Out of the Badlands an into the Black Hills. It was only about 100 miles to our next campground, but we stopped at the Rapid City Regional Airport to pick up a rental car. There was just so much to see and a lot of distance to cover, and having a car would be a…
The Badlands. That’s where the bad guys always tried to hide in the old westerns we watched when we were young. One look at the landscape and you can see why. It would be easy to disappear in these hills. You would have to want to catch someone pretty bad to follow them into The…
St. Louis was not on our list of places to go. But we were close by, and we figured we might as well stop and see the iconic Arch and eat some St. Louis barbecue. Besides, Meet Me in St. Louis is one of my favorite all-time movies, That’s a perfectly sensible reason for taking a…
The next stop on our epic US road trip was Nashville. I’d been to Nashville about 15 years ago and couldn’t wait to see it again, and share it with Nick! Boy, has Nashville grown in those 15 years! We arrived a few days after the Country Music Awards ended. The whole city was recovering…
We’ve covered a lot of ground on our epic USA road trip. So far we’ve been to Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri and Iowa. Most of our time so far has been spent in urban campgrounds. While urban campgrounds aren’t the most scenic, they’ve given us easy access to some amazing cities. We stayed in the…
Wow! Has it been three weeks already? I guess it’s time for our first post from the road. It’s always hard to say goodbye to family when we set off on a new adventure. But we waved goodbye with a promise to be home in August for one of our daughters engagement party. Nick…
Nick and I were pretty sure that at least some of our adult children would visit us if we spent the winter in Tulum. We were right! Three of our five kids came to Tulum on vacation, and it was fabulous. We also had a visit from a friend of mine from work and her…
What a year we’ve had! We retired, got rid of (almost) all our stuff, and sold our house. We spent 5 months in Italy, came home to say goodbye to my Dad, and flew off to Tulum, Mexico for the winter. From afar, we may look like an adventurous and spontaneous couple. But the truth…
Margaritas are kind of a “thing” in our family. My step-Mom Mary is famous for her Margaritas, mostly because they’re extra boozy and will knock you down if you drink more than one.
We arrived in Tulum a month ago after our extended stay in upstate New York visiting family. The past month has been more of a challenge than we ever anticipated. While most of the photos we’ve posted paint a picture of paradise, our initial reality was definitely not paradise. Just like we did in Italy,…