembered how to spell Mississippi when she was a kid. I thought about...
“What? There’s no potatoes?”
(Words spoken by Sharon, music by David) I’d just put the final touches on the bride’s bouquet. Long stemmed pink roses, a few sprigs of purple statice, white yarrow and lime green ivy. Voila!...
Trail Magic
Trail Names, Trail Crossings & Trail Magic Almost every hiker on the Appalachian Trail gives up their name identity and takes on a new trail name. You won’t meet a Bob, David, Mary or...
The Accident
“It’s OK honey”, she reassured him. “You are doing this with dignity. You gave everything for them and it’s not wrong to ask for a little help back. ” He slips on his hat,...
Magic Dust
It’s 11:00 Saturday morning and Tom and Mary load their three kids into the mini van. The hatchback is filled with an overflowing cooler, lawn chairs, bathing suits, and countless toys that will soon be used...
