While I have two websites about my fulltime RVing lifestyle - MaliasRV.com and MaliasMiles.com - I started this blog to write about aspects of my life not necessarily related to my travel dreams.Still on my quest to stay smoke-free (now 42 days!), I am still copying things I found on QuitNet from people I could most relate to and found inspiring. This is still a day-to-day whirlwind of emotional highs and lows, and a lot of times all I can do is read what other people wrote [...]
As I’ve been posting about my non-smoking journey, here’s a topic that came up today at QuitNet from a woman who has quit for much longer than I have and she sums it up better than I could: Dang it… D 84 and I don’t smoke. I am not smoking. I WILL NOT SMOKE. But [...]
Related to my last post – Quitting Smoking Again – Hopefully for Good – I’m putting more stuff here that I’ve been writing on QuitNet. I hope it will help me to have everything in one place so I can look back years from now – be so proud of myself that I didn’t cave [...]
Started writing this 4/1/12: ( a week ago and if I don’t post it now, I’ll keep putting it off…) This makes me realize how ashamed I am of this habit and how I haven’t been able to kick it to the curb for good in other attempts… I’ve smoked cigarettes since I was 16 years [...]
So since my last post about RV Show Drooling at the RV Expo, I’ve been getting lessons on what is possible and what is improbable (whether it’s due to cost, other things that I want more, whatever). I had come to think a washer/dryer was an absolute necessity. Even though it just came with my first motorhome, having [...]
I went to the RV Expo here in Austin this weekend. Lord help me! I’ve been debating the pros and cons of keeping my 12 year old 36′ motorhome vs. getting something newer. But higher payments and the increased debt of buying a new (or even just new-to-me) motorhome kept me on the side of [...]
Heading back south from my fantastic summer in Michigan, I once again passed through Alabama. When I checked in at The Woods RV Park in Montgomery, I told the lady at the desk (Elaine) I was planning only one night unless it was raining in the morning because I avoid driving in the rain if at [...]
This is my new favorite easy trail within a Michigan state park! When I was talking with other campers at Ludington State Park last week, unanimously everyone mentioned one of the very best things about Ludington was its variety of hiking trails. I was particularly encouraged not to miss the Lost Lake Trail and I’m so glad [...]
Update 10/19/11: The reporter who interviewed me for the local ABC news station also did a piece on this festival that aired last night. I provided the pictures and little video clips from the fun I had. Here is link to the online version. I loved her title: “Hundreds Gather for Creepy Camping” – LOL! [...]
Today I intended to do a pretty quick tour of Fayette Historic State Park, about 35 miles from Indian Lake State Park where I’m now camped. Then I would come back for the quick raft ride at the Big Spring (Kitchitikipi) at Palms Book State Park, only about 5 miles from the campground. I intended [...]