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
Tag: RV living
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!
FOURTEEN WEEKS!
As I write this, I am sitting in my youngest daughter’s backyard enjoying a glorious day. We are in Winona, Minnesota. A beautiful little city nestled between bluffs to the west and the Mississippi river to the east. Earlier this morning we drove out to Prairie Island Campground which is in a Winona City Park … Continue reading FOURTEEN WEEKS!
THE CURSE IS BROKEN AT FISHERMAN’S CORNER
Grandkids along the Mississippi Last week we tried it once again. The whole family, all thirteen of us gathered in the Quad Cities. This time we camped together without incident. Well sort of. We gathered at Fisherman’s Corner Campground. Let me begin with a review of the campground. We stayed here from Saturday June 22 … Continue reading THE CURSE IS BROKEN AT FISHERMAN’S CORNER
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
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?
MODS
“Mods” is RV speak for modifications. No matter how “right” your RV seems you will likely find that there a few things you would like to change. This is especially true if you intend to live in your RV full-time. Let’s face it your RV was not made to live in all the time. So … Continue reading MODS
2nd Chance Vagabonds 