Tag Archives: Travel

The RV Series- Nails Happen

Yesterday, our first morning parked on this people-y but pretty corner lot in Ohio, Campground Dave was up before the sun. We had a few hours of leisure ( for me coffee, writing and staring at the wall.  For him, … Continue reading

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The RV Series-Todays forecast-Sunny and People-ish

  We made it to our destination in Ohio around 2:30 pm yesterday. The campground where we’re staying is very nice.  It’s wooded, green and well kept.  The sites are fairly close together, and many of them are for seasonal … Continue reading

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The RV Series- Don’t Quit Your Daydream

After a very restful night, we slept late this morning.   I guess I should clarify that a little bit, I slept late. Travel Dave was up early with the dogs. To his credit, he didn’t turn into Dervish Dave … Continue reading

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The RV Series- The First Day of the Rest of our Lives

Today was a day of endings and a day of beginnings. This morning we had planned to leave very early, but there was an errand I had forgotten that meant we couldn’t leave until around 10 am.   Emotionally,  that … Continue reading

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The Final Countdown

We’re leaving together, But still, it’s farewell And maybe we’ll come back To earth, who can tell? I guess there is no one to blame We’re leaving ground (leaving ground) Will things ever be the same again? It’s the final … Continue reading

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On feelings of loss and what really matters…

From a respectable distance down the street, I peer out the rain-soaked windshield of Bella-BOW ( Bella Box On Wheels, our RV)  watching pieces of my material life being loaded into cars, trucks, and U-Hauls. Yesterday, the first day of our … Continue reading

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Packing a Watermelon into a Walnut. The story of downsizing from 3100 Sq. ft to 475 Sq.ft

Right now I’m schlepping things down the driveway from the house to the RV. Then I’m schlepping the same things right back up the driveway, forced to accept the fact that I’m not going to be able to take some of … Continue reading

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The Retirement Journal- Good Reasons not to Name a Fish Redux – Adapting to Change

“The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.”-Dan Millman, from the book ‘Way of the Peaceful Warrior’   When I first started writing the blog, I wrote several … Continue reading

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The RV Series-A Konfession, Kooky Klean Kathy Kould be a Klepto.

If you read the RV Series Hotel Hop post, then you’ve seen me mention my alter ego, Kooky Klean Kathy. I can’t say exactly when Kooky Klean Kathy reached Kritical Kleanliness Kombustion, but she was in flames on the drive to and from … Continue reading

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The RV Series-Back Home Again from Indiana. Do the math.

I’ve been singing “Back home again FROM Indiana” since we pulled up to the house last night.  My apologies to the Hoosier state for changing their song. At about 1:30 Thursday afternoon, we attached the Jeep to Bella-BOW and began … Continue reading

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