Barry booked us for 12 nights here thinking this would be a nice place to slow down, enjoy some pool time, play pickleball everyday and give me time for some serious blogging. PLUS it wouldn’t cost us anything to stay here due to our Thousand Trails membership. Great in theory, but it didn’t turn out… Continue reading Blue Mesa TT- Gunnison, CO
Category: Thousand Trails & Encore Parks
My FIRST Live Seahawks Game!
GO HAWKS!! While we were up in Washington this last summer, we made plans with Debbie and Jack to go to the Seahawks/AZ Cardinals game on Dec 8 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, AZ. Tickets were only $35! This will be my first time seeing the Hawks play in person!! Exciting! Paradise (Encore) RV… Continue reading My FIRST Live Seahawks Game!
Ilwaco Farmer’s Market & Bike Ride
August 17, 2024 As planned, we got ready and headed to the Ilwaco Farmer’s Market in the morning. What a beautiful setting for this Farmer’s Market! We came to a large fruit and vegetable stand that we couldn’t resist. I picked out a few apples and some peaches. They were ALL FREESTONE peaches! It was… Continue reading Ilwaco Farmer’s Market & Bike Ride
Sunset & Bike Ride on the Discovery Trail
August 15 was a very rainy day in Long Beach, WA, but when I glanced out about 7:45PM I noticed some sun had broke through and the sky was looking quite pretty for a possible sunset. Barry and I quickly put on our shoes, grabbed our jackets, and headed to the beach. We didn’t continue… Continue reading Sunset & Bike Ride on the Discovery Trail
TT Long Beach RV Campground & Oysters
August 11, 2024We left Oceana TT today for the Thousand Trails Long Beach RV Campground. We had lowered our expectations coming here after being told that the sites were super close to each other making it tight to get into. There were only about 3 sites available for us. One site had a tree and bush… Continue reading TT Long Beach RV Campground & Oysters
Ocean City, WA
We had never been to Ocean City, WA, so we began our “Beach Weeks” here. We arrived at the Oceana Thousand Trails on July 28, and made this home for the first two of our five consecutive weeks at Pacific NW beaches. Barry was a little tired from the winding, up and down roads getting… Continue reading Ocean City, WA
WOW! Total Solar Eclipse on Path of Totality
We were not able to make it to the 2017 total solar eclipse, so Barry immediately looked at the path of totality for 2024. Texas made the most sense for us. Being in the Dallas area for the 2024 eclipse became our priority from which the rest of our 2024 travels would be planned. (The… Continue reading WOW! Total Solar Eclipse on Path of Totality
Abby Visits Us in Orlando – EPCOT Days
OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 2022 We love Thousand Trails Orlando! Our site for our two-week stay was awesome. Within an hour of arriving, we were set up and relaxing as we prepared for 10 days at DisneyWorld, and of course pickleball on our non-Disney time. Monday, Barry and I began 5 straight days at Disney World with our… Continue reading Abby Visits Us in Orlando – EPCOT Days
Cape Cod: Visit To Plymouth
Getting there: Driving through New Hampshire I experienced something new. Official highway signs alerting you to the location of a liquor store – and lottery tickets! Seriously!?! I had to get a picture. I think the signs began about two miles out from the exit. I was ready with my phone and captured the last… Continue reading Cape Cod: Visit To Plymouth
Moody Beach TT-Last Days in Maine
September 9th we arrived at Moody Beach Thousand Trails in Wells, Maine for four nights. It was our shortest travel day of our trip. We only relocated about 25 miles! Spending the day at Kennebunkport, ME We enjoyed walking around downtown Kennebunkport. There were some unique, fun shops. Quite the line up for lunch at… Continue reading Moody Beach TT-Last Days in Maine