We’re writing to tell you the unfortunate news that our cat Booie was put to sleep on Thursday, April 20th, early in the morning. He was 17. Since we’ve been grieving, we’ve procrastinated putting this on the C.C. blog–probably because…
Xscapers Joshua Tree Convergence
Earlier this month Chris and I went to the Joshua Tree National Park Xscapers (the younger generation of the Escapees RV club) Convergence, and both of us found it to be unique, rewarding, and fun experience! It was our first…
Why I Respect Burning Man
Why I Respect Burning Man My husband Chris and I are in the process of heading to that impossible-to-describe annual ‘festival’ in the desert, Burning Man–though it’s really not a festival so much as a community, social experiment, and once-in-a-lifetime…
Driving Drama!
Tracy: When talking to friends about our experience so far being full-time RV’ers, Chris and I invariably at some point talk about our dramas thus far (thankfully few). Like what we experienced traffic-wise when traveling on 4th of July weekend:…
Interior upgrading!
Though Chris and I have been living in the coach for about 3 months now, we have yet to really do any big interior upgrades or renovating. That changed recently, when I worked on re-designing the toilet room and bathroom!…
Ah, Petaluma!
Ah, Petaluma. Chris and I brought a friend couple to a favorite downtown restaurant the other night. They were visiting our new motor home, and hadn’t been to Petaluma before. “I didn’t didn’t know Petaluma was so cute,” we heard…
Maiden Voyage completed!
We’ve come a long way, baby (561 miles to be exact! :). We are back in our ‘hometown’, Petaluma, CA, which is in Sonoma County/North Bay Area, and it is good to be back (in large part because that means that our…
Salton Sea Adventure
“Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously.”, Hunter S. Thompson Chris and I drove to the Salton Sea area today, while waiting for our new Michelin tires to be put on the…
Making Lemonade…
Chris and I originally wrote this post last week, and postponed putting it out–but we now see the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel (I hope writing this doesn’t ‘jinx’ us). Every issue in this post has been…
Poppies and Pee Stains
Well, here we are back in the coach again. And, ‘Wow!’ was it a happy reunion! The motorhome Looks. Great. I’m talking, making-me-fall-in-love-with-her, Capital-G Great. This is the moment that I’ve been waiting for…I’m now starting to feel proud as…