Not sure how people traveled prior to the internet. There are two apps that we are using to find and book RV Parks: RV Parky and Park Advisor. There are a plethora of other apps, but I settled on these two for now. Booked a place in St. Charles, MO Read more
All set and ready to go. May 23rd. Only one task left. Class B non-CDL driver licenses for both Katrina and I. We had to wait until Wednesday as the DMV was not open on Monday and we needed to get the car appraised for repair. We also needed to Read more
I titled this section the “in between” because we weren’t still living in our house, but we weren’t really traveling yet. We parked the Busse Bus at Fish Beach Campground on April 26th and weren’t scheduled to depart until May 19th at the earliest. The three week delay was due Read more
Good friends of ours have been raving about a great little hole in the wall that serves a mean breakfast for the past couple of years. Since our days in Illinois were whittling down it was now or never to test their taste in food and validate their claim. Vinny Read more
That is the question. What else is there to do at night when you’re on the road? Campfire? S’mores, Dog walking? Meeting the fellow campers? Swatting mosquitoes? But, who wins American Idol? The Voice? Can I answer the final Jeopardy question? Hard decision – but we decided that being able Read more
A good group of our friends decided to throw us a Farewell Party. Now these are people that we have known for decades. Travelled together, attended children’s graduations, attended each other’s parents funerals, etc. Good friends that you don’t find everywhere or often. Parties over the years have had Read more
I didn’t know it at the time, but I apparently put myself on a diet from mid January to the end of April. It was unintentional, but none the less I lost 15 pounds during the process of selling our house and getting into the Busse Bus. You see when Read more
Closing on our house is all set for noon on April 27th. I expect a call from our attorney by 12:30 knowing that the buyers would try to negotiate concessions rendering a lower price. I was wrong, the call came in at 12:15. Buyers inquired about foyer tiles as three Read more
Once we decided on which of our belongings to keep for the longer term we needed a storage unit with the right size and cost. Until you get everything together it is very hard to determine the exact size of storage unit you will need. You will also need one Read more
It’s amazing the amount the treasured junk that you can accumulate in a 8,000 square foot house that you live in with two kids for 15 years. The Busse Bus is about 700 square feet, so obviously we needed to make some decisions on what to pack, what to keep Read more