I’m back with more questions from blog readers about RVing, 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. We went to the Tampa RV show and I was surprised that in […]
Note: This is a post from 2011 about our first visit to one of my favorite cities. After a very cold night in Maggie Valley, North Carolina, we made ready to hit the road yesterday morning, about 11 a.m. in search of warmer weather. We took Interstate 40 into Asheville, where we picked up Interstate […]
I know it’s only been a couple of weeks since my last Q&A column, but I’ve been getting a lot of questions from readers that I thought might be of interest to some of you as well, so here we go. Q. I’m 72 and wondering if it’s “too late” for me, as much as […]
We are a couple of months away from celebrating our 17th anniversary as fulltime RVers. That’s a lot of miles, and we have enjoyed every minute of it. And we look forward to seeing a lot more of this wonderful country of ours in the future. However, nothing is forever. We know that sooner or […]
Yesterday was a busy day for us. We were up and out the door early (at least for us) and drove about 70 miles east to Titusville. We really like this laid back little town, home to Cape Canaveral and the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, and we keep saying that somewhere (way) down the […]
We were up early yesterday morning, eager to get to the Orlando Thousand Trails (TTN) preserve early in the day, since it was supposed to be in the high 80s later in the day. Also, because the sites here are on a first come basis, and we wanted to snag one in the 50 amp […]
Our two weeks here at The Great Outdoors went by way too fast, and today we will drive 70 miles or so to the Orlando Thousand Trails preserve, which is actually west of Orlando a bit. We liked Titusville before, based upon our two earlier visits to this area, and the last two weeks have […]
Yesterday was strange. We started the morning with our basement air conditioner on, and by the end of the night, we had our furnace on. Yes indeed, it’s official, Nick’s in Florida! 🙂 The more time we spend here in Titusville, the more we like it. We are not close to being ready to get […]
Yesterday I took a break from writing, and we spent the day being beach bums. After all, as the old saying goes, "When In Florida, do what the Floridians do." Yeah, I know that’s wrong, real Florida residents are all at the local buffet getting the Early Bird Senior Special! I think only tourists actually […]
The other day I got an e-mail from a blog reader who is in the planning stages before going fulltime, asking about the annual costs of fulltime RVing. This is probably the most frequent question I get, and as I tell everybody who asks, it can cost as much as one has to spend, or […]
After spending Thursday working at my computer most of the day, yesterday I needed a break. So in the afternoon we drove out to the Canaveral National Seashore and Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in the hope of spotting some alligators. I saw my first (and only) alligators in the wild there a couple of years […]
Yesterday afternoon I was busy writing a new self-publishing blog post titled The Numbers Are In, about my current e-book sales on Amazon Kindle, and Miss Terry was baking some hamburger buns from scratch for dinner. When the basement air conditioner in our Winnebago motorhome came on, we both commented at about the same time […]
We could have spent weeks exploring Savannah, but we were expected in Florida, so about 11 a.m. yesterday morning we left Hardeeville RV Park, just across the state line in South Carolina, and hit the road for our final run to Titusville. When we pulled onto Interstate 95, I told Miss Terry that I didn’t […]
After a very cold night in Maggie Valley, North Carolina, we made ready to hit the road yesterday morning, in search of warmer weather. Lenny and Janis Thomas came over to say goodbye, and after chatting with them a few minutes, we were on the road about 11 a.m. We took Interstate 40 into Asheville, […]