Blogs from Davidson, North Carolina, United States, North America

My husband grew up camping with his family. It’s where he honed his deep-seeded love for old Volkswagen Vanagons, making ground beef “hobo” meals around a small fire, and anything that has to do with the outdoors. He continued this tradition up until the week he left for college, camping at nearby Grayson Highlands with his mom, dad, and older brother Jason. By that point, he’d already met me. I think he knew this was going to be his last camping adventure for quite a while, and he was correct! You see, I didn’t come from a family of campers. Sure, we lived a quarter-mile off the road, had a home flanked on both sides by cornfields and creeks, and spent all our days outdoors. Yet, when the sun set and the bats came out, my ... read more

Gosh, I realize I am way behind, but we have been a little busy lately with little to no wifi access. I know I told you some of our base camp adventure so now I'll go into more detail. After our "rest" day we hiked up to Lobuche. It was pretty sunny day and a fairly easy hike, if any of them are considered easy. The places we have been staying in have been getting progressively more basic. The Lobuche tea house certainly was basic. It did have a sit toilet to use, but only at night. During the day we had to go outside to what we call a squatter. I'll supply the pictures later! The next morning we left Lobuche for Gorak Shep. The hike was about 2hours and repeatedly up and down. We ... read more

I'm trying to set this up to make it easy for everyone to keep track of me! Right now, I'm just working out, mainly doing cardio, steps and weights. I'm planning to hike Stone Mountain state park this Saturday. I will post pictures to see how easy that is too!... read more

While Jason took a trip to Bolivia and Rich went to meetings in Ohio, I flew down to NC for a few days to get acquainted with Maggie. All I can say is she likes to walk, walk, walk. She loves life and enjoys every day. Whether in Bolivia or NC, it's hard to say Good-bye.... read more

Overall, or well to sum it up, this trip was great for the family and quite doable for my business. I must give a great deal of credit to Lori. She organized most of it and catered to my job. I was able to stay busy with calling on customers via email, the phone, or and visits. The only problem I experieinced with the cell card for email or the cell phone was in Yellowstone. For that, I just took my vacation during that time. With the great organization, it became quite balanced. I enjoyed going out to see customers during the day and then coming back to the RV at night to be with them. We found a great many things about ourselves and our relationships. We became closer, decided to get away from each ... read more