Category: Washington

At the end of a blog post I wrote on March 18, 2009 I said, “That’s how the idea of Steven and Linda as fulltimers came to be. We have five years and five months until we hit the road. …

    In no particular order… 1. Forced downsizing.Not everyone gets the opportunity to declutter all the precious belongings accumulated in a life. As I get older, I find that I need less stuff. Most of us probably feel this way …

When last we blogged of our adventures with Scoopy, we were celebrating our first RV-style Thanksgiving holiday in a wonderful lakefront setting with our entire family of five in attendance. It seems like forever ago, and I guess it was, …

We’re always a little nervous heading out to liberate Scoopy from her storage. We’re never quite sure how she’s fared during our time away from her. We hadn’t seen her in six weeks, since our trip to Cape Disappointment, so …

Cape Disappointment is known for its beautiful beaches and ocean views but the coastal weather usually leaves a lot to be desired. Maybe that’s the disappointment part. We were fully prepared to spend our time there in the wind and …

Every time we take a trip in Scoopy, we learn something, either by necessity, or simply by honing our process. On this trip, our seventh since adopting Scoopy last May, we changed things up a bit and it made a …

This camping trip with my posse was four years in the making. The last time we went there were five of us crammed into Alfred Hitchpop. It was a tight squeeze, but we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. We stayed at the …

I was greatly relieved once I realized I would not have to take out a stop sign in order to get parked in our site, but when I heard the words “back-in”, my relief was short-lived. I mean, I would …

In an effort to spread our wings a little and get further away from home on our weekend trips, we made reservations at the Icicle River RV Resort in Leavenworth, WA for our Labor Day getaway. We both took Friday …

One of the most difficult things for us is the waiting time in between trips in Scoopy. We count the days, literally. So this weekend, when we had a last minute opportunity to meet up with Debbie and Rod Kendall, …