RV Patrol

Many people dream of downsizing and taking to the road in retirement, but having the guts to do it is quite another matter.  Meet Paul Kortman, founder of nomadtogether.com, a community of location independent families. He and his wife and four children are "homeless" and loving every minute of it.  Hear his story and how boomers can take a page from his book and live a simplified yet rich and fulfilling life through perpetual travel and cultural experiences.

Traveling east from Nashville, a dozen or so easy miles, the Hermitage manor lies hidden down a long cedar-lined drive. We’ve seen the highway signs for this historic site and heard tales of its splendor, but I never understood the true import of the place until recently.

This is our summer for short regional trips. And we’ve found some delightful places quite close to home that are worthy of a visit.

For the past 90 years the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, NC has been teaching the lost art of folk crafts in the picturesque mountains of western North Carolina. If you can make it by hand, you can make it here!

The producers of RV and Boat Shows are clever. Very clever indeed. They schedule the big consumer shows in the dead of winter when us outdoorsy types are deep in throes of cabin fever, itching to play in the sunshine with our motor toys.

We recently spent the day in Jamestown, NY - the hometown of Lucille Ball. Our visit happened to be on Lucy’s birthday weekend, which is also the date for the annual Lucille Ball Comedy Festival.

Ready to escape the winter blues? A visit to Florida’s Panhandle is worth the trip!

Our membership to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy was a great excuse for a road trip to Mill Run, Pennsylvania to see the famous Frank Lloyd Wright home, Fallingwater.

There’s nothing better than spending some time in the Adirondack Mountains at the height of the summer season!

Its Memorial Day weekend and we’ve traveled a couple of notches south to vacation near Mammoth Cave National Park in Cave City, KY. The national park offers only primitive campsites (which means no electric service) so we are staying a few miles down the road at an RV resort. In this part of the country, the term “RV Resort” is loosely applied and commonly means a giant family playground with lots of places to plug in a trailer.