Biking from Waveland to Bay St. Louis Riding a bike in the rain is mostly nobody’s idea of a good time. But I’m being perfectly honest when I say riding our e-bikes to Bay St. Louis in Mississippi was an absolutely stellar experience, even on a rainy day. And it’s a great example of how a simple perspective shift changes how we think about life’s storms. Yes, we got cold and wet. But also, we knew it wouldn’t be for long. At the end of the ride hot showers and comfy recliners

A Sneak Peek from Turning Your Inner Bullies Into Allies So You Can Love Like Jesus From chapter five: Why Can't I Get It All Together? Redefine the Control Bully During our sailing years, I had one overriding goal, and it wasn’t to avoid shipwreck. It was just this: I didn’t want to be the story someone else told over dinner. Every time we anchored, launched the dinghy or kayak, maneuvered through a busy harbor, or furled the mainsail, I kept one eye on the task at hand whil

Worlds We May Never Experience We so appreciate YouTubers who bring us into worlds we’ve never experienced, places we’ve never been, activities we may never do, and some we just might try because now we know how. (Sure we do.) Like millions of other people, we get a kick out of vicarious living when we watch a guy chop huge chunks of snow for a supposedly cozy shelter. We discuss the reasons anyone might want to spend a night in an offshore duck blind with a blizzard coming i

But Not in My Heart Slam! The boom holding the mainsail swung sharply across the boat from right to left. Unplanned, but not unforeseen. We were about an hour out from Channel Islands Harbor and the storm we’d been watching all day had finally hit. And we were ready. Roger and our guest for the day, Kristen, stood on the cabin steps under the dodger, out of the rain that began pouring down. I braced my feet and held tightly to the wheel as the boat heeled and pulled against t

But I Looked There Three Times! Snow was in the forecast. Big snow. Record-breaking snow. And I wanted to be prepared with my best ski jacket, a light purple number with a matching fleece inner jacket. But that jacket was in storage, not in the RV. Organized Storage (NOT) Last fall we packed up our house in Alabama, preparing to move into our fifth wheel. With plenty of moving experience under our belts, you might have thought by now I’d have a foolproof system to keep track

Systems Gone Wrong I was so careful while packing up our house in Alabama. We were about to go full-time on the road again in our fifth wheel. So with the luxury of time, I labeled boxes, took pictures of the contents, and staged long-term storage boxes separately from boxes that would travel with us. I did everything right, I thought. All to no avail. An Ever-Shifting Plan Our end goal, after RVing as long as we want or can, is to live near family in Oklahoma. So it made sen

Up Close, But Not TOO Personal I so wanted to see an alligator up close. Well, maybe not THAT close. And maybe an alligator-proof barrier between me and the gator would be a good idea. Early December provided surprisingly great weather for biking, walking, and hopefully reptile sightings at Sam Houston Jones State Park in Lake Charles, Louisiana. But with the cool nights already upon us, was it too late in the season to spot a gator swimming or sunning in the swamp? The park

It never crossed our minds that this one-night stand would be our first encounter with a faulty power post.

...with a Christmas Message from Us “Roger, he’s telling us something is wrong!” “No, no, he just likes my boat,” Roger responded confidently. “No, he’s saying we need to pull over. Take the next exit,” I insisted. And good thing Roger gave in—this time. As we slowed on the off ramp, a wheel from our boat trailer passed us and turned the corner. “Wow, God, look what happened to your boat trailer,” Roger quipped. Our anticipated sailing day was over before it started. Instead

Insect Hitchhikers Tick…tick.  Tick-tick-tick. Tick. No, it wasn’t a bomb, and it wasn’t the cute clock in the corner. Roger and I looked at each other, thinking, Really? How many more can there be?!!  We recognized that annoying ticking. It was yet another Asian lady beetle bumping against the ceiling near the light. When will it end? Since camping near Montgomery, Alabama, in November, we’ve been swatting these little beasts daily. They’re wannabe ladybugs, as evidenced whe

Oh, the Freedom We've Found When we decided to hit the road full-time in our 5 th wheel back in 2022, we knew one thing for sure: Roger’s body wasn’t going to let him be as adventurous as he wanted. Back pain discouraged him from hiking and even taking walks. So to fight back against aging, we splurged on an exciting solution: Lectric e-bikes. To mountain bikers or long-distance bicyclists, e-bikes are a cheat. But to a Type 1 diabetic whose body wears out more quickly than

Our free boondocking spot looked great--until we ran into an obstacle we couldn't drive through.

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Where’d That Island Go? If your husband anchored the sailboat next to an island one night and woke up the next morning wondering,...