Yesterday was the third of Tracy’s birthdays that we’ve celebrated on the road, and yet again we’re camped on a body of water. Last year, we were boondocking near Missoula, MT, at the “secret fishing spot,” and the year before was one of our favorite finds: a county park in Washburn, WI, right on Lake […]
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All the News from Lake Koocanusa
It’s been a quiet week here at Lake Koocanusa. Wait, wrong part of the country! Plus it’s been only a weekend since I posted last. But we’ve enjoyed the weekend, and it’s worth sharing, especially with real-world news depressing enough to need a reprieve from. Weekend Neighbors Cause Scare The scare is that we had […]
Solitude at Moose Lake
We wanted a longer break from civilization, and we got one, involuntarily. But still welcome! Moose Lake is in northern Wisconsin, actually in the same National Forest camping area we stayed in last year at Black Lake. They’re both small, no hook-ups camping loops on lakes dyed with tannin from the surrounding deep forest. Which is wonderful. […]
Introducing Sookie the Barbie Kayak
I don’t know where to start with this one. Do I start with my first kayak, which I impulsively bought on the side of the road and shoved into my Prius C, then paddled the Potomac, the Shenandoah, Lake Anna, the Chesapeake Bay, Chincoteague Bay; knitted in, read books in, towed my niece behind; loved […]
Crazy for Rays (and more water photos)
Because we’ve been in the Keys for so long and have everything we own unpacked and strewn around our campsite, we have much to do to prep for leaving in three days. Tracy called yesterday his last day kayaking, but I can’t quit my hunt for rays. Here we were yesterday afternoon kayaking over to […]
Getting in the Groove at the Keys Just as We Prep to Leave
We have one last week here of our six-week stay, and I’m realizing how much I’m going to miss this place. Yes, it’s crowded with tourists, and the new highly-contagious variant of the virus is here more than most anywhere in the U.S. So it’s definitely time for us to move on. But look at […]
All the Greens (and So Many Blues)
We’re at about the midpoint in our six weeks in the Keys. I’m getting a feel for what this place is like compared to my expectations and what we can and can’t do. Mostly I’m working on enjoying what I can do. We made these reservations back in April when we were stuck at our […]
To Sell or Not To Sell My Kayak
Warning: This is more a long-winded, navel-gazing confession than a post about living on the road. But, if you’re in for the whole thing, maybe there’s something about full-time living on the road in here, too. My Kayak Beginnings Last year at about this time, we were frantically trying to anticipate a life on the […]
Photo Update on Sunshine Key
I’ve felt this strange way before, when the outside world is in utter turmoil, and here I am on vacation. This is another aspect of full-time RV life I will get used to. So I’ll resort to blogging as I have in the past in these situations, with photos and just short descriptions. Pictured behind […]
Eagle’s Nest Island
I’m one of those pitiable people who grew up when bald eagles were endangered and never saw them. I was in my 40s when I’d occasionally see one over the Potomac River in West Virginia or over Lake Anna in central Virginia, and I’d have a spaz attack. Now that I’m where they’re plentiful (Perch […]
