For this second overview article, I thought I’d explain how the Fiesta works and what to expect if you go. After learning and reading about past years, one thing is clear to me: the ABQ Balloon Fiesta does not stand still. They add new events, try new things, change prices. Experiment. So, even though I’m […]
It’s hard to believe it’s been three months since the 48th Annual Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta kicked off the nine-day event. I thought I’d start the series of posts on the bucket-list event with two posts that are a big-picture overview. I know sometimes I can geek-out on the deep dive history and background […]
Part of my process for making goals for the year is to review the previous year. That, plus when I did the blog survey 18 months ago, a couple people asked for a map of my travels. So, I compiled some data about my 2019 travel year. I thought you might find it interesting. My Pattern […]
This year has been my second calendar year as a full-time RVer. In many ways, it proved much different from 2018 when I was still trying to figure out this whole RV living thing. In 2019, I completed five Bucket List items which was both satisfying and thrilling. Then there was a whole lot of […]
November is NaNoWriMo which stands for National Novel Writing Month. The goal: write 50,000 words in 30 days. That’s 1,667 words per day. And it’s much harder than it sounds. Both last year and this year, less than 12% of those who participated successfully completed the challenge. Even so, millions of words are written by […]
In preparation for the holiday shopping season ahead, I thought I’d offer stocking stuffer ideas this year for my holiday gift guide for the RVer in your life. Last year’s gift guide was a list of general gifts for RVers and I updated that list and double-checked all the links so be sure to check […]






