Hello Dear Friends, I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday! Though ours was a little different than normal, and while missing our family, it was still a very enjoyable time. Without fail, we ate more than we should have. We broke in our oven with a delicious breakfast of french toast casserole, then …
Boondocking is camping with no electric, water or sewer hookups. It’s often called “Dry Camping”. This week, we released our video of the Badlands National Park in South Dakota. I hear the North Dakota Badlands are even more intense, but I didn’t see those, I saw these, and they were pretty awesome. I present, for …
Badlands National Park We visited the Badlands National Park and experienced our first taste of the wildlife and nature out west. Coming from the east, the badlands just…show up. You’re driving along the highway and you just see a bunch of grassy fields, when all of a sudden BANG there are the badlands. It happens …
I’m gonna start this one out a little differently. I’ll start with a confession. I was always a little nervous that my wife was far more adventurous, brave, and daring than I was. Which presented a bit of a challenge to me when it came to leading my family on a great adventure. When she …
3 Videos, 2 posts, and a few interesting observations about life on the road. An inspirational life We had planned to visit one of Meagan’s friends, and a person who was an inspiration to all of us who had been diagnosed with stage 4 bile duct cancer. We were in Michigan when we got the …
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Let’s talk about Mackinac Island. This place is really unique…the island doesn’t allow cars except for emergency vehicles (and I swear that ambulance seemed narrow). The primary modes of transport are bikes and horses. Also it would appear as though their sole economic driver is tourism, and anyone who lives on the island likely works …
This week’s video, some places we’ve been, Meagan’s race, and a few photos (at the bottom). I intended to get this out last week, but it didn’t work out. Our internet was terrible where we were and I couldn’t get a reliable signal fast enough to upload the video. This week’s video: St. Ignace, Michigan …
Our videos will be staggered significantly because we’re seeing SO much. Keep in mind that I didn’t even include everything I recorded in this video. In fact, I probably have 20+ minutes of the sleeping bear dunes hike alone, so I have to cut a ton just to fit it into this video, and that …
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When we tell people we’re going to sell our house and travel the country for a year, it usually earns a few questions. What follows are the most common questions and our answers. What will you do with the house? Sell it. We thought about renting, AirBNB, Traveling Nurses, and all kinds of arrangements, but …
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When we named our travel trailer, we wanted it to be meaningful. We decided to name her after Bertell Eva Flippin. Meagan’s grandmother, who we all lovingly called Bertie. She was also known by Granny, Mawmaw, and GiGi (Great Grandma).