Full Time RV Travel Life 2017 to 2025
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Making My Wooden Kayak
My wooden kayak is a handmade cedar strip built kayak. I made it over the course of several years. Lots of reading, learning and trying new things made it possible....
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Murders, Revenge and Building
I’m out of the Smokies and into Kentucky. Volunteering for two months in Great Smoky Mountains National Park was a great experience. Now it is friends and family for the...
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Hike to Mount Le Conte
The hike to Mount Le Conte is ten miles round-trip with 2,759 feet in elevation gain. Actually, it’s an iconic hike in Great Smoky Mountains National Park to the peak...
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Synchronized Fireflies
Synchronized fireflies treat Smoky Mountain visitors to a magical light show. Once a year and in one small area, thousands of Synchronous Fireflies (Photinus carolinus) flash their bioluminescence. Then there...
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1 Year in 3 minutes
One year! One year of living and traveling full-time in my RV! I’ve compiled a 3-minute video of my first year on the road: My journey began a slow progression...
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National Park Volunteer
A multitude of volunteer opportunities exist in Great Smoky Mountains National Park and there are National Park Service volunteers serving at parks throughout the country. The majority of volunteers live...
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Hands On With Smoky Mountain Bears
Black bears are an iconic symbol of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Smoky Mountain bears are wild animals and thrive on a diet of nuts, berries, insects and animal carrion....
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RV Maintenance
Despite all the distractions of the Smoky Mountains, it is time for some RV maintenance. As I approach nearly a year of living and traveling full-time in my RV, there...
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Volunteering in the Smokies
After nearly a year of living and traveling full-time in my RV, change is in the air. I am settling down – but only for two months! I am volunteering...
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Perils of Fulltime RV Living
I’m headed north out of Ft. Myers, Florida and decided to stop in St. Petersburg and see a friend I had worked with in Washington, D.C. back in 1990. Should...