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WheRVe we been? Our travels, 2nd quarter 2019

We peeped at prairie dogs and petted a puppy cousin, marked major milestones and made memories, and I’ve now got a rock solid reason to drink more wine in order to save money. Or at least get our money’s worth. You’ll see.

Here’s the summary of our 2nd quarter travels, mapped with a little help from Google.

RV miles traveled this quarter: about 2213

We started in Kerrville, and went back and forth to San Antonio for three brief stays for our spring round of medical appointments (which explains why my mileage count is more than that shown on the map).
From Kerrville, we headed toward Wichita Falls TX, St. Louis MO, Elkhart IN, and finally, Erie PA.

Kerrville & San Antonio, TX, April: April in Texas meant lots of things: Lots of bluebonnets, lots of waiting rooms, lots of special moments, and lots of hail.

After a very rainy fall and winter, Texas reaped the reward of a spectacular wildflower season.
I spent a fair amount of time in gappy hospital gowns, with no fewer than 5 check-ups, and my first colonoscopy (I liked my other 50th birthday present way better.) But I got the 5-year all-clear from my cancer docs, and without their care, I would not have been able to take up running and cross that finish line holding my daddy’s hand.
Yes, I cherish every. special. moment.
And that marble sized hail is the main reason we extended our stay in Texas. The BFT took a few dings, and we had them repaired before we hit the road.
(Race photo credit: UT Health Creative Media Services).

Kerrville TX, May: We ended up working as camp hosts again (surprise!), watched our youngest nephew graduate from high school, and our younger son graduate from UT-Austin. Yay yay yay!

Another thing we did in May was ride behind a boat on an inflatable hot dog, and I wasn’t sure where to put that, but I thought it should be reported.
Many thanks to our friends and co-camphosts, Jay & Kris, for the fun and the photo!

On the road, June 15-30: Outbound at last! We made some fun stops.

Giddy with the sight of our home in the passenger side mirror, we stopped at Lake Arrowhead State Park in Wichita Falls, TX, to hang out with the prairie dogs.
After that, I did some touristy exploring in historic St. Charles, MO, while Tim met with his business partner in nearby St. Louis.
We then stayed for almost a week in Elkhart, for our RV owners’ club international rally (see below), and hit our first Harvest Hosts location on our way east from there.

If you are interested in widening your overnight options to locations other than big box store parking lots — places like wineries, breweries, farms, golf courses, and museums — we recommend investing in a Harvest Hosts membership. If you use the link here in my post, you get 15% off, and we receive a little extra wine money. Thank you!

We cannot say enough good things about our first DRV owners‘ rally. Not only did we enjoy informative seminars, organized tours, a lot of catered meals, and personal interactions with members of DRV’s corporate team and other RV industry suppliers, we also spent invaluable time with new lifelong friends — and two of those couples have been following our adventures since before we traded in our old RV for this one!

Right now: We’re in Erie, PA, spending 4th of July week with 5 cousins, an auntie, and a new puppy (!) on Tim’s side of the family. So generous of one of them to offer up his nice big driveway for our moochdocking enjoyment, yes?

You didn’t think I was going to leave you without a picture of the puppy, did you?
Wook at her widdle faaaaaace.
She is a 3-month-old chocolate lab, and borrowing her is perfect.
(Photo credit: Cousin Katie)

Where to next? We’re going right back to Indiana for our second round of warranty service at the DRV facility in Howe. Then we’ll head to the top right corner of the country, to check a few New England states off our list, including Maine for an Escapees Hangout in August. From there, we’ll be driving the diagonal alllllll the way southwest to San Diego for our autumn workamping gig. Crazy much?

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We started full-timing in August of 2015, but I didn’t think to do an annual review until the end of 2016, and it was just a listing on Facebook of places we’d visited. After that, I started using a quarterly format.