The Journey Of A Lifetime Takes An Entire Life – And Gives A Lot Of Love
Calvin’s Journey Calvin was born in 2011, the same year my husband died, but I didn’t meet Cal until 2014. Before I met him, his “job” was to be at my future husband’s side as he and his family transitioned through a post-divorce lifestyle, parent-child separation, and some very difficult experiences. To say these were […]
Our Sons Take An Unexpected Life Turn In Adulthood
Values We Teach Our Children As parents, we strive to impress upon our children all the beliefs and values we think are important. In general terms, they might sound like “work hard”, “be kind”, “do good”, “seek happiness”, and “be safe”. When our children were minors under our direct care, we were sometimes very specific […]
Enjoy The Journey – It’s Cliche’ For Good Reason
“It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” ― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness We had an amazing summer of RV travel in the Pacific Northwest (PNW) states of Washington, Oregon, and northern California, but this story isn’t about […]
A Princeton Road Trip Revisits the Simplicity of Childhood
My dear husband, Andrew, has a brief but storied past relationship with Princeton, New Jersey, and the surrounding areas, having lived in nearby Hopewell for about a year when he was five years old. His father, Ron, had obtained a job in the area and took a solo trip to the area to secure a […]
Full-Time RVing Is A Life In Phases
One of the best things about RVing, and full-time RVing in particular, is that there are endless different ways to do it! Common terms you may see are “full-time stationary”, “snowbird”, “weekend warrior” and even “full-time traveling”. They each describe the approach that camper(s) have taken for their RVing life. Within each traveling style, there […]
A February Side Trip Holds Great Surprises
Sure, the big summer trips are amazing. Thousands of miles and hours upon hours of planning go into the big bucket-list-check-off kind of traveling. Sometimes, however, it is the unexpected side trip that provides beauty, entertainment and fun that you just cannot plan for. We recently did a wild thing – we bought a new […]
Montana – Not A Tourist Trap But Rather A Great Destination
Our Montana summer has been amazing, and this is my final post about our experiences there. Altogether, our month and a half in the state warranted five blog posts, each highlighting a different experience and area of the state. In case you missed them: Visiting The Last Best Place Does Not Disappoint When History Comes […]
Our Montana – The BEST Of ‘The Last Best Place’
Part III of our great Montana adventure is what has been promised by me to be the best. But the amazing adventures we had were expansive! More importantly, there were two distinct and important things that happened…so much so, that I am breaking this down into two posts. This post is all the loving, romantic […]
Montana – The Second Best Of “The Last Best Place”!
To say that Montana never ceases to amaze us would be an understatement. So don’t be disappointed by the title of this post (you will understand later why the best is still ahead!). As we continued with part two of our three segment tour of the Treasure State, we set up camp at a quiet […]
When History Comes To Life, So Does The Painful Truth Of Our Nation’s Past
Andrew’s favorite travel stop so far was in Crow Agency, Montana, which is the headquarters of the Crow Indian Reservation. As the weeks of 100 plus degrees continued, we were able to use our America the Beautiful National Parks Pass for the first time with a visit to Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument. The property’s […]