What a GREAT day! Today was our last day at Campers Cove in Alpena. Everyone really enjoyed it. Before we left, the kids wanted to play putt-putt. There was a little 18 hole around the fishing pond by our campsite. It is probably the first putt-putt ever made but kept up fairly well. Not fancy but challenging. Hey, in the 1950s, kids were way easier to please. It was actually more fun than I expected. This was a neat little campground and by the way, the east sid...

Last night we arrived at Campers Cove in Alpena on Thunder Bay river which looks more like a lake. I chose an end site (last October) next to the fishing pond. It's a great site because it is huge and we only have someone on one side of us and it is opposite the side we hang out on.. Though, I must say that the people around us are so nice. We were clueless when we arrived. All the hookups are on the side of the other camper next to us where a kind elderly g...

The Houseys are on a new adventure. We are RVing! I will admit that I had difficulty sleeping last night. I was going through checklists and trying to figure out what will fit in the vehicle..or not. I suppose it's similar to our first US roadtrip. You don't know what to expect so you try to be proactive. What if this happens, what if I need that, what if that happens...etc. But, we are only traveling in Michigan which close enough to home that we can com...

We are about to embark on our 4th roadtrip tour of the USA. Once again we are very excited. Even the kids LOVE the roadtrips. They never complain about going. It is one of the greatest things we are doing as a family. This year will be a little different. We are going down south to and through Ohio, Tennesee, Kentucky (stop), Alabama (stop), Mississippi, Louisiana (stop), Florida (stop), Georgia (stop) and then home. We are going during Spring Break this year be...

Here it is in numbers. Pretty neat to look at.  16 days4162 miles78 hours 55 minutes in the car9 new states12 states total9 Big Cities6 State Capitals1 pueblo13 or more different attractions (historic, natural or amusement)  17 plus different restaurants.5 picnics7 Llamas100 fruit flies in the car 269 gallons of gas. 10 different beds per persons8  Marriotts1 Uncle Stone5 ducks1 duck master3 honorary duck masters1 pueblo style house1 resort3 entertainmen...