On the road to Minnesota, Starting our journey

05.08.13 My hometown – Madison, South Dakota

Bruce Springsteen sang the song "My hometown" and that kept running through my mind as we drove through the little town that is now "our hometown".  If you're driving up I-29 in South Dakota take exit 109 and hang a left, go down about 20 miles and you'll enter the wonderful little town of Madison. … Continue reading 05.08.13 My hometown – Madison, South Dakota

On the road to Minnesota, Starting our journey

05.07.13 We’re now South Dakota residents :) goodbye Louisiana residency :(

Twas a sad and emotional day today turning in our treasured Louisiana drivers licenses and getting our shiny new South Dakota licenses.   Kind of felt like we are turning our backs on the state of our birth.  Still more shedding of our Louisiana connections tomorrow when we register our vehicles, register to vote and change our… Continue reading 05.07.13 We’re now South Dakota residents :) goodbye Louisiana residency :(

On the road to Minnesota, Starting our journey

05.06.13 Kansas back to Missouri, then Iowa and finally South Dakota! May 5th – 6th

Arrived in Linn Valley, Kansas at 4 pm on Sunday May 5th (Cinco de Mayo) and stayed overnight at Linn Valley Lakes.  This is another Coast to Coast Resort so our stay only cost us $9 for the night to cover their  additional electrical charge.  While it was a far cry from the professionally maintained resort we left in… Continue reading 05.06.13 Kansas back to Missouri, then Iowa and finally South Dakota! May 5th – 6th

On the road to Minnesota, Starting our journey

05.01.13 Mountain View, Arkansas – Holiday Mountain Resort

When we left Jackson, MS yesterday after visiting with Pat Turner we headed to Mountain View, Arkansas. The morning got an A+ but the afternoon adventure got a C-! What should have been a 6 hour drive turned into a 10 hour trip. We stopped at a rest area where Roy took a nap and I found… Continue reading 05.01.13 Mountain View, Arkansas – Holiday Mountain Resort

Preparing to RV fulltime, Starting our journey

04.27.13 Dora and her Explorers say “see ya later” to Hammond and Louisiana

On April 29, 2013 we became official for real FULL TIME RVers living on the road!  The  last minute things are wrapped up and everything we're taking with us is inside the RV or in one of the storage bins underneath and we hit the road around 5:30 pm about 4 hours later than I thought we would. Just signed… Continue reading 04.27.13 Dora and her Explorers say “see ya later” to Hammond and Louisiana

Preparing to RV Fulltime

03.04.13 Madisyn’s 4th birthday, bad bad Dora, new asking price and hot nutritious dinner!

We have had visitors to our blog from Greece, Australia, Pakistan, Italy, Panama, Qatar and Ireland since the last time I updated countries.  Still can't figure out why but I think it's cool!  We also have 23 followers now.  I love to look at the stats and see the countries, how many followers and what… Continue reading 03.04.13 Madisyn’s 4th birthday, bad bad Dora, new asking price and hot nutritious dinner!

Inspiration for Christians, Preparing to RV fulltime

02.26.13 Making rock candy, Roy’s retirement, When Jesus Saves, Dear friends visiting, Open house~~~

Granddaughter Madisyn 's 4th birthday party is Sunday.  The Pop Rock Princess theme is conjuring up a lot of neat food ideas, etc.  Her mommy wants to make candy rocks on a stick and I'm getting to help!!  You know the ones we loved as kids.  I only remember getting them when we'd visit Rock City near… Continue reading 02.26.13 Making rock candy, Roy’s retirement, When Jesus Saves, Dear friends visiting, Open house~~~

Preparing to RV fulltime

02.18.13 All I know about Work Camping aka Workamping AND You can do this too!

This blog post is about work camping which is what we plan to do while we are exploring America.  The picture immediately below has nothing to do with work camping but is a recent picture we took of Dora, Roy, myself and our granddaughter Madisyn. Work camping is described as anyone who has chosen to work… Continue reading 02.18.13 All I know about Work Camping aka Workamping AND You can do this too!

About our RV, Preparing to RV fulltime

01.04.13 Black tanks and toilets, oh my!

Today’s blog may not be of any interest to our family and friends unless they plan on RVing or have a fascination for all that is RV-related.  If you want to learn about RVing keep reading.  This may be a very weird blog to those who really just want to know about our travels because… Continue reading 01.04.13 Black tanks and toilets, oh my!

RV travels before full timing

12.21.12 Disney Pictures

This is a link to a bunch of pictures from our first RV trip to Disneyworld. I'm hoping this works properly. The album is public so you should be able to see all the pictures. http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10100368455419684.2344337.50313942&type=3&l=386bea1a83