Living on the Edge

Onward to the last of the Utah National Parks, Arches and Canyonlands, but first a stop at Goosenecks State Park in the southeast corner of Utah near the town of Mexican Hat.  Once again this was a recommended destination by fellow rvers and what a unique find!  The campground was first come only with no…

Acadia Park, Maine and then southward bound…

I know this is late but we’ve been so busy this last month. I really don’t know how we ever had time to work!  But I am really excited to tell you about Acadia National Park in Maine.  We made this reservation in March and had really been looking forward to it.  Funny how things…

Waterfalls, Fall Colors and Bears, Oh My!

Can’t believe it’s late September already.  Since our last post we explored the Finger Lakes area of New York, including going to a Bluegrass Festival on a sheep farm and we even found a few more amazing waterfalls! We then spent almost two weeks in a Army Corps of Engineers campground in the Green Mountains…

Crossing borders and then, the biggest of them all (so far)…

It’s true, time does fly when you are having fun!  I can’t believe it’s been almost a month since my last blog post. Well, after our time in the Upper Peninsula, we spent a fun couple days near Mackinac Island, highlighted by our 45th Anniversary celebration.  On our special day, we took the ferry to…

Kayaking, Purple Hair and Family

Arrived at the Army Corps of Engineers, Tionesta Recreation Campground, in western Pennsylvania on Monday, June 5th for 10 days.  Can’t beat the prices at these parks, half price with our National Parks pass which is $17.50 a day with full hook ups.  Our campsite was right near the dam outflow which enabled us to…

#10, Fun with Family and another History Lesson

Our first stop in Pennsylvania was at a little private campground called Homestead.  Can’t believe this is the 10th campground we stayed at this year. Check out our cork map with the pins indicating where we have stayed. Picked this campground based on the convenient location to where our son, Ryan, lives and the sightseeing we…

Goodbyes and New Beginnings

Wow, so hard to believe that after the whirlwind of preparations the last few months, we are actually beginning our adventure as full time travelers in our rv. One week ago on May 1st, we packed our 37′ motorhome with all our belongings and said goodbye to our house that we lived in for 25…

Chattanooga, “stuff” happens & smores…

So it’s time to head back to Illinois from Sunny Florida.  Got to get the house ready for sale and clean out the rest of our stuff.  But one more day of exploring near Bushnell, Florida before we head north. We found a Veterans’ Cemetery near us and took a little drive thru one afternoon….

Rainy days and Mondays…

There’s an old song that goes “rainy days and Mondays always get me down”.  Well, that’s definitely not the case today.  I wasn’t planning on blogging today as I didn’t think there was much going on but then it turned out to be another exceptional day in our life.  (It’s starting to look like all…

On Our Way…

OK, we’re ready, let’s go!  (that’s the puppies talking) Packed up the car with the bare essentials we think we will need for the next 3 weeks and our puppies, of course, and headed to sunny, warm, Florida to pick up our new “home”. So off we go!  We drove to Nashville our first night…