May’s been called December 2.0Â – and it is fitting. It is a time of transition and change, of running to and fro to close things down yet also beginning...
I knew it was coming. I had been on enough to cave tours to anticipate it. Yet it was still creepy. As the guide moved towards the light switch, I...
January was a long one, and it seemed most of the Internet felt that way. With snowstorms and ice blanketing our part of the world, we found that we were...
When life felt a bit too overwhelming and the Delta variant a bit too invasive, we did what works for us and we escaped to the woods.Pulling out our pop-up...
Trader Joe’s is not the place where we do our regular grocery shopping, but having one nearby has been fantastic. Over the past few years, they have fueled our camping...
You can find camping essentials lists all over the Internet (this one here is particularly great). We love those and highly recommend them. BUT, there are a few things we’ve...
Last summer, ready to take Shirley Jean to the beach (some moments I miss our beach life so much it makes me catch my breath), I booked a campsite for...
When we bought our pop up camper (who we have named “Shirley Jean”), we really wanted one that was ready to roll (pun!). While we don’t mind a project generally...
Last summer, as part of our “Tri-Park Trip” in our new-to-us Coleman pop up camper, we ended in the Great Smoky Mountains. Given our trip trajectory, we were on the...
Two great forces collided earlier this summer: 1) we bought a used pop up camper and 2) I desperately wanted to go to the beach. I spent hours on my...