Race with the Devil / Price Gouging / Satanic Cults? / RV Blog / RV Travel Life

We've been packing, we've been diligently picking off our "to-do" lists, and we are about ready. We never feel extremely prepared for a trip for the winter, probably because this is only our second year, and like every bird we get better prepared each time. I was shopping today, getting enough to freeze and to have for a long trip so that we can avoid shopping every couple days. The only place with this trip we really want to, but don't want to stop, are gas stations. Gas stations hurt, the pocket book, but that comes with the territory of having our house on wheels and the traveling adventure.

With that being said we will avoid prices like the price featured in the picture below, and we will be smart with the stops we have to make. There is a place in the Blue Ridge Mountains that we want to stop, it was rumored that, in the '80's, there were Satanic groups and ceremonies taking place in a certain locale. I don't believe that a bit, but will at least make an attempt to get there. The whole scene reminds me of that movie "Race with the Devil" starring Peter Fonda from 1975. I can't wait to find a nearby campground, hopefully not filled with a satanic cult and fantasize about the horror that may or may not be.

We do have one more stop on our wish list, but I won't go into great detail with this one. I think both places I have on our list of "to-see" will add to the adventure and be less prone to attract crowds, so I think we'll enjoy the ambience, or lack thereof. It may be a few days that I write, so be patient with me, hopefully we haven't been tormented and chased after as a sacrifice, I'm sure if that is the case, I'll get some footage or great pictures to share.  Have a safe and happy holiday. We will see YOU, and write to YOU, soon!

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The Path of Travel / RV Blog / RV Life

Whether it is a small weekend trip, a jaunt through the thumb of Michigan, travel never ceases to stir something inside Maria and me. Packing, ensuring everything that can be packed is stuffed into the Mothership, is a team effort between us. Maria makes lists for shopping, packs the bags, and I load them into the motorhome prior to lift off. Now this year, as we prepare to be snow birds, once again, things are a little off. We're leaving earlier. Holidays have changed. Our adult children are making their own decisions that we concur with, to stay hunkered down at their own residences and we ours. It's a little uncanny, a little less traditional, yes. Not to mention a little sad, because we love to see our adult children and love their visits with us. We're not paranoid, but all of us want to be as safe as we can be to help each other. That's the way we've always been as a family.

Thank goodness for video chatting, which we will be sure to do.

Travel, though, is different this time with Covid-19 an ever present topic of conversation. So we have been preparing throughout the summer. We've been stocking up on those things that people like to horde in times like these. We're different, we didn't wait until the month of November and do it all at once. We have plenty of toilet paper, FACE MASKS (so that we're not spreading our own germs), plenty of bottled water, and plenty of hand sanitizer, anti-bacterial wipes, etc. We also have a plan. We won't be stopping by super spreader events, or places that are packed with people. The campgrounds we do find and make a decision to stop at we will pay over the phone, or at a website to avoid contact. When we camp we will be using our own shower, our own bed, preparing our own food. We will not walk around to socialize with people, and this, my friends, is not like us! We love people's stories, but this year are pressing the pause button. 

We will still sight see, I have a small itinerary for our trip, so we will not let any of you down on our youtube channel, if you haven't subscribed to yet, you should. We will visit places that are a little less traditional, so all our subscribers can look forward to that!  Know that we're thinking of all of you in these weird times, that we are continuing to travel with safety first and foremost, and that I will still attempt my hand at entertaining all of you at Dark Nest Travels!

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Monster on the Sidelines / Inspired / Preparation

I'm inspired as I count down the days before we leave the great state of Michigan and head toward warmer climates. The temperatures have been dropping, and I've heard through the grapevine that the temps in November are supposed to be a chilly conundrum. For the sake of my family and friends I hope not. I've got a lot of prep to do, a lot of transition to accomplish as we prepare Dark Nest, as we get organized and ready for our upcoming "Snow-Bird" trip. There is a certain mental preparation for the upcoming trip south. I have vaguely mapped out a route we plan on taking, but I don't want to elaborate due to our youtube channel, Dark Nest Travels, and don't want to spoil future videos.

I will say that Maria and I will not miss the chilly arms of winter which awaits like a monster on the sidelines. The month of October brings out the monsters, but not quite like the monster that winter is. October brings us colors, partially bare trees, the beginning of a crunchy forest floor, and the smell of autumn. I love the scents, warm coffee smells different, the scent of fallen apples rotting into the ground, the scent of a last cut on the yard are all nostalgic. The winding down of yet another summer and the life we've created in these weird, uncertain times is coming to fruition. Going south this year, this winter, is questionable to some, but we don't refrain from going. I would rather be isolated, staring at the sunny days, palm trees, and birds of the south, than to stare at the gray sky, and brown grass out the windows of our Nest. It sounds so much better, doesn't it?

When we arrive to our destination in Florida, and after a long journey on in the RV, a new life awaits us. I plan on writing more, be sure to check some of those out here and at Tim Eagle's Portal , and getting into a healthier routine with my daily life, i.e. eating better, loosing weight and focusing on more writing, it's in me to give to all of you, so I must create and give. I hope time don't slip through my fingertips and that I can follow through with my goals going forward.  Thanks for stopping by this time around, and thanks so much for reading a blog, I know it's been awhile. Stay tuned to our videos here: Dark Nest Travels and come back as often as you can when I stop procrastinating and write to you. I'm going to leave one of my favorite Airstream pictures that I think displays autumn the way it should be viewed. Enjoy!