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. […]
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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. […]
How I Spent My Birthday
January 2nd, 2011 Chuck As you can see by the pics, it is nice weather again here if FL. I had to take my new bike (one of Cheryl’s presents to me for my 72nd) for a short 20 mile ride. The bike rides like a dream – super light. We also took in a movie (Little Fockers) and had […]
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 […]
Chuck Thinks Back On Two Years As A Full-Time RVer
September 22nd, 2010 Chuck When we left Florida in August 2008 our first destination was Crazy Horse Memorial, SD. Our Full-Time RVing experience had begun. After camping in 26 states and traveling over 37,000 miles we have come almost full circle. We are back at Crazy Horse. We are now in our third year on the road Full-Timing. There […]
Two Year Anniversary
August 15th, 2010 Cheryl Wow, how time flies! Another year has come and gone for us as Fulltime RVers and today we celebrated our SECOND year on the road in Paradise. You don’t believe us? Just check out the photo below: In this case, Paradise is located at an altitude of 5,420 feet in Mount Rainier National Park just […]
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June 3rd, 2010 Chuck We arrived in Chimacum, WA hoping to get out of the rain. HA! We did have a couple of sunny days, but the rain just doesn’t want to stop. On the brighter side of things, we met up with an ‘RV Gypsy‘ friend, Robert Streett, today and the sun came out just long enough for […]
Hoodsport, WA
April 30th, 2010 Cheryl We arrived today in Hoodsport, Washington, a beautiful little (really little) town in Washington State that sits on the Hood Canal, a 600 foot deep fjord that is home to the giant Pacific Octopus and renowned Hoodsport shrimp and some of the best oysters in the country. Wow. We didn’t know that until we got […]
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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 […]