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Entertainment Review: Sun Cruz Casino’s Dumpy Ride at Sea

December 15, 2007 by Rene

Let’s get one thing straight; Jim and I are not Gamblers. The few times we’ve found ourselves in Vegas, I would stand there gawking at the Gambling species, dumbfounded as I watched them willingly toss money away.

But last week while waiting for the space shuttle to take off, our fun campground neighbors Carol and John invited us to join them on a “free” four-hour casino cruise. In Florida, where gambling is illegal, Sun Cruz Casinos will take passengers out to blow money at sea, three miles offshore in international waters. They had a free shuttle that would pick us up right at our campground. “You get all of the free food and booze you want!” my neighbor said excitedly.

Now that caught my attention. Whenever I hear “Free” and “Booze” in the same sentence, this cheapskate gets happy. All that, and we’d get a “free” cruise in Florida too. Ah, the things trip memories are made of! I grabbed Jim and said “let’s go!”

Later, neither one of us would realize that we were about to set foot on a third rate, smoky casino from hell, unable to escape!

Fulltime RV Family Discusses Life on the Road

September 4, 2023December 14, 2007 by Rene

Last Saturday while waiting for the Space Shuttle to take off, a friendly camper introduced herself to me. Her name was Kim Cunningham, and she is a fulltiming mother and wife with three children who are traveling across America right now, in search of their next endeavor.

Kim (41), her husband Regis (47), daughter Jessica (15), son Regis III (9), and Seb (6), sold their principal home in Cody, Wyoming last May. Regis is a real estate investor who for the last 25 years has taken marginal homes, fixed them up, and turned them into money making opportunities. Kim was a Creative Memories consultant for 13 years, while working together with Regis to manage their properties. This year, they had planned to leave Cody, buy another fixer-upper in Pennsylvania and settle down for a while, but when in Pennsylvania, circumstances didn’t turn out as they’d hoped, so they decided to stay on the road and keep looking.

How does a family with three kids, four dogs and one cat do it?

Where Is Utopia? Finding the Ideal Community

December 12, 2007 by Rene

Since June, we’ve been searching for the ideal place to live and start a business. We are talking to locals in towns across America, interviewing and taking notes, trying to get a feel for places that might come close to what we consider “perfect.”

But is all this work just a waste of energy? Are we searching for a utopia that doesn’t exist?

Tell us: What factors make up your ideal community?

As we tack on the miles, we keep seeking these answers.

Oh, Tanned and Bombed

December 11, 2007 by Rene

Santa visits fulltime RV travelers in Jetty Park, Cape Canaveral Florida

Floriduh . . . It’s A Given

May 21, 2020December 10, 2007 by Rene

Belgium Wisconsin got snow dumped on them this week while we enjoyed the sun in Port Canaveral. Pictures taken in Belgium, WI and Port Canaveral, FL.

St. Augustine, Florida; Low Density, Affordable Coastal Living

December 10, 2007December 9, 2007 by Rene

Thoughts and impressions about our visit to St. Augustine, Florida

Drinking Up at the Fountain of Youth in St. Augstine

November 15, 2017December 8, 2007 by Rene

St. Augustine’s Fountain of Youth is a dog friendly roadside attraction that we visited on our RV road trip sabbatical

Takin’ A Gander at Gators in the Okefenokee Outback

December 2, 2007December 2, 2007 by Rene

Jim’s right; I had never heard of Okefenokee or the Pogo comic strip. Hard to believe that even after 12 years together, 24/7, we still don’t know everything about each other.

Okefenokee wasn’t on our trip route, but when he told me about it, I knew that I liked the word; Okefenokee. It sticks in your brain like glue, like a mosquito to your skin, like swamp mud on your boots. Doubtful that we’d ever be in that part of the U.S. anytime in the next 100 years, we headed away from the Carolina coast, right into lower south east Georgia’s swampland.

We went looking for gators, and came back with our first adventure feature presentation …

Live Work Dream Expenses November 2007

September 14, 2015November 30, 2007 by Rene

Our RV road trip sabbatical budget and expense report for November 2007, just prior to Workamping gig in Florida for winter.

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.