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Living Full-Time in our
Fifth-Wheel Trailer |
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| For many years we
lived in a traditional house, but since we retired we can truly say, "Home
is
where
we
park
it."
On April 5, 2005, we moved into our New Horizons fifth-wheel trailer as we continued the process of cleaning out our home in Greenville, Ohio, in preparation for selling the house where we had lived since 1994. The sale of the house closed on May 11, 2005 and our journeys began. We continue to enjoy the RV lifestyle and look forward to seeing new places and having different scenery outside the kitchen window. We sometimes stay at one place for an extended period of time, but even when we travel we seldom go more than 150 miles in one day and try to stop for at least two nights so we can enjoy the place where we are. |
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| Our home-on-wheels on South Padre Island, Texas, in late February, 2007. In the background is the Gulf of Mexico. |
At Virginia's Beach Campground on Lake Erie about twenty miles west of Erie, Pennsylvania. August, 2007. |
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Thus, our life involves time for daily physical exercise, for
spiritual
nurture, for new
friendships, for reading and learning, for discovery and
delight. Below are some reflections on our experience living
full-time in our home on wheels.
May, 2011 PLEASE NOTE
-- Beginning in May, 2011, our RV Adventures, Stories, Photos, and
Reflections are being posted at http://bruceandmarysue.blogspot.com/
April 29,
2011 Surviving Old Age
March 30, 2011 The Problem With Poor Folks
March 27, 2011 A Dark Branch on My
Family Tree
February 26, 2011 Sneak Attack
February 22, 2011 Music Power
February 4, 2011 Frozen Texas
January 14, 2011 Bandaid on the Border
December 30, 2010 Dance of Love
December 24, 2010 Holiday Rescue
December 20, 2010 Christmas is for Giving -- and Receiving
December 8, 2010 Success
November 24, 2010 Technological Entrapment
November 12, 2010 Medicare's Annual Treasure Hunt
November 7, 2010 Butterflies
October 30, 2010 Parable of Resurrection
October 1, 2010 Eau D'Necessit้
September 10, 2010 Mission Espํritu Santo (Goliad State Park, Texas)
September 5, 2010 Ant I Don't
September 4, 2010 Cry for Justice
August 29, 2010 Mountains and Me
August 25, 2010 Biking the Wabash
August 18, 2010 Our "Year of the Many Fixes"
August 9, 2010 Morning Mist
August 3, 2010 Qu้bec Vacation: Plans B and C
July 19, 2010 Adirondack Bike Trail
July 15, 2010 The Catskills: Land of Rip Van Winkle
July 15, 2010 Fresh-Air Fashion
July 9, 2010 Refugees
June 28, 2010 Artistic Adventures
June 2, 2010 The Perils of Potholes
May 22, 2010 Beating the Odds
April 28, 2010 Preparing for Finals
April 28, 2010 Biking the Big Dam Bridge
April 24, 2010 A "Made in China" Adventure
April 23, 2010 Lovesong of the Chachalaca
April 19, 2010 On the Road Again
April 15, 2010 Allergy
March 7, 2010 The Big "Z" Day
March 7, 2010 Good News from Mexico
March 2, 2010 Warm Words on a Cold Concern
February 17, 2010 Ash Wednesday
February 16, 2010 Old Guerrero
January 23, 2010 Liquid Magic
January 8, 2010 The Night South Texas Froze Over
January 3, 2010 Role Models for Maturity
December 17, 2009 Weather Woes
November 28, 2009 Carols for a Commercial Christmas
November 12, 2009 Old Dogs Learning New Tricks
November 11, 2009 Confessions of a 'Born Again' Couch Potato
November 6, 2009 The Flutter By
October 24, 2009 Los Ebanos Ferry
October 4, 2009 House Arrest
September 20, 2009 Kudzu, Pines, and Original Sin
September 17, 2009 Breakfast in the Cypress Swamp
September 14, 2009 "Progress" (Cade's Cove)
September 13, 2009 Counting Blessings
August 26, 2009 Stinging Complaint
August 1, 2009 Mid-Western Monsoons
July 28, 2009 Revenge
July 7, 2009 Fire on the Fourth
July 7, 2009 Final Gifts
June 3, 2009 Non-Conformity
May 30, 2009 Peoria Holocaust Memorial
May 15, 2009 A Warning to Kansas
May 9, 2009 It's Quintuplets
May 9, 2009 The Old Chisholm Trail
May 6, 2009 RV Research That Will Probably Never Get Done
May 5, 2009 If Birds Had Binoculars.....
May 3, 2009 Blanco Settlement
May 2, 2998 Plague
April 30, 2009 Northern Migration Time Again, 2009
April 8, 2009 The Rise and Fall of the Greedy
April 8, 2009 A Planetary Jingle
March 20, 2009 Easter: God's "Fairy-Less" Tale
March 3, 2009 The Boogie to the Bathroom in the Bus
February 5, 2009 Sweet Peace-Offering
January 15, 2009 Bird Watching - and Listening
December 28, 2008 What If Mary Had Said "No" ?
December 27, 2008 McCANALenburg Misery
December 15, 2008 South Texas Christmas Story
December 15, 2008 God at Work
December 15, 2008 Celestial Christmas Cheer
November 3, 2008 Thanksgiving Prayer
October 20, 2008 Nature's Music
October 18, 2008 South Texas Ranch Gates
September 24, 2008 Oklahoma Sunset
September 23, 2008 Wild Sunflowers
September 9, 2008 Map Study
August 27, 2008 The Great "I Am"
July 16, 2008 White Knuckle Campground
June 27, 2008 Freedom's Fee
May 4, 2008 Sources of Truth
May 4, 2008 Downstream? or Up?
