Tag: RV maintenance

Aug 17, 2024 – Familiar (or Family) Territory

A) Shipshewana South Campground, INB) Marken Glen Campground, Kalamazoo MIC) Friends Jim & Denise, Columbiaville, MI D) Happy Acres Campground, Angola, INE) White River Campground, Cicero, IN I’ve never been to Uranus, until now. Vivian and I have stayed at a county campground north of Indianapolis many times as it is conveniently located near our … Continue reading Aug 17, 2024 – Familiar (or Family) Territory →

Sep 10, 2023 – An Urban Wilderness

A short 100 miles from Laramie, we arrived north of Denver at our home for a week. Leaving Wyoming, the least populated state in the union (about 580,000) and coming into a campground adjacent to Interstate-25 and located a tad north of the the Denver metropolitan area where almost 3 million people reside should have … Continue reading Sep 10, 2023 – An Urban Wilderness →

Aug 10, 2023 – Jasper National Park Part 2 – The Power of Erosion

Maligne Lake Surrounded by towering mountains, everything at eye level becomes insignificant and crowds seem less bothersome. And as you wander down a path through a montane forest while talking aloud to alert the bears that surely reside in the woods, you cannot help but wonder which is most impressive – the Canadian Rockies or … Continue reading Aug 10, 2023 – Jasper National Park Part 2 – The Power of Erosion →

Looking Back – Top Ten Hidden Gems

The United States is full of hidden gems and you will not find them unless you take a road trip. I will go further and say that road tripping with a home on wheels is even better; it affords you the time to explore unbeaten paths, to seek out those hidden gems that are mostly … Continue reading Looking Back – Top Ten Hidden Gems →

Fulltime RVing – Eleven Tools we Cannot Live Without

Wisdom is commonly described this way- "If I only knew then what I know now". Such is fulltime living in an RV. Four years of it can be summarized as follows - an accumulation of trials and errors, painstaking learning curves that rely heavily on YouTube videos, the occasional and quite gratifying "high five" when … Continue reading Fulltime RVing – Eleven Tools we Cannot Live Without →

Sep 25, 2022 – Hurricane Ian

It seems like a lifetime ago - on September 10th, 2017, Category 3 Hurricane Irma with winds speeds of 115 mph hit landfall approximately 26 miles northwest of Chokoloskee Island where our fifth wheel was parked at Outdoor Resorts (ORA). A few days later, we were taking pictures of our devastated rig that had experienced … Continue reading Sep 25, 2022 – Hurricane Ian →

May 10, 2022 – The Unexpected are Reliable

Our RV travels, which began in 2018, are about discovery and learning. And what we discovered quickly is that you can expect the unexpected. We also learned that we can prepare for those unexpected events, but more importantly, we learned to keep all challenges in perspective. During our first year of RV travel, we met … Continue reading May 10, 2022 – The Unexpected are Reliable →

Sep 19, 2021 – Languishing in the South

A few miles south of the Michigan-Indiana border & 3 miles from our service appointment in Goshen. This is Kercher's Sunrise Farm, a Harvest Host. Had some of the best apple cider there! After six weeks in Michigan, we were more than ready to move on – too many memories mucking things up and we … Continue reading Sep 19, 2021 – Languishing in the South →

Oct 5, 2020 – Her Florida

After several months of traveling, we are welcomed back to Florida. “We need above all, I think, a certain remoteness from urban confusion.” Marjory Kinnan Rawlings After several months of traveling, crossing the state line into Florida conjures mixed feelings. We could easily turn around and continue traveling, but we also get a warm and … Continue reading Oct 5, 2020 – Her Florida →