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Updating My Posts

You may have noticed some of my posts are a bit scrambled; particularly, if you have done a search and ended up with one of my older posts.  That's because I had to move to a new blog editor, as the old editor no longer...

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8 Tips For Frugal Cruisers

[caption id="attachment_3121" align="aligncenter" width="891"] Mona is packed and ready to board on her "frugal" cruise![/caption] We love to cruise and since we’ve retired we cruise a lot; having cruised over 66 days since January 2012. We pride ourselves in being frugal cruisers and many of our...

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12 Tips for Organizing Multiple Trips

This is a guest post written by Mona.  Her first post was on organizing clothes and how to pack.  This post is how to organize travel plans and documents.   I'm not saying she's OCD but she's certainly organized! [caption id="attachment_3124" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Here's just a...

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Doctor! Doctor!

Most of our posts are about fun things to do or ways to save money, but sometimes it's time to discuss more serious things like medical issues while on the road. Given the number of days we're on the road it's to be expected that sooner or...

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Road Trip!

Note: This was written about two weeks ago on our way to California.  Unfortunately, today we are in Central Illinois dealing with 6 inches of snow! It's zero-dark thirty and we're in our car heading west to California on our first road trip of 2016.  It's...

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Traveling Bee Kind Rocks (Guest Post)

This  is a guest post from my sister, Sheryl.  She's been an artist her entire life and has painted on all kinds of media throughout the years.  These days her media of choice is rocks, transforming a simple river rock into a piece of art....

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Keokuk Geodes

It was late morning, and my son, Steve, and I were driving the backroads of Western Illinois.  We were out to finally fulfill a long-time quest: that of finding a geode in the wild.  What is a geode you ask?  You've probably seen them for...

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Vacation Properties 101 – Guest Post

[caption id="attachment_2592" align="aligncenter" width="480"] Souke Inlet home: Vancouver Island[/caption] Recently my cousin and I were e-talking about vacations and she asked me if I had ever used VBRO.  I haven't and in fact, I knew very little about it so she told me all about renting...

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