Unless you were fortunate enough to be a trust-fund baby, you've had to work for a living--today is your day. Reflect in a job well done and relish the final moments of summer. Happy Labor Day.
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Originally organized to celebrate labor's strengths and contributions to the United States economy, Labor Day unofficially marks the end of family camping weekends and neighborhood potluck barbecues.
Wherever you are celebrating this Labor Day weekend -- camped b
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Whether heading down the open road on a bicycle or in a recreation vehicle, Jimmy Smith starts each morning with a cup of coffee. In his latest post in "Another View," he reflects:
"I’m just now making a correlation between the search for meaning and the pursuit of
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Julianne G Crane | Jimmy Smith's 'Another View', Lite / Green RVing, Pacific Northwest, RV Journey - Summer 2012, RV Journey 2012-13, RV Life, RV Types
Jimmy Smith writes in "Another View" --
"It is hard to believe that we will soon leave on our fourth extended meander around much of the country. We are reasonably undaunted by fuel prices jumping up and dire predictions from our politicians. . . ."
Read his full
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Julianne G Crane | Lite / Green RVing, Pacific Northwest, RV Journey - Summer 2012, RV People, RV Types
Extended-time RVers Jane and Kevin Justis of Susanville, Calif., rolled through our temporary home north of Spokane the other day for a hot shower, a bit of food and rich conversation.
Over Jimmy's savory barbecue chicken and a couple micro-brews, they brought us up-
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Jim and Diana Garot retired "as soon as they could," picked up their 2001 Holiday Rambler Endeavor motor home and hit the road to "visit family and friends spread out across the country," said Diana.
When they are not on the road in their 38-foot motor home, the Garo
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Julianne G Crane | International RVing, Lite / Green RVing, national parks, Pacific Northwest, RV / Camping Destinations, RV Journey - Summer 2012, RV Life, RV People, RV Types
This is my fifth trip to Glacier National Park and as always, it is an amazing adventure.
One of my favorite day hikes is the Avalanche Lake Trail because it is moderately easy, 4.7-mile (round trip) with about a 500-feet elevation gain (however, some of the gain is
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Julianne G Crane | Lite / Green RVing, national parks, Pacific Northwest, RV / Camping Destinations, RV Journey - Summer 2012, RV Life
Jimmy and I are "RV Pooling" (with fulltime RVer Joyce Caudell) to Glacier National Park in Montana. We plan to spend a couple days exploring the "Backbone of the World" (a name given to the greater Glacier National Park ecosystem by the Blackfeet).
Fish Lake Cam
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Julianne G Crane | Lite / Green RVing, national parks, RV Journey - Summer 2012, RV News, RV People, RV Types
This is the fourth and final posting on the trend toward small towable RVs.
One of Bud Frankenburger's personal goals was to retire early enough to indulge his passion for hiking and exploring the backcountry of the U.S.
For many years, as a college professor in s
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This is the third of four postings on the trend toward small towable RVs.
As a reminder, for safety, all recreation vehicle owners need to know three figures: their tow vehicle's maximum hauling/load capacity; their RV's dry weight and gross vehicle weight rating (GV
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