All hell broke loose - just as I expected.  The kids were screaming and there were real tears.  Leaving Auntie Ang and Uncle Brock's house was a complete s---show.  Mercifully, no one was there to see it (although I'm sure...

We're within days of reaching home so I was waxing philosophic about our year.  Specifically, I've been having fun reliving the challenges we've had. We had engine trouble (that time when the alternator died and I thought we were going to,...

We decided to finally think about getting a toad - that's RV-speak for the car pulled behind the RV.   This is what we got.  It's ugly and boring and totally blah. I'm not wasting any time on it.  It's...