12Aug 2017 by bolllj

Minnesota and Ohio – Summer 2017

Traveling

Seems like we just got back to Minnesota and we are already making plans for leaving in October. Time flies when you are having so much fun! We are so blessed with four beautiful grandkids and have been able to spend time with each of them this summer. With Cate and Alex because they are getting older we went to movies (I love animated movies), Chuck E Cheese (only grandpa and grandma can take them there – lucky us) and parks and more parks. We enjoyed a day at the Minnesota Zoo with Alex, Amanda and Adalyn. Cate and her Girl Scout troop hosted a Mother’s Day brunch which grandma was invited to. It made me realize just how grown up Cate is getting. We had sleepovers with Cate and…

27Feb 2017 by bolllj

Two Questions

On Our Minds

Joe and I are starting our 6th year of full-timing. It is so hard to believe! It seems like yesterday we sold our house and moved into our home on wheels. As we have travelled the country and tell people we meet that we are full-timers we get asked the same questions: how do you like it? how long have we been full-timing? how many states we have visited? what is our favorite state? how do we get our mail? are we afraid to stay in certain places? These are asked over and over again but while we were at one of the state parks in Georgia we were asked two questions from two different individuals that we have never been asked and both questions were surprising. One gave me…

27Feb 2017 by bolllj

Texas – 2017

State Parks

After coming back from our fabulous trip to MN we headed a little south to Denton, TX to another very nice Corp Park. This park is about 30 miles north of Dallas and although the park was really nice and we had a nice lake site anytime you left the park we had to deal with horrible road construction. We were both happy to leave this area after a 10 day stay and get away from the traffic and construction. We stopped at Lake Arrowhead State Park in Wichita Falls, TX for three nights. Nice quiet park where we enjoyed watching the Prairie Dogs run around. Caprock Canyon State Park was our next stop for 7 nights. We picked this park for two reasons; buffalo roam freely through the park…

27Feb 2017 by bolllj

Oklahoma City, OK /Minnesota– 2017

Campgrounds

We planned to leave for MN on Jan 14th from Oklahoma City where we had reserved a site for a month at Twin Fountains RV Resort, the same place we left the 5th wheel last year. Travelling from AL to OKC we made a stop for two nights at a nice Corp Park in Enid, MS, Persimmons Hills, a three night stop in Little Rock, AR at Maumelle COE Park where our site overlooked the Arkansas River (beautiful) and three nights at our favorite state park in OK, Eufaula State Park. We have stayed in this park three times every time on the same site. At this time of the year the park is almost completely empty and the site overlooks the lake on two sides. Love it! Baby Adalyn…

27Feb 2017 by bolllj

Summer 2016

Traveling

It is always wonderful to be back in MN for the summer so we can spend time with our kids and grandkids, friends and family. We celebrated grandson Alex’s 3rd birthday in July and were able to go with Cassie and the kids to the Scott County Fair and have a really fun day. In August we went to granddaughter Cate’s pre-school graduation. Kindergarten is just around the corner for her. Where did those years go? We spent 5 days in Grand Marais, MN with Cassie, Aaron, Cate, Alex and Eric. We will always call Grand Marais our favorite spot to camp. Oct brought a baby shower for daughter Amanda, get-togethers with friends and family and of course, we had to take Cate and Alex to Chuck E Cheese, their…

14Jul 2016 by Lboll

Life is Good!

Traveling

We have a new granddaughter – Vivian Eileen! She was born June 1st (a few weeks early) weighing in at 6lbs 8oz and 19 inches long. Of course she is absolutely beautiful and so tiny. We arrived in Cincinnati on June 6th and stayed three weeks. We cherished every minute we could spend with Vivian, Lauren and Zach. The kids were so tired, of course, but showing their fabulous parenting skills. We even got to babysit one night for a few hours while they went out for a little dinner, a break they needed as do all new parents. What a precious buddle of joy this new grandbaby brought into our lives. It was hard to leave this little beauty. The kids have been sending pictures and she is growing…

25May 2016 by Lboll

Back in Minnesota

RVs, Traveling

We have been back in MN for over a month. We are so lucky to spend time with Cate and Alex, our kids and friends. We count our blessings every day. The insurance adjuster came to look at the hail damage on the truck and 5th wheel. He does not like going on the roof of RVs so he did his checking from a ladder. He estimated the truck damage at $7000 with an estimated time to fix at 14 days and the 5th wheel at $15000 with also a 14 day fix. At first he said the roof would need to be replaced and later called and said the rubber roof would just need to be pulled back, the work be done on the side rails and then re-glue…

12Oct 2015 by Lboll

Six Weeks in Minnesota

Traveling

So much to do and so little time to do it! We had only about six weeks back in Minnesota after our great Alaskan adventure before we left for Ohio and then south. Of course, we wanted to get in as much grandkid time as possible so they were our priority. Each of them spent a night in the mini (one at a time of course) which was a lot of fun for them. Cate especially loved the idea of spending a night in the small space and tried to talk Joe and me to let her have the big bed and we take the little bed. It didn’t happen and she loved sleeping on the little bed. Alex had to sleep on the floor because we worried about him…

01Sep 2015 by Lboll

Back in Minnesota

Traveling

We are back at our Minnesota location as of Aug 30th. Hard to believe we have been to Alaska and back. They say that times flies when you are having fun or time flies as you age and both of those are true for Joe and me. We thought we would recap some of the highlights of our Alaskan adventure Have been in the mini for 112 days and still counting (May 13th until present) In Alaska 53 days Drove 9,608 miles from St. Louis Park, MN on May 26th to St. Louis Park, MN on Aug 30th Dry camped (no electricity or water) 30 of the 97 days So many animals and birds - Wood buffalo and Yellowstone buffalo, Elk, Pronghorn deer, Big horn sheep, Moose and babies, Antelope, Mountain goats, Dall sheep…

05Jan 2015 by Lboll

Winter/Christmas/Minnesota

Traveling

January 5, 2015 – I’m sitting at the table watching our friendly campground coyote and trying to stay warm. After coming back from five days in Minnesota in the bitter cold I shouldn’t and can’t complain about the weather in Texas but I will for just a second. It has been darn cold here. Yesterday we had a high of 37 and today it should get to 40. In a few days they are predicting an overnight low of 14. I think it is time to move out of the Dallas area and head a little farther south. As we made our way into Texas from Louisiana we were fortunate to stay at two very nice Corp of Engineer Parks. I guess because it has been cold, both parks were…