For those who followed our move from Illinois to Texas, you know that we lived in our RV full-time while waiting for our house in Illinois to sell. The Class A RV we had, while great for travel was not great for full-time living. As a result, we traded it in on a large 5thContinue reading “RV Options”
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Beautiful Weekend
Labor Day! The end of summer and beginning of autumn. We headed out late Friday afternoon for a campground near our home. It was our first time camping there and it was HOT!!! It felt like we were in mid-summer heat, but we toughed it out and spent a lot of time outside and evenContinue reading “Beautiful Weekend”
Another Camping Weekend
We headed back to Fox Ridge outside Charleston, IL. We’ve visited some nice campgrounds this year, but Fox Ridge may be my favorite so far. It’s a wooded state park and all the campsites are separated by trees, shrubs, vines and other foliage. It’s quiet, peaceful and beautiful. The girls and I left the guysContinue reading “Another Camping Weekend”
Trying Out Campgrounds
Since returning from our trip to North Carolina, we’ve been able to check out some other campgrounds. Like Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Campground at Pine Lakes. It has a nice lake for fishing and swimming, including water inflatables. The swimming pool was the highlight for us though. Of the campgrounds we’ve visited so far, it was byContinue reading “Trying Out Campgrounds”
Georgette and the Great Southeast Adventure – Part 3
On Day 3 of our adventure we ate breakfast, dressed cool for hot weather and headed out for a day at Carowinds theme park. We had taken Lili and Naomi to Disneyland several years ago, but being so young, Naomi remembers nothing of the trip and Lili has only vague memories. This would be theirContinue reading “Georgette and the Great Southeast Adventure – Part 3”
Georgette and the Great Southeast Adventure – Part 1
I had a wonderful plan in place. First, I would take a lot of pictures along the way. Then, after the kids were in bed, I would post about each day’s adventure. It really was a wonderful plan, but I took far fewer photos than I had hoped and none of the campgrounds had great Wi-Fi.Continue reading “Georgette and the Great Southeast Adventure – Part 1”
Experiences or Things?
A topic of conversation in our house has been downsizing. Getting rid of all the ‘stuff’. Minimizing and living on less. Experiencing life instead of just living a mundane day-to-day existence. Part of the reason we bought Georgette was to experience life thru travel. Camping in different places on weekends or taking week-long trips insteadContinue reading “Experiences or Things?”
Camping Before the Rains
Georgette took us on our second camping adventure. This time we headed to Clinton Lake and spent two nights enjoying nature and our home on wheels. Nature brought us something we weren’t expecting – Cicadas. According to my research, this is Brood XXIII, which emerge on a 13 year cycle. There were so many thatContinue reading “Camping Before the Rains”
Day Camping
Last weekend we went on our first camping trip in Georgette. This weekend we’ll head out on camping trip number two and next week, Lili will head out on her first week-long day camp trip. I’m a little envious and somewhat nervous about her venturing out on this camping adventure. She is going to ArtContinue reading “Day Camping”
A Camping We Will Go
A camping we will go Hi ho the dairy-o a camping we will go. Or should I say a camping we went. On Saturday, we packed up Georgette and headed to Fox Ridge State Park just outside Charleston, IL where our oldest son lives. He has autism and depending on how he’s doing on theContinue reading “A Camping We Will Go”
