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Posted on June 30, 2020July 1, 2020

Family Fun Guide for South Bend, Indiana

If you’re a fifth wheel or travel trailer RV owner, there’s a good chance you will trek your way up to the RV Capitol of the World; Elkhart, Indiana for a rally or two. While you’re up there, we highly recommend a couple-day visit to explore nearby South Bend, Indiana!

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We are Dan and Lisa, two Military Veterans who hung up our Coast Guard uniforms, sold everything we owned and set out to explore and experience America one mile at a time!

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“Life should not be a journey to the grave with “Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!” ― Hunter S. Thompson 🏍⛰ 🏍⛰ 🏍⛰ 🏍⛰ Four years ago, THAT was us!! We took the ride of our lives through the Bitterroot Mountains along the Continental Divide...up and down the 9000’ mountains through the forests that Lewis and Clark had been many years prior. No guardrails. 🏍⛰ 🏍⛰ 🏍⛰ 🏍⛰ We started our day-journey from North Fork, Idaho through the forests, up the mountains along some curvy single-track paths to Wisdom, Montana for lunch. Going was amazing and fun but going back was a challenge. We were tired and trying to get back before the sun fell over the other side of the mountains. Can you say “lions and tigers and bears?!” 🏍⛰ 🏍⛰ 🏍⛰ 🏍⛰ This ride was no easy feat and dare I admit, it was more difficult and challenging than any 600 mile day of slab ridding on my Harley. Being it was my first ‘real adventure ride’ on a type of motorcycle I was not too familiar with, it was an experience etched in my soul forever. And though we were utterly exhausted on the verge of collapse when we finally got back, oh man, we’d love to do it again! Exhilaration like that can never be described. Very few would understand the ‘ride’ unless you’ve done it. 🏍⛰ 🏍⛰ 🏍⛰ 🏍⛰ Falling twice off my little Yamaha XT225 (well, more like thrown off) because I got a little to cocky, over-confident and stupid, I learned quickly the difference between slab-ridding and trail-riding. 🏍⛰ 🏍⛰ 🏍⛰ 🏍⛰ Those mountains tested, taught and tamed me. There were a couple times I wanted to give up but...but how would I then get home?! And riding two-up on Dan’s XT was not the answer. I was forced to press on. There was no other option. (Realize, we’re not young 20’s or 30’s). 🏍⛰ 🏍⛰ 🏍⛰ 🏍⛰ So, as you see, challenges are set before us to test and teach us in ways unimaginable; pushing us to go beyond. 🏍⛰ 🏍⛰ 🏍⛰ 🏍⛰ Have you ever faced a grueling physical and mental test that took you to the edge of the cliff? Would you do it again?
One of our favorite things to do is find a @harves One of our favorite things to do is find a @harvesthosts that we can toast and clink our glasses to another day of our journey, enjoy a fun meal and music! Giving a hearty shoutout to @lucky_girl_brewing and our amazing Server, Haley, who took great care of us all night! And the music by @stjoejack was incredibly fun! ❤️❤️❤️ Thank you ALL for a great experience!! We will be back!!#harvesthosts #luckygirlbrewing
Had a wonderful time today with our friends @larry Had a wonderful time today with our friends @larrywendyk at an outdoor winery venue. We are so impressed that businesses like this are going the distance in keeping their patrons safe yet allowing enjoyment. We wear our masks until we arrive at our table. And, while we prefer our wine and brew served in glass, we totally understand the necessity of disposable serve ware. We love that the tables were spaced and sanitized before seating. We got to sit in the warm sunshine while socializing. 🍷🍺🍷🍺🍷🍺 These are the venues we prefer amidst the pandemic. In fact, we talked about this in our most recent YouTube video (link in profile).🍷🍺🍷🍺🍷🍺So, if you’re wanting to go out, there are ways to still enjoy your summer safely. Check out our video to see how. Great social distancing entertainment tips.
