As we write new pages in Our Next Chapter we share those experiences with ourselves and anyone else that wants to follow along. We write this primarily for our own recollection when we return to an area, but we hope anyone can gain knowledge about these great visits we have made.
We crossed three states in January 2025, hit two dust storms, and took a rock to the windshield—just part of the deal when you’re traveling through the Southwest in winter. Continue reading Three States, Two Storms, One Busted Windshield
From flooded camps to border cows—follow our New Year’s escape into Big Bend, our favorite way to ring in a new year and another year of blissful marriage! Continue reading Border Views, Badge Trails, and a Busted Step: Hello, 2025
We usually find ourselves in the Washington D.C. area each fall, reconnecting with friends and our church family. This year, however, we arrived from a new direction—traveling down from the Catskills in New York and navigating the motorhome through the busy North D.C. metro area. With the 2024 Presidential election only the following week, the city was buzzing with an extra large security presence, rallies, and protests. Still, we made the most of it, weaving through all that to explore new sights. Continue reading Exploring D.C. Amid the Pre-Election Buzz
After leaving Maine, we stopped at another Thousand Trails location in the Catskills of Upstate New York. The third week of October 2024 was the perfect time to visit, as the fall foliage had just reached its peak—only to disappear by week’s end due to blustery weather. Continue reading The Catskills of New York State
We reached the peak at one of the windiest and foggiest places on Earth—Mount Washington, New Hampshire—where wind speeds once hit 231 mph! Unfortunately, rough seas canceled ferries to Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. Instead, we made the most of it and fully enjoyed our time exploring Maine! Continue reading Fall 2024 – Up and Over to Maine
There is a small window of time during the summer that the passes in Colorado are open for offroading and we were able to hit that! We had a great time, a really challenging trail that ultimately caused a few bruises on the Jeep that needed to be fixed, and we did not leave Colorado without damage to the motorhome because of a freak windstorm just west of Monarch Pass. With our new Thousand Trails Adventure membership we checked out the recently added Blue Mesa Thousand Trails park between Gunnison and Montrose, Colorado. Continue reading More Jeep Badges of Honor in Colorado, Summer 2024
Since leaving the Orlando area in early March, our entire route was predicated on the total solar eclipse in April 2024. We positioned ourselves just North of the area of totality and met up with friends and family to experience the eclipse together. Afterward, we made our final push back to Wisconsin and Minnesota for the summer. Continue reading Total Solar Eclipse and the Final Spring Push North
To buy some time as we made our way across the gulf to get to April’s eclipse zone, we stopped for a week in Fulton, Mississippi. We took a gamble with an Army Corps of Engineers campground having decent cellular service for the week. Fulton’s COE campground is an amazing find in a quaint little town. Continue reading Fulton Mississippi Recreation Area – Army Corp of Engineers
In March 2024, we continued across the lower US 48 on Interstate 10 from Tallahassee to Montgomery, Alabama. There we met up with some Wisconsin friends and spent a week back in the spot where COVID sent us running! Continue reading Montgomery, Alabama
March 3, 2024, we left Winter Garden RV Resort and headed north and then west to Tallahassee in the Florida panhandle, our home state’s capital, to check out this new-to-us area for the week. Continue reading Panhandling Around Tallahassee at Big Oak RV Park
