Livin' Part of Life

Today we have another National Park to rave about. Mesa Verde was quite an experience, and incredible history. But first… the overnight. Mesa Verde is known as a dark sky park since there isn’t much around here. And as Rick stated yesterday, we are super close to the park and therefore reason would have it… Read more

Writing today presents an especially difficult challenge because not much happened. Knowing we had less than a 4-hour drive allowed us a relaxing morning. We enjoyed coffee and breakfast along the river (in our regular mugs instead of travel ones – a welcome treat on these trips). It was less than 60 degrees but the… Read more

Finally, we are back to hiking. Oh how I have missed it. We have walked plenty in the “offseason” (thank you, Bay Village) and I have loved some of my treadmill “hiking”, but nothing compares to the real thing. Boots on the trail is one of my favorite sounds!! We had an incredible night’s sleep,… Read more

Why don’t you just fly out to see the places you want to see? That’s a question we both have been asked over the past year. Our answer, from the beginning, was, “To see the country.” Before we started this crazy retirement journey, we thought that would be the case – hoped it would be… Read more

Today was a wonderful day. It was our first day where we had minimal driving and had a second night stay in the same campground. We were ready for it. In last year’s trips, we did plenty of one night stays. As Rick booked our 2025 adventures, we have many more 2+ night stays coming… Read more

We started our morning full of hope. We both had a great night’s sleep courtesy of the Colorado air (and altitude). Owing to the quick change to Mountain time, we were both awake early. After a leisurely coffee and breakfast we were on our way to Camping World in Golden (yes, home of Coors Beer)… Read more

We have arrived in Colorado. There is nothing quite like seeing the Rockies again. As we crossed through Nebraska into Colorado, we enjoyed the view as they became closer and closer. Today, we are resting just East of Denver at Cherry Creek State Park. It’s an expansive space just outside of suburbia, and has everything… Read more

Hello again! Things have calmed down a bit since my last post, regarding issues with Livvy. Almost calmed down completely, that is. Karen found today that our rear window was leaking a small amount of water (thanks to the incessant rains most of the drive) into the bathroom. Alas, the window seal needs to be… Read more

It was a much better day. Of course it was. Poor Rick took the rough start to heart, and we had one more malfunction overnight. But today, we have crossed the Mississippi, everything is fixed, and my hero will get a well deserved night’s sleep. Our stay at the truck stop, aka Love’s RV stop,… Read more

After nearly six months at home we hit the road again this morning for another whirlwind trip. We had Livvy at home a lot more prior to this trip (as Karen said, due to not sharing a driveway anymore), so we spent the time to ensure everything was in working order and ready to go.… Read more