This Road, Our Way

18/01/2024

Our beautiful views at Lake Lanier islands in Georgia.

29/11/2023

We are so excited to have our Paradigm RV parked at the house and ready to make our own!!

21/11/2023

We’re here!! Doing the walkthrough at

14/11/2023

While the wife’s away:

I’m traveling on a business trip this week (second pic is my view at the coworking space)
so that means hubby can make food as spicy as he wants while I’m gone. 😂

His claim: his best BBQ chicken ever, on the pit barrel, spicy style.

Any other couples out there with vastly different taste buds? 😂

04/11/2023

I love Saturday mornings. when it’s cold outside. Coffee, blankets, a fire.. and videos that spark something. It’s sort of like Saturday morning cartoons, but the grown up version. 😂

And I can’t wait for the view out the window to be different all the time.

What are your Saturday mornings like?

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03/11/2023

We got the pick up date!! Our fifth wheel has been scheduled to head to the dealership where we’ll pick it up. 🎉 🎊

We’re going to get one heck of a Thanksgiving week gift!! We are so excited!!!

28/10/2023

This is so exciting!! Our RV is officially on the line and being built. AND we’ve got pics!

The amazing team at has sent us some pictures of where our Paradigm 382rk is in the process. It’s so fun to see the step by step.

And I have to say, we are so happy we chose Alliance.

The entire purchase experience has exceeded our expectations, everyone on the staff that we met in Hershey has followed through and then some.

And a huge thanks to April at Alliance for the pics!!

I can’t believe it’s almost here! Right now we’re looking at probably end of November or early December for it to come home with us.

09/10/2023

We visited the historic Yates Mill in Raleigh, NC yesterday. It’s a beautiful park with the only still fully working mill in the county. There are beautiful hiking trails around the lake. It’s like a little piece of peace here. Highly recommend if you’re visiting Raleigh!

But I have to PSA, too. There are no dogs allowed.

When we were there, a family had their dog and realized it wasn’t allowed. So the mom went to put her dog in the car and was going to leave him there. It was 70 degrees but in full sun. An hour in an enclosed car would easily hit over 100.
They were obviously going to hike so the dog would have been there a while.

Please please check if dogs are allowed where you’re going and don’t rely on leaving the dog in the car when you get there. I couldn’t help but say something because not everyone realizes, and she was really annoyed with me. But better an alive and safe dog. 🐾

26/09/2023

⏰ How to spend just a few hours in Gettysburg 🚗

On our travels home from Hershey, we drove through and we couldn’t just drive by. I am a huge history nerd and this has long been one of the places in this country I wanted to visit most.

We only had a few hours this time and we’ll definitely go back another time when we can fully explore.

We stopped at the Visitor’s Center first and the docent gave us some information on options.

The Gettysburg auto tour is truly taking a journey through history. It's a self-guided tour that allows you to explore the key battlefields and historic sites of Gettysburg at your own pace. You follow a well-marked route (with signs with stars in them directing you through the streets of Gettysburg, complete with informative markers and maps, that guides you through the pivotal locations of the Civil War battle that took place in 1863.

There is something about being on the same ground where so many soldiers walked, fought and died. You can't help but feel the weight of history and appreciate the courage of those who stood their ground and mourn the loss of so many lives.

The town of Gettysburg is also really worth the visit. We didn’t get to stop but we know we’ll go back. There are Civil War era buildings downtown and lots of little tourist shops and local food options.

It’s hard to describe the feelings of being in this place. Even if you just have a few hours like we did, don’t let it pass by. We will definitely go back when we have the time to devote.



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We’re Jeannie and Dave, an almost empty-nester couple, getting started on our next adventure as anytime RVers in our Alliance Paradigm 382rk with our two dogs, Wyatt and Mollie. Jeannie works remotely as a VP of Marketing, and Dave is retired from 30 years of landscaping and learning how to edit YouTube videos. 😆

Follow us for newbie as part timers, history and travel, dog and &wife shenanigans.

17/09/2023

15/09/2023

Visiting Hershey Chocolate World!

02/08/2023

Sunflower bloom is over and the bees had their fill! And now the birds are enjoying the seeds. It’s literally the birds and the bees over here. 😂 🐝 🐦

02/08/2023

Sunflower bloom is over and the birds are enjoying the seeds now. But the pictures last us until next year!! 🌻

18/07/2023

📷 We have a new camera!! We just got a Canon EOS R10 for both photos and video.

And look at this gorgeous shot the hubs got of an American goldfinch in our back yard. 🐦 💕😍

10/07/2023

Aren’t these the cutest?? We love our cardinal families in our back yard so when I saw these on Etsy, it was a must!!

The Etsy store is Elmycraft. These are handmade wood and painted.

