About Us

“RV there yet?” Anonymous

What seems like a lifetime ago, we lived and worked full time in Miami. In June 2018, we sold our home, retired and moved into a 33-ft fifth wheel. My name is Connie and my wife’s name is Vivian. It’s through our personal ambitions; mine – nature photography, Vivian – fishing, and our love of traveling and learning that we let go of our work life in the city and began living the RV dream.

Most of the time, our home on wheels is parked on an RV lot in Outdoor Resorts on Chokoloskee Island, Florida. We are fortunate to own the lot, a home base surrounded by wilderness, and that which gives us easy access to the water. Chokoloskee is a 150-acre island in the middle of the Ten Thousand Islands of the Gulf of Mexico and surrounded by Everglades National Park. It is located on the far side of the ‘bridge to nowhere‘ and it is exactly where we want to be when not traveling.

Through photography and fishing, the Everglades is both a physical place and a way of life for us. Being avid canoe and kayak paddlers, our dream has always been to live on that island. The RV made that dream happen.

The RV made another dream come true and that is to travel the United States while taking our time doing it. Since July of 2018, we have pulled the RV across the ‘Bridge to Nowhere’ every year and each time have come back several months later bringing memories of our American tours.

We savor the locations, explore the wilderness parks and forests, tour the cities, and learn American history and culture through its museums and residents eager to share their knowledge and experiences.  After a combined total of 30 travel months from July 2018 through Oct 2023, and over 42,000 towing miles, we have only just begun to explore what this beautiful country has to offer. Enjoy this slideshow of highlights from our travels over the years.

Through our blog entries, we hope you join us on our travels because we’ve had countless great experiences, some close calls, many unexpected good and bad events, and we’ve learned so much. Our changing view of the United States continues. Here are some of our stories over the years.