This Sunday started out slow and continued in that manner.  We enjoyed a bike ride around Sterling State Park before we packed up and moved out.  That park is absolutely lovely!  Worth spending several days exploring and enjoying. We left at 1305 hrs. – 5 whole minutes after check out – and no one […]

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This day we celebrate family.  We celebrated Jeanne’s birthday a day early and enjoyed visiting with her family.  They have a beautiful home that exudes the huge amounts of love and care they have invested.  Inside and out, they have created a welcoming, lovely haven.  It is one of those rare places you can immediately […]

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A last-minute decision to change our travel plans from Sunday (Cadillac to Shipshewana) to Friday (Cadillac to Monroe, MI – then Sunday Monroe to Shipshewana) highlights one of the joys of our lifestyle.  Our sister/sister-in-law is celebrating a birthday on Sunday, and we were in the position to gather and bring her a rather unique […]

Read more "Exercising Spontaneity, Celebrating Life and Family"

This is only a week late…but you know what it’s like when you are returning from a trip.  That really isn’t an excuse for us – although our return this time heralds a round of doctor and dentist visits, and a myriad of details and chores before we hit the road again. Trip from Escanaba […]

Read more "Day 40 – Wrapping Up the Details"

Waking up at 0530 hrs. is just plain wrong.  We both woke up that early – getting up at that time of the morning did allow us to see the sunrise – but we both prefer not to have that experience again.  It was a lovely morning – and weirdly quiet for Oshkosh. We started […]

Read more "Day 39 – Oshkosh to Escanaba"

Wasn’t planning to post, and this may not make it out because of the overloaded internet and cell systems. We finally made it off the road today. God is so fabulous in His plans for us! This is the very best parking spot we have ever had at Oshkosh! We are right off the end […]

Read more "Day 34 – Oshkosh – Settled In"

Knowing that today would be a relatively short day, we left at 1025 hrs. – in between thunderstorms.  The temps were predicted to be about 15 degrees cooler – sweet relief!  We stopped for refueling – both the truck and our hungry tummies – and this was the picture from the rear: Unfortunately, we did […]

Read more "Day 32 – Oshkosh – Are You Kidding Me?"

This was a gentle travel day, starting at 0955 hrs. – with no certain destination.  We were aiming for Rochester, MN – but had no confirmed campground for the night. Driving through farmland, washed bright green by the rains and storms from last night, it was a beautiful landscape.  An audiobook provided background entertainment for […]

Read more "Day 31 – Road to Rochester…"

Our plan this morning was to visit Pipestone National Monument before we left.  Our plan after visiting was to stay for the day.  The beauty of our lifestyle! Pipestone is an amazing place – and probably overlooked by far too many people.  The town is small and friendly – and very walkable.  Pipestone NM is […]

Read more "Day 30 – Pipestone"

Spending the night on top of a hill, with no trees, in a gusty windy thunderstorm that lasted most of the night left us a little short on sleep this morning.  Finally making our way underway about 1035 hrs., we were headed East again on US14.  Our scenery was farmland – expansive farmland.  We warped […]

Read more "Day 29 – SD to MN"