Will Travel for Cheese

Before I dive into tales of lost luggage and cheese curds, let's answer a few of your questions.

I love that y'all are interested in our little RV adventure.  We absolutely loved it and cannot wait to do it again.

We booked our RV on May 10 and picked it up on May 25.  We pretty much made the decision and then started packing.

The deal that we did is called the Factory Delivery Deal.  It's a way for companies like Cruise American to get their RVs into place at different dealers before peak season.  There are three locations you can pick up your RV from with this  deal - Toronto, Chicago, or Hastings,MN which is where we chose to start our adventure. 

There are several options to choose from for your final destination.  However, depending on the time of year there may be fewer options because again they want the majority of their RVs in place before peak season.

When I wrote my last post about our trip there were still lots of destinations to choose from.  Today as I write this there are only four options.

You can click here to see the current options.

If you look at those options you will see that there is a window of time for you to have the RV.  You must pick it up by a certain date and then drop it off by a certain date.

We obviously chose to have the RV for the maximum time possible.

Now on to the first leg of our trip.

I had a workshop the day we were to depart so as soon as I could get home, we loaded up the dogs and headed out.  The LBs stay at a local doggie day care that they love.

I love this particular doggie resort because they post pictures daily of the dogs.  I am totally that dogmom who checks up on her furbabies while I'm away.

Knowing they are in good hands helps me to relax and enjoy our trip.

On to the airport we went.

We had a short layover in Dallas.  It was during this time that we realized our second bag, which contained Andrew's clothes, was more than likely not going to make it to Minneapolis when we did. 

I was taking it in stride.  It could be worse.  At least we were staying at the hotel attached to the airport.  We would just pick it up the next morning before we left. 

And then our one bag came shooting down the luggage thing-a-ma-jig. 

It wasn't my bag.

It was Andrew's bag.

Suddenly it was harder to take it in stride.  HA!

The next morning Andrew went over and picked it up.  I had my clothes for the day with me in my carry-on so I got as ready as I could until he returned with my bag. 

I was ever so happy to be reunited with my bag.

I brushed my teeth, fixed my hair, and did my makeup in about ten minutes.

We took an uber from the hotel to the place we would pick up our RV.

We were already excited but seeing all those RVs in the parking lot definitely ramped up the excitement.

Once the guy showed us around the RV and Andrew got all of our equipment set up we were ready to hit the open road.

We didn't go far before we stopped at Wal-Mart to stock up on groceries and all the things we would need for the RV.

Our goal for the day was to make it to our first campground in Marquette, Michigan.

I didn't ask for much on this trip but the very first thing I requested when we had a general idea of where we were going was to eat cheese in Wisconsin.

So that's what we did.

We also stopped to dip our toes in Lake Superior.

Let me just tell you that was the coldest water my toes have ever been in.

I was screaming at Andrew to hurry up and take the dang picture!!

It was pretty late when we finally made it to our campground, but we made it.

We got set up and got our bags unpacked.

Andrew made us a delicious dinner.

Grilled cheese sandwiches made with that Wisconsin cheese and tomato soup.

We ate it up and then it was time for sleep.

We had another big day ahead of us.

Friday Favorites

Another week has come and gone and now it's Friday.

That  can only mean one thing.

It's time for...

I have a new favorite pair of shoes.  I ordered these plastic shoes from amazon while on vacation and they arrived the day after we got home.  Much to Andrew's dismay I think I've worn them every day since.  They are perfect for summer and going to the pool.  I got them on Amazon for $20 and I'm thinking I might need to order more colors and start a collection.

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Speaking of the pool.  I am loving having our neighborhood pool.  I have found the sweet little window of time after the mom's take children home to nap and before the teenagers start waking up when I have the pool all to myself.  This little window is my favorite time of day.

After my daily pool time I shower and throw on the comfiest clothes I own.  I throw my hair into a french braid/ponytail.  I'm not great at the french braid, but it is my favorite summer hairstyle right now.

As you can see not only is Andrew my favorite vacation planner but he's also my favorite hair style photographer. 

Let's just go ahead and talk about another reason why my husband is my favorite human.

No one and I mean no one is a bigger dreamer than this guy.  For awhile now I've been dreaming about some new adventures in my career.  I've been slowly letting Andrew in on these dreams since January.  I was scared to say them out loud.  I was afraid he would laugh and tell me I'm crazy.  I was afraid he would grab hold of my dream and push me to pursue it.  

He did the second of the two.  On our last day of vacation as we were traveling home, we discussed my dreams and they very quickly became OUR dreams.  He caught my vision and was more than ready to encourage me to go even bigger.

He is my favorite.

He loves me well.

Some of you have noticed that I'm working on expanding my teacher "brand".  This is a small piece of those drams I was just talking about.  Thank you for sharing my FB page and ideas.  Your love and support is my favorite.

Where Will We Go Next?

Ask me to describe myself and more than likely the word homebody will be in that description.  I love nights at home curled up on the couch just hanging out.  It's the introvert in me.

But I also love nothing more than travelling with my man!

Palm Springs 2017

You know...home is where he is... and all that.  

Some people have a favorite vacation spot that they go to every year.  

We aren't those people.

Heck most of the time our vacations include multiple spots.

In 2016 we flew to Denver and then took a train to San Francisco

Last summer we took an amazing two week road trip hitting 13 different states.

We have a goal to visit all 50 states.  Because of work travel, Andrew is well ahead of me.  I've made it clear we hit 50 together.  I'm thinking Alaska will end up being Number 50.

The two week camping trip knocked out quite a few for me and even a couple for Andrew, but I still have a ways to go.

Create Your Own Visited States Map See all those grey states in the northeast part of the U.S.?

I plan on checking some of those off this summer.

We have reserved an RV and will be doing another big road trip this summer.

We are very excited and in full planning mode.

If you've traveled that area and have recommendations I would love to hear them.