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Yep, I’m finally doing it! I’m taking a (very) much needed break for 2 weeks starting July 1st and returning on July 16th. I’ve scheduled some posts for that timeframe, so I won’t leave you hanging. I’ve been posting for the last 2 years straight, through my husband’s declining health, and finally his passing. I love each and every one of my followers and don’t want to leave you wondering what…

June has a way of pulling people outdoors. The days stretch longer, campgrounds begin filling with families and road-trippers, and the familiar smell of campfire smoke drifts through forests across the country. That is exactly why June has been recognized as National Camping Month — a yearly reminder to unplug, slow down, and rediscover the outdoors before summer races by. For many families,…

Friday blogs are usually reserved for Michigan destinations around here, but every once in a while a place comes along that deserves an exception. Scheffel’s Hideaway Campground in Two Rivers, Wisconsin is one of those places. Technically, it sits across the lake from Michigan. But when you wake up to cool Lake Michigan air, hear the waves rolling onto the shoreline, and spend your evenings…

Have you ever pulled into a campground, looked around at the flickering campfires, and wondered what it might be like to travel with a group of people who just get it? The kind of folks who understand the rhythm of the road, the quirks of RV life, and the simple joy of waking up somewhere new. We’ve had those conversations ourselves—around picnic tables, beside glowing campfires, and with fellow…

There are places you visit… and then there are places that quietly become part of who you are. Michigan has always felt like that kind of place to me. Maybe it’s the way the morning fog rises off a still lake, or how a winding trail seems to invite you just a little farther than you planned to go. Whatever it is, Michigan doesn’t just offer outdoor recreation—it offers something deeper, something…

There are travel moments that stay with you forever, and the Great Smoky Mountains synchronous firefly viewing is one of them. For just a few magical nights each year, the woods around Elkmont seem to breathe with light as thousands of fireflies flash in perfect rhythm. It is less like watching insects and more like witnessing nature’s own symphony. And then, just as the forest settles into…