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 November 25, 2019

Travel Burnout, And A Taste Of The Adirondacks: NY

We knew from the outset that we were only going to get a glimpse of the Adirondacks. This enormous swath of wilderness covers more than 9000 square miles, from the center of New York state to the Canadian border. More of an issue, though, is that we abruptly hit ‘travel burnout’ at the beginning of […]

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Categories : Musings, New York, Reality RV, Travel
Tags : fulltime travel burnout, North Pole Resorts, travel burnout
 October 3, 2019

Reality RV: Hard Times And Trying To Stay Sane

I‘ve been trying to write a blog post for the past several weeks, and I’m having a hard time. Our blog is mired in the Finger Lakes and we’re now in Maine, after a fabulous summer in the Maritimes. Meanwhile, my mind is running wild and I’m having difficulties reeling it in. This has been […]

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Categories : Musings, Reality RV
Tags : Alzheimers, challenges of elderly parents, elderly parents
 April 2, 2019

Finding Calm In The Midst Of Chaos

We left Florida yesterday, after two months that have seemed both brief and interminable. This has not been an easy visit. My parents have lost ground since we were here last year, both physically and mentally. It is a gift of our fulltime travels that we’re able to spend a chunk of time with them […]

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Categories : Musings, Reality RV
 January 3, 2019

Happy New Year, Y’All!

We’re in the mountains of West Texas, where it’s currently 22 degrees and the landscape is decorated with hoar frost. It is REALLY cold, but it looks very festive. I know that January 1st only has as much meaning as we ascribe to it. Nonetheless, there’s something about the dawning of another year that always […]

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Categories : Musings
 November 21, 2018

Leaving Home Never Gets Easier

We’ve been fulltime travelers for five-and-a-half years now. Every year, we circle back to our hometown in southern Oregon for a few weeks to ready ourselves for another year of travel. No matter how organized we think we are, it’s always a tornado of activity: various appointments, projects on our trailer, maintenance on our home, […]

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Categories : Musings, Reality RV
 August 13, 2018

Blogging Angst: And A Visit To Greenville, SC

We’ve been on Lopez Island since the first of July, happily ensconced in our summer camp hosting gig. Meanwhile, our blog is far away, both in time and distance. It’s a bit daunting when I think of being so far behind. Much worse is when I start comparing myself to other bloggers. Bloggers who stay […]

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Categories : Musings, South Carolina, Travel
Tags : Falls Park on the Reedy, Paris Mountain State Park, Shoeless Joe Jackson Museum
 June 25, 2018

Five Years On The Road: And A New Look!

Five years ago this month we left our home in Oregon to embark on this nomadic adventure. Five years! It seems like the blink of an eye. Time has always seemed to go too swiftly for my taste. Traveling, it seems to go by even more quickly. I remind myself to be present for this […]

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Categories : Musings
 March 27, 2018

When Life Gets In The Way Of Blogging

I’ve had a post on Big Bend National Park almost finished for about two weeks. Meanwhile, I’m more than two months behind on our blog. I don’t like being so far behind. But the past couple of months, life has taken precedence over blogging. We’ve been in Florida since the first of February and just […]

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Categories : Florida, Musings, Reality RV
 December 24, 2017

Wishing You The Blessings Of The Season

Although our blog is still lingering on Vancouver Island, we’re pausing for a moment in the present to wish you a joyous holiday season. The past few weeks we’ve traveled from the Pacific Northwest, down the coast of California, to our current location of West Texas. One of the fun things about traveling at this […]

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Categories : Musings
 November 22, 2017

Gratitude

As of yesterday, we’re on the road again. After the inevitable flurry of activity that accompanies trip preparations, we woke up well-rested this morning to a gorgeous sunrise at Black Butte Lake, in the golden oak-studded hills of northern California. We’re headed south for the winter, wending our way down the California coast and across […]

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Categories : Musings, Oregon
Tags : Black Butte Lake
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Eric and Laurel

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