The coziness of campgrounds like this definitely has its pros and cons…

Awoke this morning to hear our neighboring campers reading the graphics on the side of our rig that advertise our blog sites. They sounded interested in RVBlogz.com where we will create free Wordpress blogs at subdomains (i.e.; yourname.rvblogz.com) for people to easily write about their travels and keep in touch with friends and family while on the road. We are still in the early development stage of this venture, with the hope of launching later this summer. The idea will be to syndicate our Google Adsense campaigns through these free sites, and/or charge nominal fees for enhanced services.

Went for a walk a bit later with Jerry and another camper mentioned he knew someone with a three legged dog they re-named Tripod. We couldn’t pass that opportunity to hand off one of Jerry’s cards with information about tripawds.com – his site full of information and resources about canine cancer and caring for a three-legged dog.

Stay tuned for more details about our free travel blog service or look into setting up your own blog with Wordpress or through an affordable website hosting provider. You can then set up your own Adsense account through Google to help supplement your income. And be sure to check out Jerry’s three legged dog blog to see movies of him swimming at Lake Francis.

The reality of this trip still hasn’t sunk in yet. With today’s news from the mortgage folks, we are one step closer to being free but not quite yet clear.

I felt a bit strange today telling one of my campground neighbors, “have a good weekend” knowing very well that he was indeed out for a weekend adventure with the kids while I was off on a new adventure that may last a year. Or years.

While camper dad will return to work on Monday, I will be dealing with the repair of our new trailer’s refrigerator at the nearest RV service center to Lake Francis in Dobbins, CA. Unfortunately that’s in Marysville or Yuba City.

But as Whitman said, “These are the things that must happen to you.”

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What a trip! And it’s just begun…

We enjoyed the first night in our new mobile home and drove another ninety minutes to another Premier RV Resort in Eugene Oregon. So far the trip has gone off without a hitch.

Well, not quite. We couldn’t have even made it off the lot without our new Pullrite Superglide Fifth Wheel Hitch. Having never towed anything before in my life, I was a little concerned about pulling a huge trailer. I hadn’t even really gotten used to the size of our new Dodge Ram 2500 yet… But this hitch made it simple! (Read on to see the video that confirmed my decision!)

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