Home Sweet Rental Never in a million years. That’s what I would have said if you told me we would buy two houses in one year. But, when the stars align… why not shoot for them? Ever since buying our first house on 3 acres in Tennessee in December 2023, Russell and I have had our eye on… Read More
Home Sweet Homebase Exactly 1 year ago, we first laid eyes on the house that would become our long-awaited home base. We’d considered moving my mom from Houston, Texas to Crossville, Tennessee for the last couple years to be near family and we finally got serious in September 2023. On a whim, we decided to stop and see… Read More
10 Years, 50 States, 2 “I Do’s” Magic. That’s what our wedding was. And it was probably because of how long we waited and how absolutely sure we were that this was the right step, right place and right time. We got engaged in October of 2020 and thought we would get married in September of 2021 in Hawaii. But we were… Read More
Cruising Michigan’s Pictured Rocks As most of you know, July did not go as planned in any way, shape or form. We’d intended to spend the month exploring the fabled beauty of Michigan, beginning in the Upper Peninsula and working our way down through Traverse City and along the coast of Lake Michigan. Most of those plans were dashed… Read More
Sunrise in White Sands National Park Just two days after we left Houston for our 2018 chapter of life on the road, we found ourselves in New Mexico and decided to lose some sleep to spend another sunrise in White Sands National Park. Despite the fierce, freezing February wind, White Sands still offers some of the most unique and outstanding national… Read More
The Best Kind of Olympics What can I say about the Olympic Peninsula? Well, about 10,000 terms of endearment and descriptions of the symphony or gorgeous weather and scenery. Distilling those down to a few simple ones is the trick. 2 years ago, on Melody’s insistence of her love for the area, we took a 10 day trip out to… Read More
A Walk Among the Gods During our time in Colorado, we knew we wanted to explore the lovely Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs. Nestled at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, this park boast large red rock formations and plenty of fun trails to wander down. This was also Otis’ first official hiking experience and, I have to… Read More
Home Sweet Room During the winter and spring we took a break from life on the road and decided to cool our heels in Houston to spend some time with friends and family and enjoy the holidays and the short season of lovely weather that the city never fails to provide. Instead of moving into an RV park,… Read More
Texas to Colorado While Texas will forever hold a special place in my heart, there are few feelings that surpass the exhilaration of finally hitting that stateline! There was an overwhelming wave of relief yesterday when I (at last!) returned to my primary element of exploration. And, although the route through west Texas & northeastern New Mexico holds… Read More
An Acadian Autumn One of the main reasons we stayed in Bangor, Maine this past fall was the town’s proximity to Acadia National Park just a short drive away. As a national park junkie, Acadia represents the north-eastern most pilgrimage along a rocky coastline of pointed firs and lighthouses. For me personally, Acadia has stood as an elusive,… Read More