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Moving north…

It is a beautiful gorgeous, sunny day here in Croatan National Forrest, near New Bern, NC.  I am sitting outside and typing away, I have gotten 7 campground reviews done!  Wow!  That’s a lot!  If you’d...

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“Sort of” boondocking in New Bern, NC…

We spent an additional 2 weeks at Flanners Beach Campground near New Bern, NC, getting really good at using water conservatively. We had electric but no water/sewer at the site.  It is really a...

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OBX!

When I left off last, we had just arrived at Ocean Waves Campground in Waves, NC.  Waves is a tiny little town, part of 3 tiny towns in a row, Rodanthe, Waves, and Salvo, which are locally called the...

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Sun, fun, food and growth…

The above pic is one I took of the sunrise.  I have others that were taken the same day further down.  This was not retouched – just taken with my camera phone. It doesn’t seem quite possible that as...

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OBX the final cut…

Our time in the Outer Banks of NC has sadly come to an end.  We loved every minute!  Bill and I are already talking about coming back in the fall, after Labor Day.  Let me tell you about our final days...

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Black and White Challenge

A couple of weeks ago I was nominated by my friend, Tracy Perkins, of CamperChronicles.com to participate in a Bloggers Black and White Photo Challenge.  Bloggers are encouraged to post a black and...

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Broken bikes, shooting guns and flowers…

We left OBX on a Friday and made our way to a Cracker Barrel near Greensboro, NC.  I wish I could tell you it was an uneventful trip.  We were on Rt 40 and I was leading in the car as usual, radio up...

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RV Dreams Family Reunion Rally!

After an easy 3 hour drive, we arrived at Tom Johnson Camping Center in Marion, NC on Saturday, May 23, all ready for rally fun!  Tracy & Lee, Cori & Greg and Sue & Guy had arrived the day...

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life after the rally… Wytheville, Lynchburg and Pittsburgh!

Leaving the rally was a difficult thing to do.  We had been traveling with our friends for quite a while and we had really been having a great time.  The only thing that made it easier was we would be...

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visiting with our girl…

Here we are – still in Pittsburgh!  The only negative we have had since arriving has been the rain – which will NOT quit – not for more than a day at a time!  We arrived 19 days ago, on June 8, and I...

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hiking, biking and rafting – oh my!

I am typing today from my son’s apartment.  He is working and his fiance is at a bridal shower for her cousin.  Hubby is at a friends house, working on making the drawers for our hall closet, the one...

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Lancaster – seeing our boy…

I will usually start my blog posts by telling you where I am. Today will be no exception.  I started my day going to see my cousin at the local outlet mall, we had some lunch and shopped a bit.  Now I...

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Cousins and NYC!

Before I get started on current stuff, I want to mention a couple of things I forgot in my last post.  I forgot b/c we didn’t get any pics taken, and when typing a post, I will refer to my pics to...

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Toms River NJ – family, friends fun…

We arrived at Surf and Stream in Toms River, NJ on Wednesday, Aug 5.  It was a short drive day, about 114 miles and took us about 2 1/2 hours, with only one quick potty break. After arriving, Jo wasn’t...

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Year ONE – Summary on stuff

I have been debating (mostly with myself) which date to use as our full-time anniversary date.  Believe it or not, yes, there are a few to choose from.  The first one we could choose to use is August...

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Year ONE – Thoughts and Reflections (and maybe a small amount of stuff!)

This is the second of my year one end blog posts.  The first one was mostly about facts for our first year, which can be very helpful to the person doing research on if/how they want to do this...

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Down the REAL Jersey Shore!

We have been loving our time down at the Jersey Shore!  Just to make sure you all understand, when in Jersey (locals don’t say New Jersey), you don’t go to the beach – you go “down the shore”.  Then,...

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“Moochdocking” at its FINEST!

Sorry – I know my email subscribers got an email that I had actually published this a few days ago.  Sorry about that, I hit publish instead of save – OOPS! Our time at the Jersey Shore is over for...

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A boy and his dog, a girl and her cat…

Seems we have had our fair share of sadness lately.  Sometimes that is just how things work out.  When you travel with 2 elderly pets, it is inevitable that it will become time to help them cross the...

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AMAZON!

When I last posted, we had just arrived at Heartland RV Park in Campbellsville, KY, getting ready to start our time working at Amazon. We arrived a day early, on a Friday, figuring we would be settled...

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