I know what you’re thinking. “Welcome to Holland? I thought this was an RV blog. Are they traveling internationally now?” Bear with me for a paragraph or two and you'll understand. A month ago a friend pulled me aside to say “you really need to make a new blog post. There are people who want... Continue Reading →
Ryder.
Once all the hullabaloo surrounding our RV wreck settled I had time to think about what had happened to us. A postscript to the wreck was the loss of our beloved Ryder. There was the tire, the crash, injuries, hospitals and a lot of other stuff that happened to us, and oh, yes, we lost... Continue Reading →
Our 401K
Ben and I have spent 8 of our 12 years of married life on the road. The first motorhome we bought in 2015 was smaller; we wanted to try out the lifestyle before we made a big commitment. One trip and we were hooked. Ben decided we needed a bigger, more powerful rig. After a... Continue Reading →
And All of a Sudden…
We were on our way to the apostle islands in Wisconsin when our big dog Ryder took a turn for the worse. We decided to turn back to get him home. we were almost to our stop for the night in Dundee, Michigan. Ben was driving, I was talking on the phone and the dogs... Continue Reading →
Indeed I Do
I was strolling through the campground with Ryder when she ran up to me. “Are you Pam,” she asked. I told her yes and she asked if I remembered her. Of course. Olivia. Her family camped near us last year and she fell in love with the Red Dogs. Her brother Aidan also liked our... Continue Reading →
Time Travel
Traversing the Florida Panhandle got me to thinking about time travel. The area of the panhandle where we are straddles Eastern and Central Time zones. We’re in Port St. Joe, which is Eastern Time. Drive a few minutes west to Mexico Beach and you find yourself in the Central Time zone. The line that divides time... Continue Reading →
Throw Them Rolls
We spent a week in Gulf Shores AL at the stunningly beautiful state park. On the way down, Ben told me we were going to make time to go to nearby Foley to visit Lambert’s. When I asked him what Lambert’s was, his answer was mystifying. “It’s the place where they throw rolls at you.”... Continue Reading →
Now, Drive
We pulled into a campground for an overnight stop. Ben hopped out, walked to our site and started guiding me in to park the rig. The guy in the next site over hollered “Hey, how did you get your wife to drive? Mine won’t even sit in the driver’s seat. What’s the secret?” Considering how... Continue Reading →
Sweet-Nature
Gumbo came to live with us in the spring of 2017. He graduated from obedience school with a B+ average because he could not sit still if there was a person to greet, which meant he bounced up every time the instructor walked by. His tail wags furiously in the presence of any human. At... Continue Reading →