Here’s another tale from the Nick Happens file. Anybody who knows me well already knows that I require adult supervision at all times. Left to my own devices, there is no end to the trouble I can get into, and I don’t have to look far to find it. So you can blame Miss Terry […]
Is there anyone out there who hasn’t seen at least one of the Rambo movies? A generation of American males grew up thinking John Rambo was about the baddest of the bad. But as it turns out, Rambo was a wuss. I know, because I have met some guys that would make Rambo wet his […]
A blog about a visit to Mystic Seaport in Connecticut from our days as fulltime RVers. If you haven’t been to Mystic Seaport, it is a living history museum consisting of a village, ships, and seventeen acres of exhibits depicting coastal life in New England in the 19th Century. It has what I consider to […]
As fulltime RVers, we always enjoyed visiting new places, meeting new people, and being introduced to local customs and food. If you think BBQ is the same everywhere you go, you’ve never had it in Memphis and then in Texas. The same goes for everything from steaks to comfort food. It seemed like every place […]
A few miles north of San Simeon, on the central California coast, we stopped to visit the Piedras Blancas elephant seal rookery, where we saw dozens of Northern Elephant Seals lounging on the beach. At one time hunted to the brink of extinction for their rich blubber, there were fewer than 100 of these huge […]
I know that anybody who has ever had to move at one time or another in their life has asked themselves “where does all this stuff come from?” I remember that in our days as fulltime RVers we carried everything we owned in our motorhome. It was a minimalistic lifestyle, and we enjoyed it. Now […]
I have shared this information before, back during our days as fulltime RVers, but since I know men have short attention spans, I thought it might be time for a refresher course. Okay, fellows, this is for your eyes only. If your beautiful bride spots this we’re both in big trouble. These helpful hints are […]
I spent most of yesterday working on my new book and trying to stay warm, so I don’t really have anything new to tell you today. Instead, here is a blog post from our days as fulltime RVers exploring Michigan’s wild and wonderful Upper Peninsula. We awoke to rain yesterday morning, and it continued to […]
Four miles south of Cambria, California lies an often overlooked gem of the central coast, the tiny artist colony of Harmony. We first stopped at this charming little community on our honeymoon, back in 1998, and little has changed since then. But Harmony has seen a lot of changes over the years. The town of […]
Note: I was still feeling the affects of Friday’s run-in with onions and didn’t do anything productive yesterday. So here is a blog from five years ago you might enjoy. I know, in this day and age we are not supposed to call people names. But sometimes you just have to. Comedian Bill Engvall made […]
Since I post my Newspaper Days blogs on Tuesdays, I thought today I would give you a roundup of what we have been up to the last couple of days. Tuesday was a very busy day for us, starting with a trip to Carrollton to register the Airstream B van. Since we had paid the […]
When we left our home in Show Low, Arizona to become fulltime RVers back in 1999, there were many changes in our lives, and while we had to give up some things to live our dream, the tradeoff was well worth it. If there was one thing we both missed most of all it would […]
A couple of times in the last few days Terry has said she feels almost halfway human again, but then she seems to relapse. Monday night she had another fever and when it broke sometime in the middle of the night the sheets were wet from her sweating. Tomorrow makes three weeks of this and […]
My world is emptier today because I got news that our dear friend Mac McCoy has passed away. Legions of RVers knew him as Mac the Fire Guy from the fire safety classes he taught at RV rallies and at Life on Wheels from coast to coast for so many years. It is hard to […]
I’m back with more questions from blog readers about RVing, my writing activities, what’s happening in our lives since we hung up the keys, and all kinds of other things. While I try to answer all questions individually, I also share some here occasionally. Q. I know your new place is keeping you busy, but […]
Note: This is a repost of a blog from 2020 that I thought we could all enjoy. There is so much doom and gloom in the world today and everybody seems to be uptight, angry, and frustrated with the way things are going. So I thought today we would just lighten things up a little […]
Whether it’s automotive engines, boats, guns, boobs, or some other things we won’t get into, we’ve all heard the unending debate of whether or not size matters. This came up a lot when we were doing seminars at RV rallies and events around the country. Some people insisted you had to have the biggest motorhome […]
It’s nice to have our back room, the one with all of the windows, pretty much organized and both of our desks set up. I have my corner with my rolltop desk, computer, and extra monitor, and Terry has her computer on the other side of the room, as well as her Louet Spring II […]
Note: We spent most of yesterday unpacking boxes and working on getting our offices ready to get back to work, so I don’t have anything new to tell you about today. So instead, I am reposting a blog from our days as fulltime RVers about a day spent playing tourist in Denver, Colorado. Yesterday we […]
It’s taken longer to get internet service at our new place in Alabama than we expected, but we finally did, and I wanted to post a blog to let you all know we are still alive and kicking, even if barely. I say barely because Terry and I have both come down with nasty colds […]