We arrived in Colorado surfing on the leading edge of spring. Then we went up once we got here. We were camped at 9000 feet. Higher than this Flori...
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We did a lot of stuff the first week we were in Colorado. We were big kids in the biggest candy store ever. Budget be damned, this place was awesome a...
Read MoreManitou Cliff Dwellings, Manitou Springs, CO
I’ve lived in Florida for 42 years. I’d never been west of the Mississippi prior to flying to Los Angeles, a couple years back. I donR...
Read More“Mo to Co” aka The trip from Missouri to Colorado
We didn’t spend much time in Colorado Springs, Co , we woke up from a WalMart boondock, walked the dogs and hit the road, excited to get to our ...
Read MoreColorado Springs to Green Mountain Falls
When we first arrived in Colorado we drove through Waldo Canyon to Rocky Top Motel and Campground. Which is a small RV park on top of a hill at abou...
Read MoreGreen Mountain Falls, CO
When you drive down SR 24 from Colorado Springs towards Green Mountain Falls, there is a brown sign (we always look for brown signs) that says “...
Read MoreRainbow Falls and other Beautiful Things
Red Rock Canyon is a public area in Colorado Springs, CO. It is adjacent to Garden of the Gods. It features towering red rock spires and well trodden ...
Read MoreRed Rock Canyon, Colorado Springs, CO
I have always had a taste for good food! I don’t mind spending extra money for a REALLY good meal and I have to tell you the Broadway Oyster B...
Read MoreBroadway Oyster Bar AKA (BOB)
From their website, “The 700 South Broadway building which houses BB’s was known as Phil’s Hotel as late as 1969, and has a c...
Read MoreBB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups
The Blues City Deli, St. Louis, MO www.bluescitydeli.com/ I am a deli snob. I truly am. There are but a few pleasures on my list above “big samm...
Read MoreBlues City Deli – Best. Deli. Ever.
Friday night in the trailerhood isn’t, generally, a kicking good time. There have been exceptions, but this night was not one. While eating dinn...
Read MoreA Day (well, evening) at the races!
The St Louis Gateway Arch is an amazing work of art, technology, hard work and pure determination. It’s also much bigger than you realize until ...
Read MoreSt Louis Gateway Arch
Featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, The Shaved Duck was a restaurant that just had to be tried! Also because I really liked the name! We called...
Read MoreThe Shaved Duck a fine Place to run A Fowl
Just a few miles west of Collinsville, Illinois lies 2,200 acres of archaeoloigcal remains of what was now known as Cahokia Mounds. We got up a bit ea...
Read MoreA Day without the Indians at Cohokia Mounds
Today we set out to explore St. Louis and see the Gateway Arch! The city of St. Louis is qute a quick drive from where we are camped, so it took no ...
Read MoreGateway Arch, River Boats and Things that Make you go “hmmm”
I love zoos. I really do. There is just something about being able to view all kinds of different animals all in the same day. My two favorite ani...
Read MoreA day at the St. Louis Zoo
This is the parking lot for the bridge “Bike Path” on the Illinois side. Sketchy is an adjective that I could easily use to describe it...
Read MoreChain of Rocks Bridge
This was our camp at the Granite City KOA. Located right off Route 66. They gave us a nice spot in the back of the park. There was a field behind us...
Read MoreKOA Granite City. IL
Once the tow dolly issues had all been resolved, we were able to actually get on the road and proceed to a destination. First stop, Jacksonville, FL ...
Read MoreThe first part of the journey – Meet the Grandson :)
I was born to travel, I truly was. I enjoy the experience, the stress, the beauty, the comfort, the discomfort, all of it. I revel in that which is st...
Read MoreThoughts on leaving that which I know
I said “I do” to my soul mate the day before we left. We packed all of our belongings into a 32 foot Class C RV and set out on the road....
Read MoreThe Day My Life Began…Again
It took us over a year to get everything together to go full time. That process would have taken much longer were it not for the help of dear friends....
Read MoreThe send off – good byes to good friends.
Space is a precious commodity in a Class C. Our redesign added as much additional storage as we could create in the available space but this was no wh...
Read MoreLoading up our stuff, or how to fit a whole house into a bread box
It really seems like a simple enough process. Browse craiglist and other “stuff for sale” websites until you find a tow dolly for sale. Pe...
Read MoreSo, you bought a tow dolly…
While the interior work was progressing, there were also other concerns that had to be addressed. Exterior things, mechanical things, engine mechanica...
Read MorePrepping for the trip!
It’s the smell you first notice, that warm, sweet, moldy smell that makes your nose wrinkle up. You begin by telling yourself that it won’...
Read MoreSo, it begins – The Big Build
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