Filling Up The Dream Tank

by Rob on November 28, 2011

in Attitude, RVing, The Plan

There is a season for everything.

The long-ago rock group, The Birds, sang a song about just that. The lyrics are based on Ecclesiastes, beginning with verse 3:1. (Most know the tune by the title “Turn, Turn, Turn”)

We’re going through a season of patience while aiming to get back on the road full-time. The markets have not been kind in generating the returns needed for our next – and hopefully lifetime consuming – odyssey.

Jan notices an RV show and sale in Daytona. Just what the doctor ordered! When the dream tank is low on gas, time to fill up. Not much is more energizing, more motivating, than immersing oneself in a dream – perhaps most effective when things seem so, well, stuck. Read more…

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Good Times in North Carolina

by Rob on November 18, 2011

in Mountains, Outdoors, Travel, Uncategorized

Good friends are rare, precious, and to be savored like a fine wine – especially when they invite you to spend a week in mountains.

Right at the peak of fall colors.

So after Valley Forge and Gettysburg, we wound our way south to enjoy a self-contained suite at a cute home in the mountains of Highlands, NC.

It was a solid week of fellowship, food, drink, hiking, sightseeing and games. Did we mention golf? How about losing three balls on one hole – and a par 3 at that?

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The Sweet Taste of the National Parks

by Rob November 16, 2011

We spent some serious time this fall chasing ourselves around the northeast. From Michigan to New Jersey to Pennsylvania to North Carolina to Michigan and finally returning to Florida for the winter. Family needs beckoned so we met the needs. But along the way and in between, we managed to reacquaint ourselves with America’s unbeatable [...]

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It’s Not About Straight Lines

by Rob October 4, 2011

We’ve hit a dry spot in our quest to get back to the parks. A big, long dry spot. We thought we were on a straight trajectory to visit the remaining eight parks, but not so.  Journeys like this seldom go in a straight line – there are curves and u-turns and dead ends to [...]

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Doing the Loop-de-loop for Family

by Rob October 1, 2011

When I was in high school I fancied myself as a potential major league baseball player. At least that was what I dreamed about. But because I weighed maybe 145 pounds fully clothed and wearing weights on my shoes, coaches dismissed me at first glance. No matter what I did to impress, it was bench [...]

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The Boy in the Striped Green Shirt

by Rob September 7, 2011

The heat of summer breaks suddenly, with an extended rainstorm spanning three days. It feels like summer is over as the high this day after Labor Day is a mere 64 degrees. Pounding the keys in a Wendy’s and the thoughts drift to a Sunday morning in Willow Creek Presbyterian Church in Winter Springs, Florida. [...]

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Where Seldom Is Heard

by Rob September 6, 2011

Pursuing your dreams is usually a daunting thing to do. Besides the usual self-doubts and negative self-talk, the standard clichés are many – from “why don’t you get a real job” to “that will never work” – there is no shortage of messages from detractors designed to discourage and defeat. What there is a shortage [...]

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High-Fives in Winter Park, Florida

by Rob August 23, 2011

Funny noises coming from under the hood are annoying – very annoying. And since we are about to leave for a two-month road trip to visit scattered family, it’s time to get rid of this noise. We tried a new serpentine belt, but that ain’t it. So this morning, I’m dropping off the CRV for [...]

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New Plans – and We Hope God Is Not Laughing

by Rob August 19, 2011

By the time we arrived in Sequoia NP – Park #20 on our tour of national parks – we were converts to the RV lifestyle – and to the national parks. So at the end of November, 2010 driving up I-75 to the Airstream factory in Jackson Center, Ohio factory was a long, lonesome trip. [...]

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Virgin Islands National Park: Park #1; Stumbling Block #1

by Rob August 9, 2011

Only eight parks. You’d think this would be a snap after 50 parks in seven months. Heck, we don’t even have a timetable. We can go in the off-season, or when there’s a cancellation, or some cheap fare deal pops up. Except when it’s the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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