Year: 2007 | Live Work Dream

I Go Pogo For Okefenokee and the South

September 4, 2023November 29, 2007 by Jim

I’ve determined that if I don’t write something short and quick with first impressions about new places we see, I never will.

There is so much to see and do on this journey â€“ as I told a Canuck fulltimer yesterday â€“ we could stay on the road for the rest of our lives and never see the entire country. And if I don’t jot down some basic observations about where we’ve been soon after we arrive, I will forget if there is any reason to return when the time comes to plant some roots again.

With that said, I go Pogo … we have made it to Okefenoke Swamp. And we have officially reached the South.

Oh, Savannaha!

November 29, 2007 by Rene

Touring Savannah, Georgia and Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia.

Ghosts and Glamour at Savannah’s Bonaventure Cemetery

September 4, 2023November 28, 2007 by Rene

When I was a little kid, my Mom would listen to her favorite oldies station, humming along to 1950s hits while she did housework. No doubt that many of those hits were written by Johnny Mercer.

My Dad says Mercer was the greatest songwriter of all time, penning countless songs for Broadway shows and movies. Mercer was also the co-founder of Capitol Records. He is buried in the Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah, so this week while we were in town, we went to pay our respects to the musical legend.

Review: Great Food, Nice Prices at Paula Deen’s Savannah Restaurant

November 28, 2007November 28, 2007 by Rene

If you’re a Food Network viewer like we were (before ditching the TV), you’ve probably watched Paula Deen at some point. She is the southern gal with the snappy wit and great sense of southern humor that cooks up homestyle food like nobody’s business.

When we were Walmarting it on Monday night, a friendly security guard in the parking lot told us that Paula’s from Savannah, and her restaurant, Lady & Sons, is downtown.

Who Are The Fulltime Travelers Under 50?

November 26, 2007 by Rene

Looking for young travelers and RVers under age 50 in the U.S. Where are they, and who are they?

Hard Work and Long Days; Workamping at the Animal Shelter

December 10, 2012November 26, 2007 by Rene

Workamping experience teaches us how hard it is to run an animal rescue non-profit organization.

Giving the NextGEN WordPress Gallery a Shot

December 2, 2007November 25, 2007 by Jim

We’ve been looking for a great image manager to replace the current gallery solution provided by our host, so I checked out Christophe’s travel blog. Chris informed me that the NextGEN photo gallery plugin has improved since I last gave it a try. Indeed it has.

Let’s take it for a test run here. If it works out to everyone’s delight, you may be seeing some major changes to our roadtripping fulltimer photo gallery. Hopefully the NextGEN photo gallery, albums, and slideshow integration will help us save time and improve this blog. Please let us know what you think.

My First Vegetarian Thanksgiving

November 24, 2007 by Jim

That is what Rene has been proudly calling this year’s feast. My answer is that every Thanksgiving dinner is a vegetarian banquet. It just happens to also traditionally include a large stuffed bird roasted to juicy perfection. Alas, not this year … and while our big dinner date was a day late this year, it was still delicious!

Gypsy Friendships on the Road to Anywhere

November 24, 2007 by Rene

Meeting Gen X RVers on our Road Trip Sabbatical across America.

Eating local shrimp fresh off the boat.

September 4, 2023November 22, 2007 by Jim

We’ve been doing our best to eat local wherever we go, but the hardest thing to find local on this trip has been seafood. So except for some Walleye in Minnesota, and lots of Lobster in Maine, we just haven’t had much fresh fish since we left California. So we were extra excited to catch the end of shrimp season when we went to the beach in North Carolina!

Our new and improved road trip soundtrack.

September 4, 2023November 21, 2007 by Jim

A while back, one of our readers declared that the RVer’s National Anthem should be Hank Snow’s I’ve Been Everywhere. While some of you may think this is a Johnny Cash original, it’s not.

“I’ve been everywhere, man
I’ve been everywhere, man
Crossed the deserts bare, man
I’ve breathed the mountain air, man
Of travel I’ve had my share, man
I’ve been everywhere“

Well, I finally got around to adding this to our cross country road trip soundtrack of travel tunes. While I was at it, I put some elbow grease into the page and added an interactive slideshow of CDs available from Amazon that include the songs we’ve added to our list. This way we’ll be able to update our soundtrack easier and more often.

Workamping at Safe Harbor Animal Farm in North Carolina

December 10, 2012November 21, 2007 by Rene

Fulltime RVers can try Workamping to stretch their budget and learn the ropes of RV campground management.

A Dog Lover’s Live Work Dream: New York Boarding Kennel for Sale

November 19, 2007 by Rene

Buy a home based dog kennel boarding business in rural Saugerties Woodstock area of Upstate New York.

Power your RV with wind energy.

May 9, 2008November 17, 2007 by Jim

A while ago, my sister Mariclair sent me a link to this manual for a Telescoping RV Tower. Rich, who together with M.C. runs O’Connell Solar – and designed our own RV’s solar energy system – had just spent three days at Southwest Windpower and thought it would be cool fodder for the blog. Cool indeed.

I looked into it further and discovered the tower is designed for using the Air X Marine small wind turbine with an RV.

Then when we were getting a tour of Tugboat Margot from my brother in law Tim back in Troy, NY, I noticed an Air X mounted on a boat docked nearby and filmed it in action.

While this particular tower mount wouldn’t work with our rig without some serious modification, seeing the wind generator do its job got me thinking…

Amazon finally got their groove on.

September 4, 2023November 16, 2007 by Jim

After driving for thousands of miles over the past few months, I have to say that one of the most vital accessories we purchased for this cross-country road trip has to be our iPod. We got a used 40GB iPod on eBay that has a good dent in it, but it was a deal!

I spent many a late night transferring most of our CD collection onto it before we left, and it was time well spent. I only wish I had copied all of our CDs.

While you can always find classic rock somewhere on the dial, much of this country has really, really bad radio. That’s why I was happy to find out that Amazon is finally offering MP3 downloads!