Our first week after the last of the visitors left happened to be our birthday week.  Both of our special days fall within a few days of each other, so we decided to make the entire week a week of celebration. We started it off by buying a kayak off Craigslist.  I have wanted one…

May 11th, 2015 was the day we signed the closing papers on our house in St. Paul.  It was also the day that we officially moved into our RV full-time.  We have been living in our motorhome for just over a year and we have learned one very valuable lesson: this was the right decision for…

After our month of visitors, we learned a lot about hosting guests in our new home.  It is certainly different from having people stay in our house, equipped with two bathrooms and a guest bedroom.  Obviously we knew that a motorhome would be a different story but we didn’t think about all the ways it would be…

I know I’m repetitive when I talk about how much I love the ocean, but I really do.  I’ve always been drawn to water.  When I was younger, I loved swimming and playing in the lake by our house.  As I grew, my relationship with water grew too.  I started to realize the power that…

Whew!  We’ve had a crazy month of April (and now beginning of May)!  First, our friend Anita came into town for a visit.  Then we spent ten days with another friend, Trav, before dropping him off at the PCT trailhead.  A couple of days later, my mom and sister flew into town. I have been…

As I mentioned before, our friend Trav has decided to hike the PCT (Pacific Crest Trail).  He was staying with us for ten days before beginning that hike.  The PCT spans from the Mexico border to the Canadian border and covers over 2600 miles through various climates.  Needless to say, we are proud of him…

The past few days have been filled with sun and water.  Our adventures brought us in to San Diego, exploring different areas of the city we have never seen before.  We spent a morning kayaking around La Jolla, getting up close to some amazing wildlife.  It was awesome to see stuff from the water. We…

Our crazy month of visitors continues with our friend Trav coming in from Minnesota.  He is visiting for ten days before he heads out to hike the PCT (Pacific Crest Trail).  We are driving him down to the trailhead at the end of his vacation with us.  For now, he is camping out in our…

Many things change when you move your life into a motorhome and travel around the country.  Your relationships with friends and family change.  Your forms of communication change.  Your relationship with your travel buddy changes.  You change.  These things are to be expected and are something to be considered before heading out onto the road….

It is hard to decide where to take someone when there are so many things to see.  Our tour of SoCal with Anita continued with wine tasting in Temecula.  Though she’s not much of a wine drinker, it seemed like a must when visiting Southern California. We visited four different vineyards and had a great…