6/26/26 to 6/30/26 We loved our campsite at Timberlake Campground (on the east side of Jackson, MS). It was on a bay off of the larger Barnett Reservoir. We shared the space with several Canada Geese and Mallard ducks. Once the sun lowered in the sky, the temperature cooled off enough that we could enjoy sitting outside in our clamshell enclosure. We also enjoyed watching the turtles and a large school of catfish (when our neighbor threw corn out for them). This community

6/23/26 - I did a bit of shopping and in the evening we went out to dinner. We celebrated Pat's birthday with some Texas BBQ 6/24/26 - We dropped the RV off at a shop to get some brake work done. Isn't this shop confidence-inspiring? The guy on the phone was very nice and Pat seemed happy with the work they did. We spend a couple of hours walking around the Texas A&M campus in the town of College Station. The visitor center gave us a nice guide that told us a lot of infor

6/18/26 - We spent the day at the RV relaxing, doing a bit of cooking, and going for a run in the sweltering heat! 6/19/26 - We explored more of Carlsbad Caverns. This is at the top of "The Natural Entrance" of Carlsbad Caverns. This steep entrance is why the bats fly in a "bat-nado" before flying out. This walkway took us 750ft down into the cave. Once we were at the bottom, we explored "The Big Room". The path through this aptly-named "cavern" was 1.25 miles. It was be

6/14/26 - It took us ~4 hours to finish moving items into the RV and closing up the house. We had a 5 hour drive to the halfway point (Deming, NM) on our way to the Carlsbad Caverns National Park area (Carlsbad, NM). On the way, we saw strange rock formations, huge pecan tree orchards, and long/double-decker trains. Deming was nothing to write more about!! 6/15/26 - On the way to a brief stop at White Sands National Park, we passed by White Sands Missile Range, where the w

This will be our third summer traveling around the country with our pick-up truck and fifth wheel. Our goal now is to visit every state, so we are heading to the south/east states. Hot and muggy, here we come!! Our 2026 Route We are looking forward to several National Parks, Presidential Library/Museums, State Capitol buildings, and checking off four more states from our "Half Marathon in every State" list. We also have plans with a few family members and friends along the

10/7/25 - We drove about 45 minutes from our RV park, in Camp Verde, for our Pink Jeep tour of Sedona's Scenic Rim. On the way up the...

9/30-10/1/25 After Oklahoma City, we took I-40 west through Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico (one night near Moriarty), and Arizona to arrive...

9/26/25 - Since my guidebook mentioned the special cashew chicken made in Springfield, Missouri, we decided to stop at the recommended...

9/23/25 - We started our day with a tour of the Missouri State Capitol building in Jefferson City. It was very large and was beautiful...

9/20/25 - We drove about 2 hours to get to our campground south of Indianapolis. After getting set up we drove downtown to meet our...

9/18/25 - We drove the route I had taken many times as a child...down I-75 from the Detroit area to the Dayton area. My dad's parents...

9/13/25 We drove along the southern shore of Lake Erie and entered Michigan, where we both lived until the 1990s I couldn't find a...

My Dad, Hans Joachim Kuschnerus, passed away peacefully in his sleep the morning of September 16. He had struggled with health issues for...

9/10/25 - After driving by Buffalo, New York, we drove along the southern shore of Lake Erie through Pennsylvania and into Ohio. Along...

9/2/25 – Pat took me to the Syracuse airport for my 8am flight to Denver. The flight and Uber went well and I got to my dad’s hospital...

8/29/25 - On our way out of New Hampshire, we went through the town of Bethlehem where we saw some Orthodox Jews walking along the road. ...

8/26/25 – R&R, laundry, and food shopping. Friends from our Arizona community shared the following: A cow got into our gated community...

8/23/25 - After I made a quick visit to the world's smallest farmer's market, Pat and I left the Acadia NP area. We headed...

Favorite things about Canada: Ontario: beautiful lakes and rivers/streams feeding into Lake Superior Quebec: Quebec City history and...

8/16/25 – Our campground was a 10-minute walk from the historic (ca. 1783) and boutique shopping area of St. Andrews. Pat wasn’t...