Scuba Diving the Great Lakes with Northern Michigan Dive Center in Cheboygan, Michigan

Levi must have been a fish in a previous life.  He feels right at home submerged in water, any body of water really.  He loves being in water so much, he made a career of it, undergoing a series of courses to earn Scuba Instructor status. I, on the other hand, was most likely a … Read more

Year Two of Full-Time RVing: Our Year in Review thru Photos

Already two years under our seat belt, living and traveling in our faithful RV, Starbuck, and we can only wonder where the days and months rolled.  December 19th marks two important days for us.  It’s not only the day we stepped out of our “sticks and bricks” home for the last time to embark on a … Read more

Dispersed Camping at Paint River Forks Campground in Ottawa National Forest

Our second dispersed camping experience in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula was in the Ottawa National Forest at Paint River Forks Campground. We stayed there overnight, mid-September 2016 in our 26-foot motorhome. We found this campground using Allstays.com; this website (also an app) has been quite handy as we travel from one work camping job to the … Read more

Viewing the “Mighty Mac” Up Close

I don’t know why, but I love bridges. I love studying them, tracing the lines of their structural supports, driving and walking across  them, and taking one snapshot after another. The time and effort man has put into creating and maintaining them is quite astounding and miraculous. Still they stand, stoical and resilient, connecting worlds, … Read more

Dispersed Camping at Haymeadow Campground in Hiawatha National Forest

For the most part, free camping for us has taken place in the parking lots of Walmart and Cracker Barrel, truck stops, and rest stops. We stay overnight, car hooked up, without opening our slide outs. We decided to dry camp via dispersed camping in national forests this time as we ventured from our work … Read more

Work Camper Review: Camp Hosts at Mackinaw Mill Creek Camping in Mackinaw City, Michigan

  How did we learn about the position at Mackinaw Mill Creek Camping? Mackinaw Mill Creek Camping regularly runs employment ads through Workamper News, our choice in organizations for seeking full time RV related work.  We were work campers in northern Nevada when we saw the ad.  We were looking for a gig the following summer, May … Read more

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