Today, we met up with our friends Larry and Wendy Today, we met up with our friends Larry and Wendy whom we met a couple years ago at the RV Nomadfest. We are spending a few days camping with them and catching up on the past two years. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 And then, much to our surprise Corey and Jessie @findingoursomeday were staying at the same campground and stopped over to meet and chat. What’s ironic is Corey and Jessie are from the next town over from where we lived in Maine many years ago. It’s funny how the wonderful peeps we meet on the road somehow have a cool connection. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Our final pricey upgrade to our Mini Moho! Our Big Our final pricey upgrade to our Mini Moho! Our Bigfoot leveling system should minimize our need to level with those lego blocks. We won’t have to step out of our motorhome. 🦶🦶🦶🦶🦶 We chose Quadra Manufacturing Bigfoot levelers for several reasons: * Cost * Simplicity * Reputation * Made in U.S.A. * Family Owned 🦶🦶🦶🦶🦶 We now are getting accustomed to our Bigfoot leveling system in conjunction with our Levelmate Pro for accuracy. Nothing’s worse than having our peas roll off our plates like when we were on ships. Also, our refrigerator door and drawers slamming open or closed. But the big issue of not being level is sleeping on a slope. It sucks having the blood rush to your head due to not being level. 🦶🦶🦶🦶🦶 So, this should fix all that. It’s taking a little getting used to but we are excited about this worthwhile investment! 🦶🦶🦶🦶🦶 Next smaller upgrade is installing our @rv_snappad set! 🦶🦶🦶🦶🦶 YouTube video in the making so stay tuned!
One of the suckiest part of full-time RVing is pac One of the suckiest part of full-time RVing is packing our kitties up, locking up our valuables and moving out of our RV...even if it’s just for a few hours for an install or maintenance. 🤪👀🤪👀 🤪👀🤪 It’s freaking stressful for all four of us. Perhaps it’s easier to do with dogs because they are more mobile and take them for walks, etc. But kitties, eeeeesh! Especially when one is neurotic and a total pain in the a$$ when her world changes. No amount of CBD oil helps. LOL Food? Water? Treats? Nope! Because they’re cats and that’s what cats do. Because they always want what we don’t have or go where they don’t want to go. LOL 🤪👀🤪👀 So here we sit in a waiting room smaller than the inside of our Mini Moho. Luckily we are by ourselves but if another customer comes in with a dog, “we” will need copious amounts of ‘something’. But, for now, we hear two cats crying, bitching and whining. 🤪👀🤪👀 Asking for a friend, “can you take your cat to a bar?” 🍺🍷🍸🥃🍹
“Returning home again is like visiting with an e “Returning home again is like visiting with an eccentric and trusted old friend.” 🌊⚓️⛵️🏖 I (Lisa) grew up on Lake Erie also known as “Dreary Erie, Mistake on the Lake”. As a small child, my family owned a cottage right on the lake but it ended up getting sold for reasons I’ll never knew. Later as a teen, I rode my bicycle five miles from my family’s home down to Freeport beach in the summer to hang out with my friends; laying out in the hot sun and playing beach volleyball. It was my escape place. The lake life helped make me forget the troubles I faced at home, for a few hours at least. 🐟🏄🏻‍♀️🏊‍♀️🚣‍♀️⛱ In the winter though, that lake was brutal and bitter cold that went right through us. Lake affect snow fell in feet, not inches. The frequent snowstorms plagued my hometown located dead center between Cleveland and Buffalo. The lake froze solid with ice jams and didn’t thaw until Memorial Day. The beach in the Spring was a mess with storm debris. ❄️🌨💨🌊 Everyday, I could see the lake from the middle of my street looking due north. On the warm summer days, it was a vivid tropical blue like in this photo but in the winter, it was a choppy gray and an ugly dirty white. 🐟🏄🏻‍♀️🏊‍♀️🚣‍♀️⛱ I had a love-hate relationship with that lake just like the weather. What’s ironic though is five years after graduating high school, I returned for a year. Dan and I had orders to different Coast Guard Stations 60 miles apart. On that same lake that I so enjoyed in the summer became my workplace. I helped rescue many souls while serving on those white boats with the large red and thin blue stripe down their hulls. But it was short-lived as Uncle Sam needed us in a different part of the Country. ⚓️🛳🚁⚓️🛳🚁 And so here I am again but not as a resident or boat crewman but as a wandering tourist. 🐟🏄🏻‍♀️🏊‍♀️🚣‍♀️⛱ It’s been said that when you live somewhere, you take for granted that place. We kind of skip over the great and interesting things there. But now, looking through a different set of eyes as a tourist, it’s different. I notice things that have been there all along but now, are much more interesting. 🐟🏄🏻‍♀️🏊‍♀️🚣‍♀️⛱ #rootlessliving #nothomeanymore
“If this is what heaven will be, where the sky m “If this is what heaven will be, where the sky mirrors the sea, it will be the place for me” 🌤☀️🌤☀️🌤☀️🌤#100daysofcamping @perceptionkayak
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