Today Chuck and I ‘killed two birds with one stone’ so-to-speak by seeing Plymouth, Massachusetts (home of the infamous Plymouth Rock) while participating in the Run to the Rock Half Marathon. It seemed like a perfect fit for several reasons: We were in the vicinity, we wanted to see Plymouth Rock, I needed to do a long […]
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Running to Plymouth Rock
September 6th, 2014 
Cheryl 
Posted in Massachusetts, Roadside Kitsch, Running 
Tags: Half Marathon, Marathon, Marine Corps Marathon, Marine Corps Marathon 2014, Massachusetts, Plymouth, Plymouth Rock, Run to the Rock Half Marathon, Run to the Rock Half Marathon 2014, Running Strong for American Indian Youth, Team Running Strong 
Comments OffArtist Paints Shadow
August 7th, 2012 Cheryl During a recent get-together of Chuck’s high school classmates, fellow NHS graduate, Art Faschan graciously offered to create a portrait of our girl, Shadow. Art is a premier artist who specializes in graphite painting. If you don’t know what that is, or have never seen a graphite painting, check out Art’s site, www.PortraitsofMemories.com. His work […]
BikeFL2CA Website Goes Live
March 23rd, 2012 Cheryl Back in January I made a post about Chuck’s plan to ride his bicycle over 3,100 miles from FL to CA with Bob, a local cycling buddy of his. Because it seems that we can never travel without blogging about it, there is now a website / blog dedicated to Chuck & Bob’s Excellent Adventure. […]
Chuck to Travel (by Bicycle) from FL to CA!
January 25th, 2012 Cheryl Never Forget Your Dreams. ~ Korczak Ziolkowski This is one of Chuck’s favorite quotes, and it comes from the sculptor of the great Crazy Horse Mountain in the Black Hills of South Dakota (big surprise, huh?). It is a quote Chuck has always taken to heart. Building an Experimental Airplane from blocks of foam and […]
Posted in Cycling, Hobbies Tags: Crazy Horse Mountain, cross-country cycling, Cycling, FL to CA, Korczak Ziolkowski, never forget your dreams Comments OffSaving & Sharing Your Travel Photos
July 12th, 2011 Cheryl What do you do with all of your travel photos when you’re on the road? Do you have a way to keep your memories safe in case disaster strikes (a stolen camera, laptop or accident involving your RV) or an easy method for sharing your photos & experiences with far-away family and friends? These are […]
Posted in Filling in the Blanks, Hobbies, Photography Tags: chippewa marine photography, photo backups, photo sharing, smugmug, smugmug coupon code, smugmug discount, travel photos Comments OffCheap(er) Gas This Summer at Walmart
June 29th, 2011 Cheryl Today, Walmart announced a 90-day Rollback at the pump to give customers a savings of 10-cents a gallon on all fuel, gas and diesel, at participating Murphy USA and Walmart gas stations from June 29 through September 30, 2011. Great news, right? Before you drive to your nearest Walmart to fill-up, just make sure you […]
Posted in RVing Tips Tags: Walmart 10-cent Gas Discount, Walmart 5-cent Gas Discount in Florida Comments Off
Chuck Donates 10 Gallons of Blood
January 11th, 2011 Cheryl Today Chuck was honored with a plaque by LifeSouth Community Blood Centers in Citrus County, Florida to celebrate his having donated TEN gallons of blood, one pint at a time. As you can see by the picture, Chuck is pretty proud of his achievement and says he is looking forward to donating his next gallon. […]
On Top of Crazy Horse Mountain
October 5th, 2010 Cheryl Today we stood on the arm of Crazy Horse Mountain in Custer, SD. Our guide was Tom Wilson who works at the Crazy Horse Memorial. He was a joy to talk and spend time with, as is everyone we’ve ever met while visiting the site of the largest mountain carving in the world, begun by […]
Watching TV On The Road
September 30th, 2010 Cheryl Recently I read a blog post at Gypsy Journal discussing which was better – Dish or Direct TV – for watching television while traveling as a full-time RVer. It got me thinking about what we do, and why, so I decided to blog about it here. For our television viewing on the road, we use […]
Posted in Equipment, OUR RV Tags: Redbox, RV Antenna, RV Television, RV TV, Sensar, Streaming TV, Winegard, Winegard Sensar RV Digital HDTV, Wingman Comments Off
Rainy Days and Birthdays Don’t Always Get Us Down
Today was Cheryl’s Birthday. The big 5-O (or 5-OMG as she likes to joke) She plans on marking this milestone next week on October 26th by running 26.2 miles in the Marine Corps Marathon for Team Running Strong for Indian Youth which is also commemorating Running Strong spokesperson, Billy Mill’s 50th! anniversary of his winning Gold in the […]