Travel
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A new “home base”
When we fled the wildfire smoke and came back to Madison, we were impressed yet again with how much our old neighborhood felt like home. So when a neighbor texted us about potentially selling his 1 bedroom cabin, it sparked a flurry of discussion. We eventually decided to move forward with the purchase. I will…
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A new travel tool and map
We’ve loved using the app Roadie for our more spontaneous travels in the HAVN RV. It has worked well. But when you’re married to a software developer, “working well” is never good enough. He’s made his own version that does all the things we liked, but adds new functionality. Hopefully before long I’ll be able…
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North Country
We’ve had a wonderful time exploring the upper Midwest, including a long stay in Eau Claire near where our daughter is in college. Eau Claire Hipcamp Initially we had trouble finding a place to camp in the area. This is going to be one of the downsides to our new, more spontaneous approach. We dug…
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Slower travel; quiet days
Since picking up the HAVN in February 2026 we’ve moved pretty quickly. We’ve always needed to get somewhere by a certain date and we’ve covered a lot of ground. On one hand, that’s exciting and I appreciate all the people with whom we’ve reconnected as well as the variety of places we’ve camped. On the…
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Family Time & Van “Reset”
We loved spending time with family recently and the changes we made to the HAVN have taken it to a whole new level. Visits with Family and Friends After picking up the HAVN in Colorado in February, we quickly moved to warmer weather in Arizona and spent several lovely weeks around the state, including my…
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Dispersed Camping & Sycamores
We want to get off the beaten path in this new expedition-style RV. During our first year of travel, we stayed in some lovely campgrounds, but everywhere we stayed…there were lots (and lots) of neighbors. And usually there was almost nowhere to hike unless you got in the car first. We wanted more remote options…