Moving to Shipshewana RV Park and RV Service Center in Indiana

August 29, 2023 We packed up and headed about 20 miles east to Shipshewana, Indiana. We wanted a campground near the Riverstone Factory in Topeka so we could get our RV into the factory by 9:00 am on Thursday, August 24. Bruce had checked with the Elkhart County 4-H Fairgrounds to see if we could […]

Heading to Michigan from Illinois

August 3, 2023 On Friday (July 21st), we started completing our checklist to leave Hickory Grove Campground in Illinois. On Saturday (July 22nd), we finished our checklist to leave and pulled out just after 9:00 AM. Since our site had trees that were close together at the end of the campsite, to pull out I […]

Walking Around Sheffield, Illinois

June 30, 2023 On Saturday (June 24), we rode the motorcycle into Sheffield, Illinois. It is the closest town to us. We wanted to have breakfast. Google listed a cafe called ZBest Cafe on Main. It got good reviews. When we got there, it turned out it was now a different cafe, called Cafe 129. […]

Thirteen Feet and Nine Inches Bridge Story

June 29, 2023 Since you asked, the 13’9” bridge story. When we first bought our RV at Couch’s RVs in Ohio in February of 2021, it was during an Arctic Vortex. We didn’t feel comfortable bringing the RV home in the awful road conditions we encountered on the way to Ohio. We asked Couch’s if […]

Traveling to Hickory Grove Campground and RV Park in Sheffield, Illinois

June 27, 2023 We left the Harvest Host winery early, around 7:00 am on June 22. We took I-29 back to East I-80. The weather was lovely as we drove through Iowa and Illinois. Nox was out like a light once we started down the interstate. When we stopped at a rest area, Nox was […]

Overnight at a Winery

June 25, 2023 We packed up and left the I-80 Lakeside Campground on Wednesday morning (June 21st), We drove past the South Platte River as we headed to I-80. Here are some pictures along I-80 as we headed to our next overnight stop, a Harvest Host winery in Iowa, just inside the border. Most of […]

New State Sticker, Nebraska!

June 23, 2023 On Monday (June 19), we put the Nebraska state sticker onto our map.

Leaving Golden, CO and Stopping in North Platte, NE

June 19, 2023 We are heading to the Forest River Owner’s Group (FROG) Rally in Goshen, Indiana in August. We’ve got some time before we need to be there, so we are taking it slow across the Great Plains. We left Golden, CO on I-70, heading east. In Wheat Ridge, Colorado, we took the I-76 […]

Dinner in the Evening and then Driving from Ellis, Kansas to Golden, Colorado the Next Day

June 4, 2023 On May 20 (Saturday), we were invited to dinner by a friend who lives in Hays, Kansas. We had a lovely time. Much to my surprise, her oldest (7 years old) boy remembered me from the Halloween extravaganza FirstBank does. While I was dressed up as a witch, my friend let her […]

Leaving the Great Salt Plains State Park for Ellis, Kansas

May 30, 2023 We packed up the RV on May 19 and headed west on OK 11 and then north along US 281 until we hit I-70. We took I-70 west straight to Ellis, KS. Luckily, it wasn’t raining as we packed up and hitched up. It started raining on us as we drove west […]