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Field Trip! USS Alabama

Posted on November 19, 2015 by Jim Mellema

Sometimes, you just have to take your roadschooling “on the road.” And yesterday, Brian and I did just that. East of Mobile, AL, in Mobile Bay, is Battleship Memorial Park, home of the USS Alabama, BB60, a WW2 Sub, and a host of warbirds of all ages.                …

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Tech Tuesday: WiFi That Works!

Posted on November 17, 2015 by Jim Mellema

I see a lot of posts and questions on wifi and data. Everyone wants to get online, and it seems people want more every day. When we first started, what, 7 years ago? We were happy just driving around a nieghborhood till we sniffed out a hot spot without a password, and sit on the…

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The Location Independent Lifestyle Series – Work From Anywhere Jobs: Avoiding The Scams

Posted on November 16, 2015November 23, 2015 by Carol

  This is our first in a series of location independent lifestyle articles that I will be posting each Monday. Be sure to come back every Monday for more in my series on the subject of working from your RV! One of the most asked questions that I see on the full-time RV-er related Facebook…

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Fall In The Smoky Mountains

Posted on November 14, 2015November 14, 2015 by Carol

Ahhhhhhh, Autumn. Leaves crunching beneath my feet, and a crisp nip in the air. Campfires and marshmallows and beautiful color. Its been a dream of mine for many years to see Autumn in The Smoky Mountains, and this year my dream came true!! To say it completely took my breath away would be an understatement….

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18 Faces Every RV-er Will Recognize

Posted on November 13, 2015November 13, 2015 by Carol

Because it’s Friday, and I think we all could use a good laugh at the end of the week, I now present to you for your enjoyment, 18 faces that every RV-er will recognize. Enjoy! I hope you have as much fun laughing at these as I had putting them together!   TeeHee! Hope you…

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The Weirdest Campground We’ve Ever Been To

Posted on November 10, 2015November 10, 2015 by Carol

  Boo! Scared ya, didn’t I? With Halloween just behind us, what a great time of year to have camped at Eden Springs Campground in Benton Harbor, Michigan. This campground was weird, and spooky, and weird. But fun! And interesting!   Eden Springs Park was a popular zoo and amusement park, founded by The House…

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Where We’ve Been, Where We’re Going

Posted on October 15, 2015October 15, 2015 by Carol

So the last month has been pretty boring as we have been stuck back in Illinois. The good news is that Brian’s Eagle Scout project is turned in to his troop. And now we just have to wait for the Council to contact us for the final meeting. This could take several weeks, so as…

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Spearfish Canyon of South Dakota

Posted on September 6, 2015 by Carol

When Jim said, “Let’s go to South Dakota!” when we were trying to figure out which direction to go first after our launch, I was all like, “Meh. South Dakota? Not much in South Dakota, except the Badlands, which are only mildly interesting.” Boy, was I wrong! We spent several days around Deadwood and the…

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The Sunflower Fields of South Dakota

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Carol

I had no idea that there were Sunflower fields in South Dakota! When Jim and I were discussing which direction to go when we left Illinois a couple of weeks ago, I wanted to go to Colorado to photograph the Sunflower fields, but Jim wanted to go to South Dakota and see The Badlands. So…

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The Amana Colonies of Iowa

Posted on August 12, 2015August 12, 2015 by Carol

We finally broke free of Illinois for a couple of weeks!! Woot!!! So we started heading west and stopped for a couple of nights in Amana, Iowa so we could see the Amana Colonies. The Amana people began in the early 1700’s in Germany by two men, Eberhard L. Gruber and Johann F. Rock, who…

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