2019 Travel Recap: Where Did We Go?
In a nutshell, during our eight months of fulltime living in 2019, we stayed in twenty-one different locations (not including an overnight at my sister’s and one night in a hotel while our rig was…
Foodie Withdrawal
Being surrounded by people of many ethnicities was part of my experience in growing up in metro Detroit. I never realized how ethnically diverse my hometown was until we began this adventure. Not only did…
Top Ten Things from Our Time in Greater Palm Desert
We spent a total of four weeks in the Greater Palm Desert area. Even with our laid-back weekend for combatting travel fatigue, another weekend combatting the stomach flu, and time spent having repairs done to…
Does Everything Happen for a Reason?
Have you ever heard, “Everything happens for a reason.” I believe it’s true. Everything does happen for a reason. In the heat of the moment, it may be impossible to know what that reason is,…
Step by Step Checklist for Thanksgiving
Below is a daily checklist to getting my Thanksgiving 2019 menu for Thanksgiving dinner on the table at 1:00 p.m. (adjust tasks as you like based on your preferred dinner time) Saturday/Sunday/Monday: Grocery Shop (click…
Words to Live By?
“I don’t camp,” I warned Brian on our first date over ten years ago. Having met on match.com, I read he was interested in camping. In the interest of saving time, if this was a…
Las Vegas Halloween Convergence
Brian & I both love a good party. And it seemed between a week of planned parties and the chance to meet some other like-minded folks we were in for a treat attending Xscaper’s Las…
Are you meeting people?
“Are you meeting people?” I am asked by friends and family frequently along the way. I answer, “Not really. And, yes, we’ve met some people.” When we walk Skipper, our dog, we meet lots of…
Christmas in September
Christmas came early for Brian & me! It arrived on Monday, September 30th, five months from the day that we officially went full-time in our RV. It came in the form of two e-bikes, also…
Our most expensive month EVER!
I try to be an optimist looking for the silver lining in the not so good adventures that find us on the road of life. Many of my friends and family know that I use…