May 3, 2008 Aging's Jewels
May 2, 2008 The Chain Across the Mississippi River (Columbus Belmont State Park & Civil War History)
April 29, 2008 Reelfoot Lake: Folklore and Fact (Reelfoot State Park, Tennessee)
April 25, 2008 Cypress Secrets (Caddo Lake State Park, Karnack, Texas)
April 18, 2008 Studying Spanish
April 8, 2008 The Girl in the GPS
March 17, 2008 Daylight Savings Crime
March 10, 2008 T-Shirt Treasures
February 2, 2008 Wilderness Song -- Reflections and Photos from Falcon State Park
January 26, 2008 South of the Border
December 15, 2007 Christmas Question
November 1, 2007 Tom Turkey's Thanksgiving Thoughts
October 21, 2007 Miracles and Wonders
October 15, 2007 Connected
October 2, 2007 Grand Lady River
September 21, 2007 The Natchez Trace Parkway A National Park 444 miles in length.
September 16, 2007 Wilderness Stones A visit to gravesites of 13 unknown Confederate soldiers along the Natchez Trace.
September 12, 2007 9-11 Reflections
September 10, 2007 Three "Rs" for Retirement
August 29, 2007 Celestial Investments poetry and photos
August 19, 2007 Mountain Hike -- Smugglers Notch, Vermont poetry and photos
August 11, 2007 The Flume Gorge at Franconia Notch State Park, Concord, New Hampshire photos
August 10, 2007 God's Eye View Castle in the Clouds, Moultonborough, NH story and photos
August 4, 2007 Habbamock Speaks (The Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth, Massachusetts)
August 2, 2007 Cape Cod
July 31, 2007 WaterFire Providence
July 28, 2007 Philadelphia, Cradle of Independence, for Some
June 13, 2007 Waiting and Wilderness
June 13, 2007 Quiet Quandary
June 2, 2007 Gray World
May 29, 2007 Lewis and Clark and Me
May 9, 2007 Cahokia Mounds: Mysteries and Musings
May 8, 2007 Parable
May 8, 2007 Flavors of Friendship
May 6, 2007 The "Arkansas Slip 'N Slide"
May 6, 2007 Oklahoma and the Cherokee Trail of Tears
April 27, 2007 Seasonal Switch
April 14, 2007 State Jewels
April 9, 2007 Easter Chill
March 3, 2007 Our Great Mexican Adventure
February 4, 2007 End of Road
February 3, 2007 Lullaby of the Surf
February 2, 2007 Cabin Fever
January 16, 2007 Sunday Shock
January 15, 2007 Misery
January 14, 2007 Over the River and Through the Woods
December 6, 2006 Holidays
December 5, 2006 Emmanuel
November 30, 2006 Digging Up Ancestors
November 10, 2006 A Plea from Freddy the Fire Ant
October 25, 2006 Whether Weather
October 13, 2006 Red Tide: chemical warfare at sea
October 13, 2006 Split Self Poetry
September 19, 2006 Bellingrath Gardens and Home
September 10, 2006 Gone Fishin'
September 3, 2006 Walk in the Light
September 2, 2006 HAI (KUDZ) U Poetry (Haiku)
August 26, 2006 Overtime Work for Our Guardian Angel
July 12, 2006 Cactus People and Cottonwood People
July 6, 2006 What God Did Not Do
July 1, 2006 Habitat for Humanity RV Care-a-Vanners Build at Sault Ste Marie, Michigan.
June 16, 2006 The Bridge Next Door
June 2, 2006 Garden Adventure: A Ride on the R & D
April 29, 2006 On Coming Back Home Poetry
April 5, 2006 Museums, Historical Sites, and Places of Beauty
March 27, 2006 Kansas Spring
March 27, 2006 Ghosts of Oklahoma
March 26, 2006 Bigger-in-Texas Weather
February 22, 2006 Birds Poetry and photos.
January 2, 2006 The Sea Poetry and photos.
December 25, 2005 Shepherds Arise...
December 10, 2005 -- Christmas Greetings
November 28, 2005 -- Reflections on Roadside Rests
November 26,2005 -- Cell Tower Protest
November 24, 2005 -- Thanksgiving
November 15, 2005 -- Antietam National Battlefield
October 31, 2005 -- Fall Poetry and photo.
October10, 2005 -- What's In A Name
October 9, 2005 -- Traveling Thru History Poetry
October 4, 2005 -- Fall Escapade and New Horizons Owners Rally
September 15, 2005 -- Itinerant Worship
September 15, 2005 -- Jolts on the Journey
August 28, 2005 -- Lake Huron Sunset. Poetry and photos.
August 13-27, 2005 -- Way Up North
August 9, 2005 -- Macoupin County, Illinois, Ancestors
July 16, 2005 -- Fort Riley, Kansas
July 7, 2005 -- Cab's Eye View
June 2005 -- Woodland Altars, near Peebles, Ohio.
June 1, 2005 -- "Time Caught and Continued" (John Bryan State Park, Ohio)
May 19, 2005 -- The Driving Lesson
April 7, 2005 -- Decaying Dreams and Daffodils
January 10, 2005 -- The Yellow Hummer Mystery.
January 9, 2005 -- The Open Road (Poetry)
January 9, 2005 -- Environmental Penance
January 8, 2005 -- Malaquite Beach,Texas (Photo)
December 21, 2004 -- Tried, Arrested, and Convicted in Jennings, Louisiana.