Homesteading on a Blackberry Hilltop
August 6, 2024 This morning, we pulled out of Walt’s Four Seasons Campground in Kansas at 8:45 AM. There was a lot of road and bridge construction. Surprisingly, we saw a Stuckies We stopped in Topeka, Kansas at a Love’s Tuck Stop to fuel up. We spotted a tiny house being moved. We headed down […]
Read More Stopped at a Harvest Host, The Wood Hat Sprits in MissouriAugust 5, 2024 Updated in the evening The staff at the country store were very friendly. We enjoyed the Hunt’s Brothers Pizza and wings made fresh for us. The store has rocking chairs and a porch swing in the front. These do look over the gas pumps. The fuel pumps are covered and the roof […]
Read More Review of Walt’s Four Seasons Campground and Country Store in Abilene, KansasAugust 5, 2024 The New Horizons service center took the RV in at 9:00 AM and finished with the RV at 4:00 PM. I am truly grateful they had a lovely, comfortable, dog friendly lounge. I am not sure what we would have done to keep Nox cool in the 101 degree F heat. Once […]
Read More Back to Walt’s Four Seasons Campground & Country Store After a Day Spent at New HorizonsAugust 5, 2024 On August 2, after so much work packing up the RV, I didn’t feel like making super. We decided to eat out at one of favorite Chinese restaurants, Szechuan Chinese Restaurant in Lakewood. We parked the truck and started walking to the restaurant and passed this door. It was funny enough that […]
Read More Silly Door in Lakewood, ColoradoAugust 5, 2024 This morning, we got up at 8:00 AM and quickly got the RV packed up. Since we hadn’t unhitched the RV from the truck, it went quickly. We drove the 15 miles to the New Horizons Service Facility. We arrived right at 9:00 AM. I was impressed with our timing. We got […]
Read More At the New Horizons Service Facility for our MORryde SuspensionAugust 4, 2024 In Ellis, KS, we got up at 8:30 AM and got dressed. Nox was happy to go for a walk. After Nox’s needs were taken care of, Bruce and I walked to JR’s BrickHouse Diner and had breakfast. If you’re ever in Ellis, Kansas, JR’s BrickHouse Diner is worth a stop. Bruce […]
Read More Heading a Short Distance East on I-70 to Abilene, KansasAugust 3, 2024 We did most of our check list yesterday, making this morning packing up a breeze. We did run into a gross situation. As I was removing the blocks of wood we use underneath the stabilizers, a vast number of earwigs poured out. I knocked the blocks of wood on the concrete pad […]
Read More Rolling, Rolling to Ellis, KansasAugust 2, 2024 Since we couldn’t get a good look at the truck last night, we wanted to get a good look today in the bright daylight. This morning, Bruce drove the truck to a nearby parking lot so we could get a good look at it. In the dark, the inside of the truck […]
Read More Current News – Promised Pictures of the TruckAugust 1, 2024 Today, Bruce called the body shop at about 3:30 PM to find out if the truck would be ready. Bruce was told how much work it was getting the truck put back together. Apparently, everything overlaps in the cab, so taking a roof off and putting it back on means removing the […]
Read More Current News – We Picked Up the TruckAugust 1, 2024 We’ve been affected by the wildfires in Canada and California. Lookout Mountain was vey hazy at sunset the other day. The views of the mountains on our railbike ride were hazy, instead of the beautiful clear views we normally get. Yesterday, I woke up with a sore throat. The RV smelled like […]
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