Fall
September 2024 We spent our fall in Idaho, Washington Oregon and Utah. We had beautiful weather. But, I do miss the fall cider donuts back in New England!
Headed West
July 2024 A beautiful stay at Harvest Host Arcadia Moon Winery in Missouri. This was our first experience heading out west and stopping at some of our National Parks along the way. Garden of the Gods was spectacular in Colorado Springs, CO. We made our way to Cody, WY and visited Old Trail Town to check out the old western buildings including the saloon that Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid frequented. You can even see …
May in Massachusetts
May 31, 2024 We traveled up to Massachusetts in late April for Sian to attend a work meeting in Boston. We also planned to get in all our appointments in May. From drs appts, vet appointments, to inspections, visiting family and friends, our May action packed. Fantastic to see everyone we were able to visit with while in Massachusetts. It is so fun to pick up with family and friends like it was yesterday that you …
Savanah, GA
April 30, 2024 As we make our way north, we headed to Savanah, GA and stayed at Creek Fire RV Resort. The resort had very nice amenities, including a pool, hot tub, and a lazy river! Richard enjoyed them all during the week, while Sian was working. Over the weekend, we took a trolley tour of Savanah, and learned a lot about this historic city. As we passed along cobblestone streets, we saw trees with Spanish …
St. Augustine, FL
April 30, 2024 We were ready to start heading north. Our first stop was northeast Florida in St. Augustine. The new resort was great nice with many fantastic pull through sites. We actually stayed on a buddie site and had it to ourselves for all but two nights. It was worth paying for the month even through we needed to move along in 20 days. With the National Park pass we went into the CASTILLO DE …
March in Tampa, FL
March 30,2024 We stayed at the small upscale RV resort Keylime Bay RV Resort in Tampa, FL. From here we visited with family on Anna Maria Island and New Port Richey, FL. A cute little hydroponics farm was across the street with great eats at Fat Beet Farm! Thanks to my cousin who urged me to head over there. A stroll down the street to the beach on Anna Maria Island, for the sunset was amazing …
Central Florida
February 29, 2024 Relaxing yet fun activities continue in central Florida, after work. From bike rides, walks, a wine tasting, going to the Frost Bite dinner and checking out the Bok Tower Gardens. We enjoyed the company of our old friends, Dave and Lil. We then made our way to Thousand Trails Orlando where we spent some time at Universal, Disney, saw more friends and met up with some more Switch Crew. We returned to Camp …
Headed to FL for the Winter
January 31, 2024 We had fantastic sunrises and sunsets in Texas, but we were ready for some warmer weather. So we packed up our Christmas decor and started heading towards Florida for the winter. We stayed at a sweet little resort called Fairhope Motorcoach Resort in Fairhope, AL. Our friends Chad and Sabrina came up to Fairhope to check out the cute town of and grab some lunch. We met up with some more RV Switch …
Holidays
December 31, 2023 After Waco, TX we spent our Thanksgiving and Christmas with family in the Dallas Fort Worth area. We enjoyed taking our nephew’s kids to The Gaylord Texas Ice Sculpture Show. In addition to the amazing ice sculptures, there were slides and a carousel and the kids loved it. They also had a visit with Santa. We had our first experience with scorpions here is Texas. We had a major rain storm and there …
Making our Way to TX
November 15, 2023 On our treck from NC to Texas we had a few stops along the way. Our first stop was an overnight in Tennessee where it was decorated for Halloween. We then made our way to Red Bay, AL where we again made sure “Rocket” (our RV) was parked for the week while Sian flew out to Massachusetts for work. Sian was able to squeeze a great Italian dinner on Cape Cod with her …
North Carolina
October 22, 2023 Mountain Falls, Pisgah Forest and Waterfalls, Asheville Mountain Falls in Lake Toxaway, NC is a motorcoach resort nestled in the western part of the state in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The resort was amazing! We enjoyed meeting some of the owners and enjoyed the Friday evening gathering for a meal and drinks at the club house with entertainment. A nice hole executive golf course weaves it’s way through the resort. Richard played several …
Work, Friends, and Adventure
September 30, 2023 After our quick stop in Huntsville, AL checking out the Space Center, we traveled to Talona Ridge in Ellijay, GA. This is one of our favorite RV resorts, and we had stayed there previously in the fall of 2022. However the day after our arrival, Richard drove Sian to the Atlanta airport and she headed to a work summit in Henderson, NV for a few days, including a nice dinner in Las Vegas. …
Believe
Build confidence to know you can do it
We did everything we could from the research online, follow RV You Tubers, joined RV Love’s “RV Success School” with Marc and Julie Bennet, took hands on lessons in our own rig from the national “RV Driving School” with instructor Adam Spencer in Michigan.
Dream
Envision the life you want to live
Created a digital vision board (and spreadsheet) with the preferences of what are our must have items. We added images reinforcing how we expected to use the RV along with images of places we wanted visit. The visual board helped to keep us on track with our dream of living the RV lifestyle.
Live
Make it become a reality
Change can be hard for some people. With one person who welcomes change and adventure to lead the way there was some compromise to allow both us to build our confidence with each step that brought us closer to making it become reality. We achieved our bite size goals to work towards our new adventures making it the right time to make it reality!
Believe, Dream, and Live; enjoy life to your fullest potential! ~Sian Blackwell