Our 2023 Westward Journey, Part 1

Our 2023 Westward Journey, Part 1

Over the past 1.5 weeks, we traveled from Batesville, IN to Tucumcari, NM. That is pretty fast traveling for us. We normally stay in each stop for a few days to a week with sometimes a one night stop in between our longer stops. Since we got a later start that we originally planned, we decided to move quickly through a few states so we could spend the time we had planned for New Mexico. We ended up with 5 days in a row of travel, with 4 one night stops before we had a 3 night stop.

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A Slice of Americana

A Slice of Americana

While staying in Batesville, IN, I felt like we got to experience all types of American life: small towns, rural areas and city life. Batesville is a small city centrally located between Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Louisville. We like to stay there at a Thousand Trails campground to visit our daughter Kim and son in law Greg who live in Cincinnati. It is a nice area and we always find plenty to do while Kim and Greg are busy working.

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Summer Updates and Fall Travels

Summer Updates and Fall Travels

I can’t believe that I haven’t written a blog post in months and I am sorry for not keeping everyone updated. Life got in the way this past summer with medical issues and work camping taking up all of my time. Thankfully, my arm is finally on the mend although it is going much more slowly than I would like.

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Another Bump In The Road

Another Bump In The Road

Well as any story goes, there are hiccups, or challenges to the main character that must be overcome, which always is resolved before the final credits roll!, As our story begins, Deb was taking Trent last Monday to the groomers at Petco, for a much needed bath, nails, teeth. You know, basically the works as far as dog grooming goes! Then the unexpected happened.

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A Little Fun Along the Way

A Little Fun Along the Way

Since the last blog post was a bit depressing with all of our medical issues, I thought I needed to write one about having fun. Following Tim’s surgery, we headed back to the RV in Gettysburg. We had lost the couple of weeks that we wanted to spend touring the area so we were left with one full day before we had to leave. In the morning, we headed off to check out the battlefield with the national park visitor’s center as our first stop. There was so much to see and do in the visitor’s center that we could have spent the entire day there.

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Challenging Travel North

Challenging Travel North

I am sorry for the long time between posts. Family and medical issues have consumed our time recently and blog posts were pushed to the back burner. I probably should have named this post medical problems, medical problems and more medical problems. I think things are finally settling down so I thought I would catch you up on our lives.

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Chapter Two

Chapter Two

Well chapter two, the second half whatever you want to call it, Deb and I have finished the 24 states east of the Mississippi and are now about to start the remaining 24; those being west of the Mississippi (I know you knew that).  Yes, only 48 states instead of 50. Our goal when we started was to visit the lower 48 states. We do not plan to drive this rig to Alaska; that is just too far for us.

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Catching Up

Catching Up

I can’t believe it has been over a month since I wrote a blog post. It feels like time just flew by since I wrote our annual Christmas letter post. We really haven’t been doing much but at the same time, we have been really busy. I guess we were busy not doing much of anything. Do you ever feel that way?

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2022 Annual Christmas Letter

2022 Annual Christmas Letter

I can’t believe that 2022 is coming to an end and we are into the holiday season. As we look forward to celebrating Christmas in another week, it is a good time to update everyone on our family instead of just writing about Tim and my adventures.  It has been a busy and exciting year for the Senko family filled with many family gatherings and new family members.

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Memories of My Parents

Memories of My Parents

My parents were my inspiration for many decisions that I made in my life and the main inspiration to live the RV lifestyle. Even though they didn’t have much money, my parents always made sure that we had family vacations, often staying in cabins or my Dad’s hunting camp, usually somewhere to enjoy being out in nature.

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Travel Days and Stormy Weather, Again!

Travel Days and Stormy Weather, Again!

After 3 weeks of travel, we arrived in Florida for the winter. Yes, that is correct, we took 3 weeks to drive from Pennsylvania to Florida. We like to take our time and stay for awhile at most of our stops. No need to rush; we stop and smell the roses along the way. I don’t know about roses, but we did enjoy the fall scenery during our travels.

