This blog post is way overdue. We have been home for a while, but have neglected to write a final trip post. So here we go….. In our last post, we were at the sugar beet harvest back in early…
Sugar Beet Harvest 2020
It’s time for a sugar beet harvest update. I always know it’s time to do an update when I start getting text messages and emails from people asking how it’s going. But first, we had complete the final travel leg…
Sugar Beet Harvest Statistics
Written by Jim…. If you are interested in my stints as a sugar beet semi driver read on. I recently watched the most recent training video put out by Crystal Sugar for the factory workers (of which I am not,…
I’m spoiled.
This blog post had a number of titles as I considered what to title it. Contenders…. I’m spoiled. Never leave home without 6 feet of Romex wire. Honey, we are out of hot water. It’s always something. But we’ll stick…
Staying close to home, for a while anyway…
When we returned home after our Spring trip, the RV went into storage. It sat for almost three months while we did our part to stay safe. Our trips out consisted mostly of the grocery store and hardware store. New…
Subject: Fun “not”
The following is an email (with the subject line reading “Fun <not>”) that Jim recently sent to a couple of friends. It details all the fun he DIDN’T have once we got back from our Spring travels. It was too…
Sticks-and-Bricks Spring 2020
We are finally back in our Sticks-and-Bricks home. Notice I qualified that statement with Sticks-and-Bricks (what homes NOT on wheels are made of), because the Blue Flame is our home also. Our trip home from Arizona back to New York…
Sixty-six days of togetherness
It all started innocently enough. On February 9th, we received an email from our friends Dan and Amy that said: “Would it cramp your style too much to have traveling buddies for a month prior to FMCA? Whether you go…
18 days in the desert
We are back in civilization after spending 18 days in self isolation in the Sonoran Desert. My last blog detailed some of what we did to occupy our time. Our friends Dan and Amy, who we are traveling with, just…
Desert Social Distancing – Day 9
My email inbox and phone are starting to be inundated with people asking how we are doing. So it is probably time to do a blog post. It is now Day 9 of our boondocking experience south of Quartzsite, Arizona.…