It is the reason that tourists first started coming to Wisconsin Dells. Today, amusement parks, ghost tours, animal attractions, theatrical shows, and other attractions almost overshadow why people first started coming here. What first brought people here was the Wisconsin River and the beautiful rock formations formed along its course. The first people to value … Continue reading THE WISCONSIN RIVER
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SEASONAL CAMPING
Our summer church home. The "Princess Kay" Seasonal camping is when you choose to set up your RV for an extended period in one place, usually during the summer or winter. Every fall, thousands of RVers make their trek from the north to the south seeking warmer places to spend their winter. Mostly they are … Continue reading SEASONAL CAMPING
THE MAIDEN VOYAGE
Our first trip with Chance II was a three-night, four-day, 1,777-mile drive from Harlingen, Texas to Warren, Michigan. The first two days were a little too ambitious. We averaged over five-hundred miles each of those days. On day one we drove to Lake Charles, Louisiana, and stayed overnight at a Walmart. The second day we … Continue reading THE MAIDEN VOYAGE
Taking the Plunge Again
Chance II While we believe that we need to continue to return here to Sunshine RV Resort, we are not thinking of being here in south Texas full-time. So, we needed to plan where to live once we leave here. Once again, we concluded that an RV was the answer. We enjoy full-time RV living. … Continue reading Taking the Plunge Again
HOMELESS!
Our Temporary Home Our motorhome, Chance, was dead and left behind in New Hampshire. We were homeless. Our daughter and son-in-law agreed that we could stay with them while we figured out what was next. They cleared out a space in their finished basement, and we set up our beds which we had used in … Continue reading HOMELESS!
WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN…
Rest in Peace We were in Bar Harbor, Maine. We had just finished a tour on a lobster boat. I just learned that Chance, our motorhome that we left in Littleton, New Hampshire, has a blown engine. We cannot afford to put the amount of money required into our 1999 motorhome. So what are we … Continue reading WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN…
Work Camping
“Adventuresome individuals, couples, and families who have chosen a wonderful lifestyle that combines ANY kind of part-time or full-time work with RV camping. If you work as an employee, operate a business, or donate your time as a volunteer, AND you sleep in an RV, you are a Workamper!” (https://www.workamper.com/glossary) Also known as workamping or … Continue reading Work Camping
Northern Kentucky
In the last week of April 2022, we spent five nights at General Butler State Park near Carrollton, Kentucky. We had driven by dozens of times along I-71 between Cincinnati and Louisville and wondered many times about the park but never stopped. This time we stopped and stayed a while. General Butler State Park Is … Continue reading Northern Kentucky
BREAKDOWN
Chance being towed down the road Just about everything can break. Especially something that rumbles down the road at high speed and shakes like an earthquake. The older the thing I would suppose the higher the chance of something breaking is. That certainly seems to be true for me. And it is true of Chance. … Continue reading BREAKDOWN
FRIES, VIRGINIA
We spent five nights in Fries, Virginia at the Fries New River Trail RV Park. We came here because I would be speaking at Fries Baptist Church. Fries is a very small town with a population of under 500. Its main street runs parallel to the New River, one of the oldest rivers in the … Continue reading FRIES, VIRGINIA
2nd Chance Vagabonds 