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More lovely people and a misdirected stone
There’s nothing quite like the sound of rain pitter pattering on the tent roof. Until it’s ruined by a toddler waking up simultaneously as the audio book ends and three older kids breaking out into argument. Thus goes parenthood though and now this post too. It’s now been hours since the rain stopped and the…
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First Set-Up
Today is the day! We are heading out to Bankhead National Forest to test drive our roof top tent and decide if it was really worth what we paid. If you’ve been following us on our journey you may have noticed a theme with National Forests. It’s because military members and their dependents are eligible…
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Another Campground, Another Adventure.
I’m going to start by saying there’s some good people out there and there’s some unfeeling, coldhearted ones. Yep, it’s been one heck of a week as we dropped off our Defender to get fixed, picked up a rental car, BBQ’d in the rain, got a Texas license, had to switch campgrounds with a compact…
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Another Detour
By now, I’m an old pro at things not going to plan. The Defender is still overheating. I got the fan working again by installing a new switch, but on the highway once you get over 55 the temp gauge still just starts climbing up, up, up. For most cars, this would be no big…
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I love/loathe my Defender.
Well, this post’s title says it all. I have a love/hate relationship with my Defender. I’m fairly certain it has spent just as much time being broken as it has been being drivable over the last 6 months. We picked it up from the port today. My dad made the 3-hour trek down with the…
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It’s here and we’re leaving!
Our Defender has finally made it from England to America! Now to just wait for it to clear customs, ugh, and then we can pick it up and be on our Great American Adventure! Still sticking with that name, I think. This week has been exponentially better than the last. The rain let up, which…
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Alabama and Our Roof Top Tent
We left Texas yesterday morning on our way to Athens, Alabama and Outlaw Offroad to finally get our rooftop tent. Twenty-nine hours and one horrible hotel stay later we made it. FYI, no matter what the hotel website says, always call to verify amenities like breakfast, the ice machine, the pool, clean rooms. You getting…
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Brit tent for the win!
Bleh. That one word about sums up our first week here in Coldsprings. It’s been hot and humid with a few thunderstorms sprinkled between. The mosquitoes are still relentless and no amount of citronella candles, lamps, or spray deters them. No amount of insect repellant repels them. They just keep right on hunting for blood,…
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Attitude is half the battle.
Parents, this one’s for you. Listen closely. Your attitude matters. Your words and actions will color your children’s words and actions. Your refusal of things will lead to your kids refusing those same things. Your acceptance means their acceptance. Seems common sense, right? But I think we sometimes forget it. It’s not until we hear…
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Worst Mother’s Day Ever… but God
Let me start off by saying this post is about God and the Christian faith. You might not believe in either, but I do. And this post is a testimony to my beliefs and my ever-growing faith. If you know me or if you’ve been following our journey at all, you know my four children…
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mosquitoes, Mosquitoes, MOSQUITOES!
Woohoo, another week down and two more weeks to go until we pick up our Defender from Galveston. Then we’re headed on our Great American Adventure. Not sure if that’s the name we’re going to stick with calling our endless roadtrip but for now it will do. We’ve left Louisiana and the air conditioned yurt…
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Goodbye, Florida… Hello, Louisiana
We finally left Florida! We had been waiting for our camping gear to arrive, which it finally did last Thursday/Friday. And now we’re hitting the road in our Explorer, heading to Texas to pick up our Defender. Hooray! I’m not sure our Explorer is feeling the same enthusiam though. Sixteen suitcases plus camping gear and…
