Author Archives: Marsha Brecht

Springfield, MA

Cindy and I went shopping today while the boys stayed at home.  It was great to have some girl time again. Later in the afternoon, Bernie and I said goodbye and left Schenectady, New York.  We decided to stay in … Continue reading

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Schenectady, NY

We bought some fresh picked peaches from a vendor who had a stand setup at one of the rest areas along the interstate… mmm, delicious. All this driving is making us tired, and tired of it.   Tonight we are … Continue reading

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Erie, PA

Another day of just driving.  Today we were up early to try to beat the Chicago area rush hour.  It went quite well as we had no delays.  We put on 414 miles today and crossed into Eastern Time Zone, … Continue reading

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Joliet, IL

We met some people who were on their way home on an RV trip to Alaska.  They said it was a great trip, no problems at all. Nothing much to report today.  We just drove as far as Joliet, IL, … Continue reading

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Goodbye House–Hello Road

And the adventure begins!   The house actually sold a few weeks ago and I’ve been anxious for the “sold” sign to appear.  Our plans were to leave for the east coast today.  Finally the “sold” sign went late yesterday! … Continue reading

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For Sale

Finally!  We have managed to dispose of most of our “stuff”.  More people have come with pickup trucks and trailers, more boxes have been donated to charity, more to recycling, and more to trash. I didn’t get a picture of … Continue reading

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More Goes

Shannon came and took the John Deere today.  The neighbor boy will be mowing our yard until we can get the house sold. We’re still working on disposing of our posessions.. what a job.  A lot has been donated to … Continue reading

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Cleaning Out

Since we got back home we’ve been going through all our things.  It’s a bit overwhelming the amount of stuff we have accumulated over the years.  I don’t think we ever got rid of anything!  This is going to take … Continue reading

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Big Decision

Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think we would RV full-time.  Sure, the thought crossed our minds recently, but we never seriously considered it.  During our travels the last few years we have met several people who RV full-time.  Every … Continue reading

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Home Sweet Home

Our travels have come to an end; we’re home now. This is the end of the blog. Until next time.

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Minnesota

Finally our repairs were done and we made our way to Minnesota. Almost home! We had supper with the relatives in Albert Lea and will be spending the night in a Walmart. Home tomorrow!!!

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Winnebago Industries

Winnebago Industries has a campground for its customers who are waiting for service.  We stayed with about 10 other rigs.  The technicians came and pulled all of us into service bays first thing in the morning.  While we were waiting … Continue reading

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Forest City, Iowa

We have a service appointment in the morning at the Winnebago/Itasca manufacturing plant in Forest City, Iowa.  This is where our rig was made.  It’s only a few miles off the road home so we thought we would take advantage … Continue reading

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Iowa

We’re getting close. In Osceola, Iowa. Almost no Internet so far in this state so this will be brief.

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Silly Texas

The painted up Cadillac cars I posted about yesterday were on the west side of Amarillo, TX.  In nearby Conway, TX, east of Amarillo we found these five Volkswagen Beetles nose down in the ground, an obvious spoof to the … Continue reading

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Amarillo, TX

We’ve crossed back into Central Time!  We’ll be home soon.  Today, we drove as far as Amarillo, Texas. Just before you get to town is a line of ten junker Cadillacs buried nose-down in a field along I-40.  These were … Continue reading

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Grants, New Mexico

The great “Return to Minnesota” migration has begun.  We’re on our way home, and so are a lot of other Minnesotans, as well as a lot of Canadians.   We’ll be spending the night in a Walmart parking lot in … Continue reading

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Camp Verde, Tuesday

We spent last night at Distant Drums RV Park, refreshed all our tanks, and enjoyed having electricity and TV Cable.  It’s a nice park, we were here earlier this winter, and will probably return again the next time we are … Continue reading

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Return to Camp Verde

They did announce last night that the number of RVs attending the rally was around 3,800. They wanted everyone gone by 11:00 this morning. We managed to squeeze out of our tight spot around 8:00 and joined the steady stream … Continue reading

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The Rally, Sunday

More seminars today.  Bernie went to Generator Maintenance, LED lighting,  and Solar Panels, while I attended a very interesting History of RVing, and we both attended “So You Want to Full-Time” and another RVing to Alaska seminar. I just couldn’t get … Continue reading

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