THE UNEXPECTED JOURNEY Part 5

Thanks to Raychel Erdmanczyk for this installment of the Unexpected Journey. Well it is my turn to tell you about this crazy journey we’ve been on. Dad saved the best for last! I’m to tell you about some of the funny things that happened during this time. There were lots and lots of laughs had.  … Continue reading THE UNEXPECTED JOURNEY Part 5

THE UNEXPECTED JOURNEY Part 4

Team Q at the Kidney Walk - Detroit Zoo Having arrived back in Michigan I was transported by ambulance from the airport to a rehabilitation facility with the goal of gaining enough strength to go home. Home had been our fifth wheel RV for the last eighteen months. We had sold our sticks and bricks … Continue reading THE UNEXPECTED JOURNEY Part 4

THE UNEXPECTED JOURNEY Part 3

This post has been written by a guest author. Melissa Kiger, our eldest daughter has been so kind to write it. I asked her to write this because she was the one who actual worked with FMCA Assist through this leg of the journey. This is the third installment in the Unexpected Journey series. If … Continue reading THE UNEXPECTED JOURNEY Part 3

THE UNEXPECTED JOURNEY Part 2

It was the last week of June, 2017. We were on our bi-annual camping trip. Along with both our daughters and their families we were at the Platte River Campground in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. We had been planning for months for this week. We all had arrived on Saturday. The plan for … Continue reading THE UNEXPECTED JOURNEY Part 2

THE UNEXPECTED JOURNEY

When we retired in October of 2019, we began a journey that we knew would be filled with adventure and surprises. On our very first RV journey, back in the 90’s, we had learned this lesson. We were driving from Yellowstone National Park to Stanley, Idaho. While driving across southern Idaho, all of a sudden … Continue reading THE UNEXPECTED JOURNEY

ALONG THE WAY – THE END OF THE ROAD

Original MonumentLaw Enforcement MonumentLeft BehindThe End of the Road The end of the road was May 23, 1934.  It had begun about two years earlier.  What it was, was the end of what perhaps was the most infamous crime sprees in American history.  Along the way cars were stolen, banks and stores were robbed, and … Continue reading ALONG THE WAY – THE END OF THE ROAD

THE GREAT LAKES STATE

After leaving the Dakotas we traveled back to Michigan for the first time since we began full timing ten months earlier. We returned to be with family, enjoy the company of friends, see our doctors, and travel the northlands of Michigan. We spent two nights on our journey from Bismarck, ND. Upon arriving we did … Continue reading THE GREAT LAKES STATE