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Author - Shawn Ives

PA Dutch Country RV Resort

08/25/20 – 09/01/20 – Manheim Pennsylvania PA Dutch Country is a Thousand Trails RV park located in Manheim Pennsylvania. Attractions in the area included Hershey Chocolate World and The AACA Museum which had a lot of cool classic cars. There was also some very cool rail trails in nearby Lebanon PA. We found the town of Lebanon to be very quaint with tons...

Calef Lake Campground

05/10/20 – 08/10/20 Calef Lake Campground was our first stay as full time RV’rs. We stayed here from May 1st through August 9th of 2020. Our site was a premium site (P-7). The only premium site in the purple section which is predominately seasonal sites. Located in Auburn NH and was very convenient to Derry & Manchester. We really like the campground...

Pictures of Destiny

With just around 23 days left before we get Destiny out of storage our excitement for the journey is building! Here a a few pictures of her…

We affectionately refer to her as Destiny

The Driver’s view out the window of Destiny

Susan checks out the outside entertainment

Emerald Cove – AZ

One of the best gems in the Las Vegas area lies just below the Hoover Dam. The Black Canyon Water Trail is a 12-mile, winding stretch of the Colorado River that is full of hot springs, waterfalls, beaches, and caves. Emerald Cave / Cove was awesome!

Then & Now

So you may think that this video has nothing to do with our travel plans but I would disagree. This video really has everything to do with the plans. Susan and I have been together for well over a quarter of a century and have gone through so much together, hand in hand. This short movie shows how we began our lives as a couple and it also shows the continuation of...

Drone Test II

We just wanted to mess around with the drone to get a better feel for flying it. We went to the football field at Bow High School. One thing we learned is that flying in cold weather sucks!

Our 2020 Vision

The Vision

Sitting on our patio at our home in Pembroke in the summer 2019, I bounced an idea off of Susan. “Let’s sell everything and travel the country” I said. I knew it was a possibility when she didn’t shoot it down. We then watched some YouTube videos on full-time RVing and the dream began to take shape. This would be no small task as you can...

Drone Test

So I got my Mavic Mini drone and had to test it out. Just because the weather is bad doesn’t mean we can’t test it out right?

She is not amused 🙂

It was surprisingly easy to control being so small and light weight. I can’t wait to fly this over the Grand Canyon!

Our first journey

We had tried to purchase a rig in several different locations around the country but nothing panned out. Originally we were hung up on getting a used diesel pusher but soon figured out that to acquire one within our budget, we would have to get a motorhome that was much older. After seeing several that were very tired we switched gears and started looking for a gas...

We call her Destiny

We have had this dream for quite some time to travel to the Grand Canyon. We thought that we could make the trip in a travel trailer and so we bought the Grand Design Toy Hauler. After doing some research and talking to others we soon realized that a trip of this magnitude will take more than just a few weeks. So I came up with this crazy idea and asked Susan what...