The last four trips this summer have been very, very beautiful, sometimes miraculous, sometimes perplexing, sometimes astonishing, sometimes eye opening and sometimes simple. Leaving on a moment’s notice, isn’t that unusual for us but this series was extreme. Preparedness means I always have a few trip ideas/itineraries rolling loosely around in the back of my […]
We made three very, very spontaneous camping trips with only one or two days in between. It was a search for cooler weather extravaganza. This included a lot of sand. So, we are back home for some drier 80s until another heat monster arrives. This means I needed to rush the sheets and summer blankets […]
We were just back from our heat escape trip to Wisconsin (still not written up) and I saw a Facebook post that a 3 day weekend spot had opened up at a hard to get glampground named FredRock (in SE Missouri) not far from our home. In fact this would prove to be the closest […]
It’s a rare camping trip that finds us staying put in a campground and needing a shade screen. We bought this one over 30 years ago at REI in Chicago and used it quite a lot in tents. As now, it’s great for sun shade and protection from rain in garden variety thunderstorms. Are there […]
We have the 3 way fridge in our Casita. We all know she is a tough task master requiring level and about 10 hours to cool down. This last trip, we literally just ran out of the door to escape the high sauna heat and go north. That meant back to the cooler times until […]
Right now cloud cover projections for all of Missouri look good for viewing the lunar eclipse. It doesn’t really matter where in the State you choose to camp…nearly all have a space with wide open skies within walking distance of the campsites. If you have one in mind, ask me about open skies or call […]
Tiny Kinmundy IL is not far from several campgrounds like Stephen A Forbes SRA. Volunteers have saved many log cabins in southern IL and created a wonderful little village of them. It’s an interesting story that the volunteers will proudly share with you. In September, they hold a sweet homegrown festival that helps support restoration […]
This was going to be my birthday extravaganza…a quick three or four day break in the heatwave to have an adventure. In late July, a pretty centennial farm opens its doors with fresh picked peaches and acres and acres of flowers for the picking. We have visited Rendleman Orchards (https://rendlemanorchards.com ) once before. A birthday, […]
Well, it looks like my birthday camping extravaganza may have been sidetracked by a bug that flew home with my Hub. He did have a fun vacation and visit with his family, out east, though. The bonus is he let me mow the lawn today. He prefers to do it and the dogs prefer I […]
Okay, we live in the woods of Missouri and camp in the woods. Ungracefully, this tick year sucks. Worst ever. We have tried a lot of things but this works best for us: Ben’s works on clothes. On skin we use Wondercide. It smells good, it’s oily …ticks don’t like to crawl on oily and […]
zen and the art of little house travelling 