Author: Constance Mier

Apr 27, 2025 – Testing the Casita While Gathering Rosebuds

If you need to haul your Casita back home over 1000 miles, you may as well take your time and do a little sightseeing along the way. After pulling a 33’ fifth wheel around the country for seven years, the 17’ trailer would be a whole new experience for us. So, from Rice, Texas to … Continue reading Apr 27, 2025 – Testing the Casita While Gathering Rosebuds →

Mar 2, 2025 Our Favorite National Park Photos

As Vivian and I prepare for a big change, I've been reflecting on our RV travels which gives me an excuse to bring out the photos. So, I thought it would be fun to reminisce here. This blog is about some of those fabulous national parks we have visited. During our RV travels, Vivian and … Continue reading Mar 2, 2025 Our Favorite National Park Photos →

Oct 27, 2024 – A Bittersweet Ending to our 2024 Travels

Since 2018, crossing Florida’s state border line marks the beginning of the end of our travels for the year and reminds us we are coming home to Chokoloskee Island for the winter. This year following several months of traveling, we crossed the state line with our fifth wheel in tow for the last time. Florida … Continue reading Oct 27, 2024 – A Bittersweet Ending to our 2024 Travels →

Oct 12, 2024 – Where the Eighth Wonder of the World was Born

Like most people my age, I heard Lynyrd Skynyrd’s song “Sweet Home Alabama” a hundred times or more during my high school years. And like most people that listened to popular rock songs, I didn’t understand the words to most songs. To wit, I had no idea what to make of the line “Now Muscle … Continue reading Oct 12, 2024 – Where the Eighth Wonder of the World was Born →

Oct 3, 2024 – Hurricane Avoidance

Watching from a distance. By the time we left Kentucky, Hurricane Helene had carved a path of destruction and devastation. We are the lucky ones, far enough away and having only the inconvenience of rain that stole a day of sightseeing and kept us indoors. As we arrived at our campground in Tennessee, Milton was … Continue reading Oct 3, 2024 – Hurricane Avoidance →

Sep 22, 2024 – Horsing Around in Kentucky

Downtown Georgetown, Kentucky's horse headquarters. Bucked off a horse many years ago, I have a healthy fear of the large animals. But over the years, my respect and admiration for them has grown. In fact, one of my most memorable and profound wildlife encounters as a photographer occurred in Theodore Roosevelt National Park where I … Continue reading Sep 22, 2024 – Horsing Around in Kentucky →