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Westward bound I went into oil country. I stopped in Epping, ND at the Lewis & Clark State Park, which was absolutely surrounded by oil wells. They were just peppered all over the place. The scenery was beautiful, too. The Missouri River ran next to the campground and there were nice walking paths along with

Have you ever wanted to have an entire island all to yourself? I have, but I didn’t expect it to be this way! I stayed at Grahams Island State Park, and little did I know, I would be the only person on that entire island from the time I got there until morning when a

When I’m going to Grand Rapids, it’s usually to Michigan. But this time, I was leaving Michigan to go to Grand Rapids! I found a campground called the Pokegama Dam State Campground right off of Route 2 (which I was taking) that would be a really convenient stop to overnight. They had water & electric

I was excited to get up and get going, because I had been looking forward to this next spot for a while. I was going to spend the next day at Big Snow Ski Resort. I found this really cool app called Harvest Hosts, which is full of free and unique place to camp overnight

I wasn’t originally planning on going up to Marquette, but I made a last-minute decision to put in the extra miles to see it. I’ve always wanted to see Marquette, so why not? I’m glad I did, I thought Marquette was a very cool town. It’s actually a bit larger and busier than I expected,

Welp, the long anticipated day had arrived. The first trip in my new class B camper van. My original plan was to leave on this day, but the forecast was calling for some pretty nasty weather. “I’ll see what it’s like, but maybe I’ll just wait an extra day,” I told myself. Yeah, well, the

April 6, 2021 – The big day! Picked up my van at the dealer.A few modifications This was the “closet” as it came from the factory. Intended use was to hang clothes/jackets inside. Turned it into a pantry (thanks Dad!). Much better!WeBoost Cell signal booster installed by dealer… More pictures of the van prior to

Went to the dealer expecting to order one and wait for 6 to 9 months, but the exact one I wanted came in that very day (2021 Winnebago Travato GL). It’s common for people to give their RV’s a name, so I named mine Serendipity. There was a lot of serendipity that happened over the