The Rambler


Hi, I'm Phil Schmidt, and welcome to my blog! Here I share my ponderings, wanderings and doings.

Recent Posts

Dipping South

Nearing the end of our 2024 upper-midwest travels

Our October started with a little dip into the land of Confederate history, with a four-night stay in Columbus-Belmont State Park in Columbus, Kentucky, and five nights in Jacksonport State Park in Jacksonport, Arkansas.

Columbus-Belmont is a beautiful and interesting park located on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River. During …

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Another Month in the RV

It's an RV... No! It's a house!

We are at South Marcum Campground near Benton IL, 100 miles north of the southermost tip of Illinois. We've been here a week, and enjoyed very nice weather at the start. Then rain began on Thursday and continued nonstop for 48 hours, part of the northern lash of Hurricane Helene …

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Updated Website

Here it is folks!

Underwood Sardines

I mentioned in my last post that I was working on updating my site theme and structure to give it a more modern look and to make it easier to use on mobile devices. Well, here it is!

At this point there are still things I will be tweaking and …

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