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We live on a curve that up until 3-4 yrs ago we could count on someone going off the road into a ditch on one side or the other several times a summer, usually just messed up their cars, only one real injury. but still a nasty curve for school kids to deal with when catching the bus. The road...

Sounds yummy! wonder if I also added a small bit of grated apple... I made a new rule. If I eat something it has to have something healthy in it. As in a tiny bit of apple in a cinnamon roll.

Being able to park in a regular parking space is more important to us then inside eating. I don't want to cook on the inside of my van either. How ever we are planning to get swivel seats in the off weather chance we need to eat inside... Seems anytime we go with friends that have nice big RV's...

The last road trip we went across the central valley in Calif. And I really hate going down I-5. I know it's the fastest way to get from point A to point B but it is so booooooring. We turned off and drove a bunch of farm roads to Lake Tahoe. I have a new love of really old tractors; yea weird I...

I just went to my first Ren Faire and it was a blast. I never knew so many of my fuddy duddy neighbors had such wild imaginations. Does anyone else go to these?

Welcome! Lots of info here.

Welcome! There are a lot of good ideas and advice here. Me and my hubby are also just road trip camping through retirement. What are you looking to see? Hubby is just looking to see our own driveway but me I want to see what ever. I love to travel for food and art and just to get out of the driveway

I personally don't read a few of the things in here. I also am not letting the current politics into my choice of friends nope not letting anyone's dumb ideas about politics get in the way of my friendships. I have some very strong ideas too and if ya get in my face about yours, you will get my...

All that work means the logs warm you twice... Once while working them and once while burning them.... We had more then we could use come down this year. So, I put an ad in free Facebook stuff and had 4-5 wives volunteer their husbands to come and get it... Did not have one husband volunteer...

I like the bullion stuff, both beef and chicken I have not tried the shrimp. Hubby has major high blood pressure so we are learning to eat with lots less salt, so no more bullion. Is Msg something that adds flavor but not salt? I have done a lot with herbs and stuff but always willing to try...

I love hearing about super kids (yea I know they are all super just undiscovered super powers) The 3 year old that was Very good at Chess he had 2 bipolar parents and they that was normal. The kid who could Read at 3, but his folks could barely read, the one who could smell someone's coat and...

Sounds like a good plan to me

I am also a road tripper and plan to go through Olympia on a soon to do trip to Ocean Shores. We are going to spend 16 hours doing nothing but sit on the beach and build a few sandcastles and beach art and drink wine and and and ...The water is something we have not heard of yet so maybe we will...

The electric blanket goes under 2 big fluffy quilts and over one heavyish flannel sheet. Very warm!! I am to old to sleep on the ground. So we have a good bed inside the van. We have some insulated window covers and we carry extra covers but this time because of the electric blankets we did not...

So just to be clear hubby and I do not live in our van, just road trip and camping.... He still has a REALLY hard time staying or getting warm. So I was worried that he would be cold on our first planned outing this spring. I have a Jackery and use it mostly on fridge and microwave, but this...