I will definitely need another set for our RV!!

In other news, we’re making a trip back to the RV dealers today. We’re taking a look at both Grand Designs and Alliances today. More details later!

17/06/2023

A hubby and his dog. (One of them, anyway. ) ❤️ 🐾

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16/06/2023

They are really good at photobombing. 😂

(And flowers from the yard!)

06/06/2023

How’s your Tuesday going? This little guy has questions. 😂

We’ve got an influx of finches right now, and I think they’re babies? So much fun to watch.

02/06/2023

We finally got to see the Paradigm 382RK yesterday! (Video to come.) We really, really liked it, and we had a great conversation with the sales rep at .

So what’s our status re: part time RV life?

✅ We’ve narrowed our choices down to 2 fifth wheels (the 382RK being one of them). Unless they come out with something new in the 2024 lines. 😂
✅ We ordered our truck! Yup, we went for the Dually. More on that soon.
✅ Hubby is working on clearing the space on our property for the RV. More on that soon, too. 😂
✅ We’re making plans to go to the Hershey RV show in Sept! Anyone else?

We’re getting there!!

29/05/2023

Remembering those who gave for our freedom. These pictures are from our trip to Arlington.

01/05/2023

Travel day, the airplane way! Up waayyyy too early.

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29/04/2023

All the empty-nester mamas out there, I’m not ready!

Our son’s junior prom was last night. He and his girlfriend looked amazing and had such a wonderful time. I couldn’t be prouder of him.

AND… every one of these steps just reminds me that college is around the corner and so is the day where we won’t be a part of his daily life in the same way. Ever again.

Is it as hard as I think it will be? 😆 😭 I am excited about the life hubby and I are building and planning toward. And while I love the idea of traveling whenever we want, not on the schedule of school holidays… still. Tell me your secrets!

28/04/2023

This is amazing! Definitely something to add to the "Must see" list.

A stunning, 50-foot-tall stainless steel statue of art and history, The Dignity is located on a bluff near South Dakota's town of Chamberlain, designed by sculptor Dale Lamphere to honor the cultures of the Lakota and Dakota people.

27/04/2023

A little sunflower sunshine for your day! 🌻

Sunflowers are one of my favorite flowers. These were taken at in Raleigh. Every summer, they have acres of Sunflowers. It’s beautiful!! If you’re traveling through Raleigh, it’s a great stop in mid-summer.

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25/04/2023

It only took me 20 hours—err, minutes to get them all to sit long enough to take this first pic. 😂

We have the dog cousins until tomorrow! Then we’ll go from four to two again.

24/04/2023

Really interesting:

https://fb.watch/k6OPN_VcKD/?mibextid=ykz3hl

24/04/2023

I’m heading back to the San Francisco Bay Area next week for work.

This photo was actually taken across the bay in Alameda, on the - Sea, Air and Space Museum. If you’re in the Bay Area, I highly recommend a tour.

And though we’ve been in North Carolina for almost two years (this June), and I love it here. This is definitely home. But the Bay Area is my old stomping ground!

Where are your old stomping grounds?

21/04/2023

All right. It’s almost full-on bug 🐞 🐜 🐛 season. Last year, I think we tried 9 different types. What bug spray do you use??

15/04/2023

Here’s to the true friends. ❤️ 🍷 😂

07/04/2023

We saw so much this week!

Pics:
1 - Supreme Court
2- Quarterdeck Restaurant in Arlington (more on this later)
3 - flowers 🌸
4 - Capitol
5 - flowers
6 - Capitol
7 - Old Auditor’s building (note the pencil in the architecture! One of the volunteers at the Holocaust Museum pointed this out while we were in line
8 - Library of Congress
9 - Library of Congress
10 - Library of Congress

More pics and video ahead but here’s a few notes on tours:

Capitol tour — book early with your senator or congress person. Our tour guide had fun facts that made the tour even more enjoyable.

Library of Congress— the building is incredible. The way they let you in to see the actual library — at least now while it’s so busy— was disappointing. I really wanted to spend time in there. Look at some books. But they shuffled the visitors through the middle circle inside, and you weren’t allowed to go outside that circle or even stop for long. Very disappointing.

Holocaust Museum— reserve ahead online, highly recommended. They also give out a few hundred tickets in person every morning. The line forms early. We were there about 9 for a 9:45 handout and we weren’t first in line.

Monuments— definitely see at night. There is something incredible about night.

Museums:
The Natural History museum was very cool. Free entry, no tickets required.

Air and Space museum— book tickets online ahead. Same applies, they give away a handful every morning. We didn’t make it to this one. Next time for sure.

Arlington — more on this later. We spent a morning here.

All in all, an incredible week. More photos and videos to come!