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What a Difference a Year Makes

It was just about a year ago that we first purchased Beaulah (our lovely fifth-wheel Hitchhiker RV) and stayed in it for our first night.  Then after a summer of preparing and down-sizing, we moved into Beaulah in September 2015 for full-time living on the road.  Since then, we’ve driven almost 20,000 miles & stopped in 16…

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Thanksgiving on the Road

It sure didn’t feel like Thanksgiving this morning, as we packed up our rig and moved on from New Orleans.  It was mid 70’s and green outside – that’s not Thanksgiving weather where we come from.  But we had our PB&J for lunch as we made our way west on I-10 across Louisiana, and by the…

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A Busy Week in Boot Country

Last week we were at Two Rivers Campground near Opry Mills in Nashville, Tennessee. Not our favorite place, unfortunately – our pull-through site was extremely narrow, the road in front our site had a large puddle from some heavy rains, and there was a constant highway drone from TN-155.  The park had some nice amenities that we didn’t take advantage of,…

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Living & Working in an RV

We’ve been living in the 5th wheel on the road for nearly two weeks now.  (I’m not counting the two weeks we lived in it while still in Madison, because we were still in & out of the house and office so much).  I figured I’d give everyone a little sense of what life is…

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Animals, Friends, and Science, Oh My!

The challenge with working full-time on the road is – when do I get to have any fun? My typical work schedule keeps me busy Monday-Friday, and Sunday is working out to be our travel day, so that really just gives me Saturday as my “free” day.  But sometimes, one day just isn’t enough.  I…

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