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Enjoying Fall in Pennsylvania

Enjoying Fall in Pennsylvania

In the last blog, I had mentioned that Tim and I were tired and wanted to stay in Pennsylvania a bit longer before starting our trek south for the winter. We were fortunate to be able to extend our stay at Thousand Trails Hershey to almost 3 weeks. This campground is very popular in the fall and is fully booked, especially on the weekends. Lucky for us, there were some cancelations so we were initially able to extend our stay to 18 days.

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Celebrating Three Years on the Road

Celebrating Three Years on the Road

Wow, I can’t believe that we have been living in the RV for three years already. We started traveling October 8, 2019, which I initially considered our full-time anniversary date, but we moved into the RV a month earlier, on September 8, 2019. I worked remotely for my last two weeks from the RV while we prepared to start traveling. So which date is the anniversary?

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Busy, Busy, Busy

Busy, Busy, Busy

Wow, I can’t believe our month in Pittsburgh has come to an end. We were so busy that the time just flew by and we didn’t get to see everyone that we wanted too. It felt like we spent most of our time running to appointments: various doctors, tests, dentists, vehicle appointments, insurance broker appointments, and more. Fitting all of it into a month was very stressful. We have learned our lesson that a month just isn’t long enough time.. Next year, we plan to spend 4 months here.

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Spectacular Acadia National Park - New England part 6

Spectacular Acadia National Park - New England part 6

We left Pumpkin Patch RV Park in Hermon, ME today and I didn’t want to leave. It is a lovely park and we enjoyed just hanging out at the campground. Sometimes you arrive at a park and a feeling of contentment comes over you. This place is like that. It is very clean, quiet, and peaceful. The staff and seasonal campers take pride in the park and it show with how they take care of it. They water and weed the flowers daily and the lawn is mowed frequently.

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Maine Delights - Beaches and Lighthouses - New England Part 5

Maine Delights - Beaches and Lighthouses - New England Part 5

Maine is definitely delightful and the weather has been great although a little hot. We can’t complain since much of the country is much warmer. I didn’t expect 90 degree weather in Maine but it isn’t bad when you are near beaches, quaint beach towns and have access to a very nice pool. We have been enjoying morning drives to various beach towns, coastlines, beaches, lighthouses, and seafood restaurants; then we hang out at the campground and relax at the pool when we can. Definitely a great place to stay for 2 weeks.

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Beautiful New Hampshire, From the Sea to the Mountains - New England part 4

Beautiful New Hampshire, From the Sea to the Mountains - New England part 4

We spent 5 days touring New Hampshire and I wish we had more time there. What a beautiful state! Tim and I both love the mountains and New Hampshire definitely delivered. What surprised me was the sea coast there. It isn’t a long coastline but it was stunning! I didn’t expect to see rocky beaches until Maine so this was a wonderful surprise.

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Visiting Rhode Island, New England part 2

Visiting Rhode Island, New England part 2

Since we only had a day to visit Rhode Island, it was challenging to pick the best thing to do. My sister told me about the mansions and Cliff Walk in Newport, RI which sounded perfect to me. What could be better than walking along rocky beaches near gorgeous mansions. Since Jessica was meeting us there, we decided to park at The Breakers since they have a decent size parking lot which makes it easier with the truck

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Another Day in Paradise

Another Day in Paradise

Some people may think that living on the road, must be great. Seeing new places, experiencing new adventures is the life of dreams, right?

Well, I had a new adventure the other day that I will share with my four faithful followers. Deb and I have sort of defined roles regarding the upkeep and chores associated with our travels.

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Missing That Florida Sunshine

Missing That Florida Sunshine

It is mid January and a cold day in Pittsburgh with the first big snow storm expected. Yes, you heard that correctly, I am back in Pittsburgh and it is winter. While I am thrilled to be here helping my daughter with her first baby, my first grandchild, I miss Tim and the warm Florida sunshine. December in Florida was wonderful with almost perfect weather, cool nights and warm sunny days

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