Looking For A Lull

Years ago we found a need to get out of the house for a change of scenery.  Our kids were younger, we'd spent months housebound with nothing much more than an inflatable backyard pool for entertainment and we were looking for something new to help us get away without a lot of work.  We purchased a used trailer off of Craigslist and put it on a permanent spot in a campground about 45 minutes from the house and spent many weekends enjoying times out there. For a few years we kept going out to the trailer, but found that as the kids were getting older that we spent less and less time there enjoying ourselves and more and more time at home doing the same things in our back yard that we'd do at the campground.  That coupled with the age of the old girl and her desperate need for more work that we were willing to put into her got us thinking about purchasing a 'Real Trailer'.  I bought my truck at the end of that summer with the intention of looking for a 5th wheel we wo...

In preparation for our first trip of the year I picked up a few greatly needed things for the trailer that I hope will come in handy. First a new air compressor!  I've read a ton of reviews from people saying this little guy is the best and I have to say I was pretty impressed when I took it out of the box and tried it out.  I ended up filling all of the trailer tires and the tires on my wife's car while it was hooked up to my running truck.  The hose reached everywhere I needed it to and it didn't take long at all. Portable Air Compressor The second thing I picked up is also tire related.  The truck has as TPMS for all of it's tires, but I wanted to be able to keep track of the trailer tires as well.  So I picked up a little kit for that.  I haven't tried it out yet, but maybe I'll post an update about it later on. And finally,  I got something I think will come in pretty handy.  I spent last year fighting with regular garden sty...

Our first trip of the year is scheduled to start next month!  We will be making our way down to Georgia where I will spend a few days working while Karen and "The Donk" (our cute 125lb lap dog Tatonka) will be relaxing in the RV. After a day of rest, we will be making our way down to Florida to visit family for a week.  In the meantime I hope to capture some of the things we do to prep for our trip and highlight a few of the additions that we've gotten for the rig.  Stay tuned for more! Tatonka ("The Donk")

Change comes whether you're ready for it or not.  It's good to embrace change, accept it, welcome it and most importantly create it. We've had a lot of change over the last few years.  Our kids have grown, started lives of their own, and become adults themselves.  This has led us to have a lot more time on our hands.  Some of this time has been consumed with hobby's, self-improvement, and traveling. Travel has been one of the things that we have really enjoyed together.  We had our first vacation without the kids to Mexico and the following year we spent some time in Ireland.  We've made multiple trips to historical sites and small trips to visit friends and family. Last year we decided it was time to purchase an RV, something we had planned to do for a few years.  I had already purchased a truck so that we would be able to tow a 5th wheel trailer a little more than a year before and we decided that it was high time to bite the bullet and make th...

Traveling to campgrounds and visiting family in rural Michigan has proven that there are challenges that must be overcome if I am to visit without burning vacation days.  I work remotely so I need a solid internet connection to do my job. Campgrounds usually have some sort of WiFi, but it is unreliable and often times when it does work good it's not long before all the bandwidth is sucked up by people streaming cartoons for their kids or downloading the entire catalog of "The Simpsons" or that's at least how I imagine it when I try to check my email. Campgrounds are also located in rural, quiet, remote areas where cell phone service is also often problematic.  The old camper was located at one such campground.  My cell would work well sometimes and there would be no signal at others.  I recall working from the trailer one time and my connection went up and down more often than a toddler at bedtime. We often stay at my Mother-in-law's house in Michigan when w...