Travel
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Six month update
While we were in the dreaming stages for this adventure, we would routinely remind ourselves that we’d have a significant adjustment period, coming from living in a house. We guessed that our first six months might be full of fine-tuning and redirecting, possibly with some hard discussions and compromises. We reminded each other that we…
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2025 Travel Plans
A couple months ago I finished “roughing in” a plan for our 2025 RV travel that takes us up the East Coast, dips into Canada briefly, then heads back down to Florida for the winter months. Reservations (…or not!) There have been some adjustments to the initial plan, but I’ve been working through making reservations…
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Winter in Florida
It really all comes down to expectations. As a former northerner, I have been extremely pleased with my Florida winter RV life. Here we are halfway through January and so far there hasn’t even been a remote threat of snow. Lows in the 40°’s feel like a moderate, reasonable winter experience. Sure, you need a…
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Three Month Fulltime Update
Today, on December 6th, is our three month mark for living full time in our fifth wheel RV and traveling the US. We’ve moved from Madison, WI all the way down to Tampa, FL. We’re continuing to learn what works for us and the best ways to live this unusual lifestyle, but so far the…
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Home for Thanksgiving
Just a short post to say I had a lovely time visiting my parents from 11/25 through 12/1 for the Thanksgiving holiday. The three of us drove to Madison, WI for a delicious Thanksgiving meal at my middle sister’s home. Our son joined us and it was lovely to get to spend some time getting…
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One Month Fulltime Update
In the middle of our summer renting a house in Madison we took a 1-month “shakedown” trip, but from early September to early October has marked one month being truly on the road full time. There have been a few ups & downs, but overall the experience has been wonderful. We couldn’t be happier we…