We didn’t know it yet at the beginning of 2025, but this would be our last year of full-time RV living. (Read to the end to find out why!) Looking back at everything we did, though, we definitely didn’t slack
Our 2025 Year in Review
Falling in Love with Lecco
Lecco was the second town on our “where shall we live?” tour of northern Lombardy. Before our trip, we made a list of the qualities of our ideal location, and Lecco seemed to check all the boxes. But the natural beauty of the area, the food, and the warmth of the people all exceeded our expectations.
From RV Life to Italian Dreams: Our Next Adventure
About 12 years ago, I asked Cheryl, “what would you think if I retired early and we sold our home and most of our stuff, moved into an RV, and traveled around the country?” That question was the start of
Crater Lake National Park
This was my third and Cheryl’s second visit to Oregon’s Crater Lake National Park. I had been there in 1986 on my six-week trip after taking the bar exam, and had been amazed by the intense blue color of the
Mount Rainier National Park
After several years on the road, Cheryl had almost caught up to me on our checklist of visited U.S. National Parks. The only one that I had been to, but she hadn’t, was Mount Rainier in Washington State. So we
Olympia, Washington
Continuing our second tour of the Pacific Northwest, we spent the week of August 20-27 in Olympia, the capital of Washington State, visiting our friends Deb and Chuck. Like so many of our other RVing friends, we first met them
Olympic National Park: Beaches and Hoh Rain Forest
After a week in Port Angeles, we drove to the west side of the peninsula, not far from the coast. With several days of rain in the forecast, we headed out early in our stay to explore two of the area’s scenic beaches and the Hoh Rain Forest, one of the finest remaining examples of temperate rainforest in the United States and one of Olympic National Park’s most popular destinations.
Olympic National Park: Hurricane Ridge and Sol Duc Valley
Our RV park near Port Angeles, Washington gave us a good base from which to explore the northern side of Olympic National Park. The huge national park occupies most of the center of Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, but there are no roads within the park connecting its various hiking and sightseeing destinations. It can take several hours of driving to get between these points on Highway 101, which rings the park. So instead, we planned to visit Hurricane Ridge, Lake Crescent, and the Sol Duc Valley from Port Angeles, and then move around the peninsula to visit other parts of the park.
Hiking in Sunshine Meadows (video)
The Sunshine Meadows hike near Banff has the kind of dramatic beauty that takes your breath away every time you come around a curve in the trail to a different view. It should be on everyone’s “must-do” list when visiting the Canadian Rockies.
A Week in Santa Fe, Part 1: Foodie Heaven
Santa Fe is a foodie heaven–especially (but not exclusively) if you like New Mexican cuisine as I do. We pretty much ate our way through the city and barely scratched the surface of the gastronomic experiences it has to offer.