Tag: travel
-
Moochdocking

Moochdocking – Parking on someone’s land for free (preferably you would know this “someone”) without any hookups. There are some things to take into consideration when going this route with your camper since your comfort is at stake. While we are parked for ‘free’, we do have some hookups, thankfully. From the start, we knew…
-
Hot Vegas Weekend

I missed my little brother, Drew. He has lived and worked in Vegas for many years and I don’t see his as often as I used to. He has always come to family functions and even flew out to surprise me for my doctoral graduation! So, I booked a flight for Vegas just to see…
-
Enjoying the Journey. Literally.

Google Maps indicated that it would take about 10.5 hours to drive from where we stayed in TN to Melbourne, FL. Since we have time now, we took four days to make the drive. Yes. Four days to make a one day drive. I love this life. Taking what we learning from boondocking on the…
-
Brights Zoo

Just down the road from where we were staying in Chuckey, TN, is Brights Zoo. It’s a sweet little zoo, and the reason we went was because they had a rare patternless giraffe birth there that we wanted to see the new baby giraffe, Kipekee. Going in, we were very shocked at how large the…
-
Visiting the Littles

The plan was to go stay in Iowa by the kids for a few weeks, but since everything was pushed further back than anticipated, so did that stay. When I inquired with the campground we wanted to stay with up there, they close for non-full-timers October 15th. So, I made the decision to go up…
-
Tennessee Eats

I love food. Seriously. From eating around the world, literally and Epcot, we love to find local places to experience the local eats. While in TN, we have found so much peace with eating at home since we didn’t do that as much the last year of being in Tulsa (too busy). However, we did…
-
Boondocking

Boondocking – the art of camping without full hookups (water/electric/sewer). Basically, the rig is a very comfortable tent (unless it’s hot out…). First lesson, drive times. We stayed 3 stayed at a KOA in Tulsa to learn about the rig and make sure everything works the way it is supposed to. We probably should have…