Camping, Lewistown IL, Mysterious Mounds and a Spirited Poem
Small town lives, lived and lost, and the stories they tell.
Category: Travel
Maintaining the shine
Our Egg will be 17 months old in about two weeks. She has been on 20 trips. That means 20 scrubbings to get the splattered bugs off. The deal with The Hub is I do the trip washes if he does the waxing. So, today, we finally had a 75 degree cloudy day–perfect weather for […]
New Harmony Indiana
It’s Fall. The heat of the nineties has finally broken and given way to temperatures twenty degrees cooler. Ahhh…. Fall and early Winter are my favorite camping and touring seasons. The fires aren’t wasted in sweltering heat, the crowds are gone, the trees are closing up season while crickets and katydids sing away the last […]
Ideas, hooks and potential
These are the hooks we currently use to hang things on the carpeted walls (just be careful to only hang super lightweight objects on the carpeting –you don’t want the carpet to pull away from the walls):But I’m always looking for new ways to hang lightweight objects on the carpet or fiberglass and I’m perpetually on […]
Gear or the Fine Art of not Bringing too Much Stuff
Well if you’ve been reading along to this point, you know we like things “pretty”, frugal, practical, natural, dog-friendly and tasty-good food. The trick is how to pack a small space to be prepared to do the all things you love at a moment’s notice–and not bring so much you can’t easily see and stow […]
Protecting the Egg from Theft
Seems like everyday now I see notice of another stolen trailer on Facebook. Given the high re-sale value of the Egg category and the current super popularity of campers, our Eggs are all more appealing to thieves. What’s to be done?? Well, as one who has had more than her share of home break-ins, car […]
Sam A Baker State Park
Those who read the last post will know that this trip to Patterson MO and Sam A Baker State Park was taken as a short healing journey to get away and to let the ancient igneous Saint Francois Mountains, that rise over the Ozark Plateau, do their magic. We live in Missouri and over the last […]
Why I blog
It has been too long. I can’t tell you how much your inquiries on my silence have meant to me. It really touched my heart. Sometimes, writing a blog can feel like a project in solitude, but you have shown me you are out there and you enjoy the efforts. Thank you. Briefly, I will […]
Leveling Tools for Set Up–Easy as 1,2,3
Right out of the gate, we purchased the Lynx Leveler blocks and pads and though they work well and you soon get the hang of how many to pick and the configuration to use, my advice is to skip over them and go straight to the Anderson Leveler. We have found the Anderson Leveler to […]
More Kitchen Helpers–Ice trays
One of these days, I’m going to get around to doing a full inventory of what our essential trip gear is. Until then, I’ll share things, little by little, that help make our camping fun. Today, lets talk ice and storage. My favorite ice trays for the Casita are small silicone squares. They fit the […]
zen and the art of little house travelling 