Our life at Northern Lights Resort

05.28.13 Dinners with the peeps!

  Sunday night our neighbors Annie and Russ invited us over for a wonderful dinner of giant fried burritos.  I've never eaten a burrito but I believe these are very different than the normal variety you get in a restaurant.  After we loaded the wrap with whatever we wanted we folded them over on two sides and then… Continue reading 05.28.13 Dinners with the peeps!

Our life at Northern Lights Resort

05.27.13 One month on the road and our days off!

One month ago tomorrow, May 29th we pulled out of our driveway and headed out towards this new lifestyle of RV living full time.  We visited several states on our way up north and have been settling down in Minnesota for the last almost 3 weeks.  The bare trees up here have many leaves and flowers… Continue reading 05.27.13 One month on the road and our days off!

Our life at Northern Lights Resort

05.20.13 House is rented, our work camping family, getting settled in our homesite!

We've rented our house!!!!!!!!!!!  After nothing for six months we got a new agent and she had three people wanting to see it last week!  The first wanted it and will be moving in this coming Friday.  What a relief and a blessing!  Chip and Madisyn got the last of their things out of the… Continue reading 05.20.13 House is rented, our work camping family, getting settled in our homesite!

Our life at Northern Lights Resort

05.13.13 What’s down the road toward the lake?

After church yesterday Roy and I took a walk off the Resort grounds toward the largest part of Lake Kabetogama.  It was a beautiful sight with the ice mostly all melted, and the houses along the road were all beautiful log cabins with one having an eagle carved out of a tree along their driveway. … Continue reading 05.13.13 What’s down the road toward the lake?

On the road to Minnesota, Starting our journey

05.03.13 Branson, MO May 3rd – May 5th

We arrived in Branson Friday May 3rd around 5 pm and left on Sunday May 5th around 11 am.  We stayed at Treasure Lake RV Resort.  It is a beautiful resort on 340 acres with 544  sites.  It has a put-put golf course, playground, swimming pool and lots of other amenities. It's one of the free… Continue reading 05.03.13 Branson, MO May 3rd – May 5th

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, RV travels before full timing

04.13.13 First weekend camping experience…….

We're camping for the weekend at Wolf River Resort in Pass Christian MS.  This is our first experience just by ourselves and so far we're really enjoying it.  I've noticed some differences in being here and living in our driveway and wanted to start off by sharing those. The difference between sitting in our driveway… Continue reading 04.13.13 First weekend camping experience…….

Preparing to RV fulltime

04.03.13 Family Easter and Computer Sale!

Easter is over and Spring is here!  We shared a wonderful family day at our empty house the Saturday before Easter with our son Chip’s family and my sister Harriett’s family.  They are all genuinely kind and caring people and I cherish each time we’re able to get together.  We had plenty of food to go… Continue reading 04.03.13 Family Easter and Computer Sale!

Preparing to RV fulltime

02.18.13 End of my garage sale era, Roy’s freaky finger, Dora’s bobo slide

GARAGE SALES FOR ME ARE NOW OVER!!!!!!!!!!!! Hallelujah! No more pricing hundreds (felt like thousands) of things, putting signs out in the neighborhood, newspaper ads, Facebook notices, emails to everyone I know and working hours and hours and hours on garage sales!  A couple hundred folks came through on Saturday, buying the last of our earthly… Continue reading 02.18.13 End of my garage sale era, Roy’s freaky finger, Dora’s bobo slide

Preparing to RV fulltime

01.19.13 Domicile state, mail fowarding, insurance, family pics, Dora/Boots signs, RV weight – whew!

Our trusty washer and dryer from our sticks house left home recently for the last time.  Now the laundry room and the pantry room are empty, cleaned up and ready for new owners!   We have buyers for my desktop computer so we know it’ll have a good home.  We’ve had zero interest in our wonderful… Continue reading 01.19.13 Domicile state, mail fowarding, insurance, family pics, Dora/Boots signs, RV weight – whew!