This past October right before the park shut down for the season we took our RV and visited Lassen Volcanic National Park. We’ve had Lassen on our bucket list for years, but it’s always been just a little bit out of the…
Hi everyone. It’s spring, and this is the time of year when most RV owners are dusting off and de-winterizing their RVs (or buying a new one) and planning their first or next vacation. It’s been a little while since…
Hi everyone – it’s been far too long since I wrote a travel update, so here’s what’s been going on in our world. We spent the latter part of 2015 retracing our steps south through California. We stopped in Cloverdale…
We packed up at Chehalis, WA by about 10am and we were on our way to Bend, Oregon. The route to Bend passes through the outskirts of Portland, and then onto Rt26 – a secondary highway that passes through the…
We didn't care for all the fake wood veneer on the inside of our RV, so we figured out how to paint over the veneer and vinyl with a durable paint finish. Read on to learn from our mistakes!
Hi Everyone – it’s been a busy month. Since my last update, Kathy flew to Atlanta for a week and returned, and I moved the RV from La Conner, WA to Chehalis, WA, and then we recently drove down to…
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) states: Insufficient sleep in the US is a public health epidemic. They go on to say that 1 in 10 Americans has been diagnosed with a sleep disorder, and that 25% of people report…
Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything. – Charles Kuralt From the time I was a child I took elaborate and lengthy road trips with…
According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), “More than one-quarter of the U.S. population report occasionally not getting enough sleep, while nearly 10% experience chronic insomnia.” What’s worse is that traveling makes sleep even more challenging! This is partly…
Thunderstorms are part of the RV experience, but storm damage doesn't have to be! We've recently dealt with a strong windstorm in Washington as well as several bad thunderstorms down in Florida and escaped unscathed. Here are the strategies we use to keep our RV and ourselves safe during storms.
I believe that being a traveler and being an artist are two lifestyles that go well together – like peanut butter and chocolate. Assuming this is true, it follows that RV’ing and art are also compatible. After living full-time in my RV…
Hi everyone. It’s time for our semimonthly update. As a somewhat rare event we had visitors last week. This is a unique challenge in our relatively small RV. Even with 3 slides, our RV has only 225 square feet of…