Hi, it’s been a while since I updated our adventures, but thanks for your patience. I hope to have more time to write once the 2023 holidays settle further into 2024. Back with you soon! Beth


The world has become a far different place than it was in October 2019, when I set out to create this blog. OTOH, Mark and I have acquired the trailer of our dreams and are embarking on long awaited adventures. We hope you will ride along as we sally forth. At the same time, Xplor-Inn has grown to be more than just a travel blog. While I intend to continue documenting our trips, I also want to share some not-so-travel-related writing during the times COVID or winter weather confines us. I am also adding more pictures and poetry. Eventually, I hope to reorganize the non-travel prose and poetry under The Wordsmith’s Forge. Thank you for your patience as I continue to temper my words into new shapes!

BES McMillan, 06-01-2020

Hi, it’s been a while since I updated our adventures, but thanks for your patience. I hope to have more time to write once the 2023 holidays settle further into 2024. Back with you soon! Beth The world has become a far different place than it was…
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