on September 1st, 2010 at 10:54 pm by MJ

Lex called me today to say that when she was walking the dogs this morning, she heard a whole lot of screaming and yelling, and as she walked back toward our rig, she realized it was the neighbor, Jeanne, screaming at her mother.  Apparently, Jeanne was standing outside the door of her mother’s travel trailer, [...]

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As you may recall, we had a new couple of neighbors show up a couple of weeks ago.  Today, our second set of neighbors showed up.  These folks are actually Bill and Jeanne’s parents, and they have their own travel trailer.  There have been a couple of extra pickups parked outside for a week or [...]

Continue reading about More new neighbors, a child on the loose, and ongoing awning frustrations

on August 22nd, 2010 at 4:47 pm by MJ

We’ve been back in Maryland for more than a week, but I still haven’t wrapped my head around the idea just yet.   Been in a little bit of a fog, despite the fact that I had to return to work last Monday.  It’s that odd time right before the start of the semester when classes [...]

Continue reading about Settling back into the day-to-day

on August 16th, 2010 at 9:32 pm by MJ

I’ve written before about how much it costs to live fulltime in an RV, at least when stationary. On the East Coast, it’s not really any cheaper than being an apartment dweller.  Well, in our case it isn’t cheaper. But what about travel?  Is that any less expensive? For the past two months while we [...]

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on August 15th, 2010 at 8:19 pm by MJ

If you don’t really want to wade through 60 days’ worth of posts, I’ll break it down for you: Williamsburg: Stayed in an okay park, ate some good food, did some shopping and geocaching, got a little Colonial American history. Lex had her only real days off during the whole trip. Stone Mountain: Stayed in [...]

Continue reading about 60 Days – The Short Version

on August 14th, 2010 at 11:48 pm by MJ

We traveled 1400 miles in three days to get from Texas back to Maryland.  Initially, we’d planned on taking it a bit more slowly and dividing the trip up over four days, but when I asked Lex if she preferred getting home sooner and having a day off before heading back to work, she voted [...]

Continue reading about Days 58-60 on the road – Grapevine, TX to Dundalk, MD

on August 12th, 2010 at 12:05 am by MJ

This morning, I left my sister’s house and headed back to “historic” Grapevine (the little downtown tourist district) not far from the campground.  I was on a mission to find another stuffed armadillo for my friend, Anne’s, other son.  While I was there, I also planned on finding a few geocaches.  The souvenir shop was [...]

Continue reading about Day 57 on the road – In Grapevine

on August 10th, 2010 at 11:53 pm by MJ

I woke up this morning with yet another migraine.  Urgh!  This is becoming a habit.  The hotter the summer gets, the worse these things are.  I did pull myself out of bed to spend some time with Lex and my sister before they both went to work.  I spent a little time puttering around the [...]

Continue reading about Day 56 on the road – In Grapevine

on August 10th, 2010 at 12:10 am by MJ

Sunday was Lynn and Shay Day.  Since we didn’t make it over for dinner Saturday, we showed up for breakfast the next morning.  Lynn cooked, and we all sat around and chatted and ate.  It was our first time being in their “new” house, so we got the grand tour.  Oh. My God.   Their place [...]

Continue reading about Days 54 & 55 on the road – In Grapevine

on August 8th, 2010 at 12:10 am by MJ

Chris and Jason brought us breakfast this morning and saw us off, so they got to see what hitching up and getting the rig ready to roll looks like. It always tickles me to show people how the slides work.  For some reason, folks are really captivated by that. Site built houses just don’t have [...]

Continue reading about Day 53 on the road – From Bandera to Grapevine