Beer and Barbecue in Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City, here we come – let the cross country, road trip begin! We have been looking forward to this trip all year! We hit the road Friday at 11 am, getting an earlier start than planned for the first leg of our Read more…
When I was a kid, we had a pop-up camper and my parents took us camping a few times before they divorced and sold the camper, but of course as a kid, all I remember was being stuck in the car with my annoying sisters FOREVER, being forced to take Read more…
Winter was rough, we’re ready for summer and so many camping trips!
Camping adventure season started too late and ended too soon this year. Thanks, climate change. The camper has been winterized, no more trips are planned until at least April of next year. But that doesn’t mean the adventures end here! Stay tuned as we talk about winter bike rides (yes, really) Read more…
I have played baseball with the Pine Island Pioneers since 2000, and I am not planning on stopping anytime soon. This year, baseball playoffs were at Darrts Park in Owatonna, so we took the opportunity to make it a camping trip. We made our reservation at River View Campground just Read more…
I know there’s a difference between tent camping and RV camping, but I wasn’t prepared for how much tent campers hate when RVers use the word camping. Why so much hate and judgement? We’re all enjoying the great outdoors, exploring new places, having new experiences. A friend of mine is an Read more…
This past weekend the Wandering Weirdos went to Long Lake Campsite in Detroit Lakes, MN for the Strand Family Reunion. My Aunt Sandy (Dad’s sister) and her husband came to visit from Seattle to visit their siblings; spread out between North Dakota and Omaha. And since it is summer time, Read more…
We spent Memorial Weekend in Two Harbors, MN at Burlington Bay Campground. It’s a city run campground on Lake Superior, the Greatest Lake of All Time (G.L.O.A.T) and only 20 minutes from my true love, Duluth. We got up to the campground around 5 p.m. and thought we’d have lots of Read more…
When we bought our camper, I promised my friends we’d have a girls weekend with it soon. But first I had to muster up the courage to pull it and set it up by myself. I confess, I often got nervous pulling the boat in the old SUV, and pulling Read more…
I have a handful of pet peeves about campground owners, the process of making reservations, and how their campgrounds are maintained! 1. No website, or terrible website. Come on, it’s 2018 for Pete’s sake! Have a campground website. Not a website your nephew made in 1998, not a fan club Read more…