The good, the great, and nothing bad or ugly about our first experience at an all-inclusive resort in Mexico
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As many of you know, during the pandemic, we bought the biggest, baddest Ford cargo van we could find, and Pat spent nearly a year transforming it into a mini travel home on wheels. Since 2022, when we started traveling with our dog Maya, we have traveled over 50,000 miles, including not one, but TWO […]
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Winter vanlife! Lots of snow, but no bugs, bears, snakes or poison ivy. We tested our new heater and unintentionally tested the limits of compost.
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Update If you’re wondering why I haven’t been blogging lately, it’s because I have been super busy since my debut novel, The Memory of Cotton, was published at the end of May. I’m thrilled to announce that in addition to 5-star recommendations from Indies Today and Readers’ Favorite, it also was a finalist in the […]
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Despite the mud, nausea, tears, barf, and broken glass it was a pretty good vancamping trip.
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First: a book update! The Memory of Cotton will be released on May 26, 2022. Please spread the word, preorder, and if you are willing to write a review for Amazon and/or Goodreads when you read the book, I would be eternally grateful. I am also thrilled to announce that talented teen musician, Morgan Hammer, […]
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Well, we did it! We attempted our first winter camping expedition… and survived. We had barely been on the road for an hour when I noticed the Paddy Wagon’s windshield was cracked. Déjà vu. Another time, we had been travelling in a different vehicle when we found a crack in our windshield. Foolishly, we waited […]
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Having recently returned from our first long-haul trip of 3,000 miles to spend Thanksgiving with family in Florida, it is official: Pat and I sleep better in the Paddy Wagon than we do our own bed. I know it sounds crazy, especially for someone like me, who, according to the results of my DNA spit […]
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