It happened twice today. The neighbor to our rear was sitting outside her travel trailer smoking and informed me I was a long way from home. Then this afternoon a young construction worker who is parked beside us was out winterizing his water hose and he too commented about our being from South Dakota. Neither … Continue reading DOMICILE OR RESIDENCY
Tag: Larry Q Allen
THE JOURNEY HAS BEGUN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhEmxuXoQ3g After 45 years of ministry, 34 years pastoring churches and 11 years as a North American missionary. We retired this past Sunday, October 27. The Warren Woods Baptist Church, our last place of service gave us a wonderful retirement celebration. Their love and generosity simply overwhelmed us. The attached video was prepared by our … Continue reading THE JOURNEY HAS BEGUN
UPGRADE
BeforeAfter A number of years ago I was going through the missionary appointment process with the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. One of the requirements was to take a test which assessed my psychological health. I barely squeaked by. One of the questions was “Do you like tall women?” While it wasn’t one … Continue reading UPGRADE
DOWNSIZING CAN BE PAINFUL!
A big part of full time RVing is learning to live more simply. For some this is one of their main motivations for living smaller. Whether it is a major factor for you in fulltime RVing or not it is still a necessity. Most people are moving out of some sort of home into an … Continue reading DOWNSIZING CAN BE PAINFUL!
THE CURSE OF THE FAMILY CAMPING TRIP
1st Waldocking top left, Lake Superior Shore top right, Grandkids at Lakeport bottom Every few years we go camping with our two daughters and their families. It is a wonderful time. It all began back in 2009. We decided we would start a family tradition of taking a camping trip with the whole family. Mary … Continue reading THE CURSE OF THE FAMILY CAMPING TRIP
CAMPING AT STONY CREEK METROPARK
Enjoying the fire in the cool rain. Stony Creek is a part of the Huron-Clinton Metropark system. The Huron-Clinton Metroparks consist of 13 beautiful parks, covering more than 25,000 acres throughout southeast Michigan, encompassing Livingston, Macomb, Oakland, Washtenaw and Wayne counties. Stony Creek Park has 4,461 acers of natural beauty. The park straddles Macomb and … Continue reading CAMPING AT STONY CREEK METROPARK
EPIC RV ADVENTURE – PART 2
Yosemite Valley Be sure and read part one in the last blog post. After spending one night in San Diego we drove up the Anaheim where we parked at the Anaheim Trailer Park. I remember this as being nothing but a large asphalt parking lot with hookups. It became our home base for a few … Continue reading EPIC RV ADVENTURE – PART 2
EPIC RV ADVENTURE
Ten-x Campground Kaibab National Forest just outside of Grand Canyon National Park In my last post I documented the story of my first RV experience in the early sixties with my grandparents in their truck camper. In this post I will tell you the story of my next RV experience. It was an epic journey. … Continue reading EPIC RV ADVENTURE
MY FIRST RV ADVENTURE
This is not the camper we traveled in but is very similar. Let me begin with a disclaimer. This took place at least fifty-five years ago and I was pretty young at the time. Some of my memories are probably inaccurate and some may be down right manufactured. But this is my story and I’m … Continue reading MY FIRST RV ADVENTURE
You’re Doing What?! …Why?
Most people won’t vocalize those questions with us, although a few have. They are actually really good questions. So let me try and answer them. We are going as far as we can, do as much as we can, see all we can, for as long as we can. Every day our bodies and minds … Continue reading You’re Doing What?! …Why?
2nd Chance Vagabonds 