• Alex Standiford

    I am at an awesome Mexican restaurant in Virginia Beach. The food is REALLY good.

    I speak a fair bit of Spanish but am always scared to speak it back, but my waiter today basically served us in Spanish so I took a chance. I was presented with a free shot of coconut rum.

    I really should take more chances.

  • Alex Standiford

    Looks like my fellow snowbirds are packing up and continuing south today. I hear the hustle and bustle of campers being connected to trucks just outside my window.

    Not us. We’re takin’ a couple days to rest. It feels like we’ve come so-far, but really we’re only 2/3rds of the way there. Texas is such a huge state.

  • Alex Standiford

    It’s windy as hell here. It’s also blowing broadside, which is basically worst-case scenario for a camper. I see other camper’s rockin’ like crazy, but I have all of my stabilizer jacks under my slide, and my tripod all installed. This thing is SOLID. Wish I did this a lot sooner.

  • Alex Standiford

    Apparently I’m not the only full-timer taking this route to Texas this year. A few other people who literally parked at the same place I was at this morning pulled in shorty after us here, as well 😂. We’re like geese, but slightly nicer.

  • Alex Standiford

    Earned 3 new state stickers, and a National Park sticker this week. Gonna get Oklahoma next week!

  • Alex Standiford

    Okay…whew. One more drive and then I get 3 days off. Let’s do this. Next stop – Wellington!

  • Alex Standiford

    As I was driving today, our destination sounded like a place that was vaguely familiar, but I couldn’t place it.

    Turns out, it is the hometown of a former colleague and friend of mine from my days at Sandhills, so we got to hang out today. My dead battery meant that I got here 4 hours earlier. That meant I had time to hang out with them today. Serendipity wins!

  • Alex Standiford

    What a wild rollercoaster that trip was! The map took us to the wrong location, we couldn’t get a hold of the winery we intended to visit, and on a whim said “screw it” and cheesed it to a KOA just up the road from the winery. I have full hook-ups, am down $54 dollars, and have no regrets.

  • Alex Standiford

    The adjustments to the hitch height made a big difference. We’re all hitched up, and heading to our next destination, Indianapolis!

  • Alex Standiford

    Welp, today marks the last day before we hit the road to Texas, essentially starting year 3 of our . I’m tired from all of the travel this year, and am so ready to go back.

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