Author: Traci

New York and Officer John Kennedy

June 20, 2017

With the embers in the engine finally out and the excitement of a 5-alarm fire dying down, we got back on the road.  We laughed and laughed.  No more challenging the universe, Traci.  The goal changed to pulling into Grandpa Mike and Grammie Denise’s in Massachusetts with no more misadventures.  That’s not entirely how the…

Fire In The Hole!

June 19, 2017

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, too, in Houston), brake trouble (when they caught on fire in Vermont), overheating issues (in…

One More Call to Good Sam

June 17, 2017

What did I not get to see that’s still on the list?  Oh, I have A LOT answers to that (I’ll start with all of Washington, Oregon and Idaho) but here’s one – the Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, KY.  If we hadn’t arrived so late, I would have insisted we pop over to see…

A Day in Memphis, TN

June 13, 2017

We had less than 48 hours in Memphis, TN.  But we made the most of what we had. First priority:  After a couple of weeks without a real, honest-to-goodness shower we decided it was time.   We busted out the solar shower.  It may not be a full shower in the traditional sense, but when you’re…

The Northern South

June 10, 2017

We pulled up to the city campground office and I got out of the RV to draw in my first breath of fresh Arkansas air.  This is my first visit to this state.  It’s about what I expected – hot and sticky.  There is moss again… we haven’t seen moss since we left the Redwoods….