Little House on the Road

 Sunday, October 4 - We left Max Meadows, VA and traveled via I-77, I-74, and I-40 to Raleigh, NC. There was a long delay north of Winston-Salem so we let Google lead us off our chosen path and ...

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 Our stay at Indian Lake Resort near Huntsville, OH,  from Sept. 19 to Sept. 27, was good in many ways. It's a well-kept campground with friendly workers and we had good internet access via Ver...

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We left the Silver Lake area of Michigan on Thursday, September 17 after saying farewell to the Klepper family who own Sandy Shores Campground.  The drive to the Elkhart County 4-H Fairgrounds w...

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I've been remiss in not posting over the past several months as we continued our workamping stay at Sandy Shores Campground in the Silver Lake area of western Michigan. By the governor's direct...

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With the  Michigan governor lifting bans against recreational camping, the campground is coming to life. More seasonals are coming back, and this weekend is sort of a 'soft opening' for overnig...

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Time marches on at Sandy Shores Campground, even if most of our work doesn't. The seasonal residents were allowed to return on Friday, May 15, and the first ones were in the gate before 8 A.M. It...

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On the afteroon of Friday, April 24, we arrived at the Sandy Shores Campground , in the Silver Lake section of western Michigan. Our campsite, next to the pool and bathhouse, was ready for us an...

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Thursday, April 16:: For many months, we've had a problem with low-voltage on our chassis batteries. Hank checked everything he could as we continued to travel,  but the problem kept cropping u...

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Sunday, March 19, we traveled from Concord, NC to The Matthews Campground in south Raleigh, NC for a month's stay. This campground has 11 full hook-up sites on gravel pads in a wooded setting, b...

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Tuesday, March 10: We left Travelers Rest to start our journey north driving on I-75, Hwy. 301, and I-95 before arriving at the Walmart in Pooler, GA for the night. Wednesday, March 11: The rou...

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After the hustle and bustle of the holidays, it was time to head toward Florida on January 2.  We said good-by to Minooka Park near Jemison, AL, and made an overnight stop at Ingram's Marina on ...

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I haven't posted anythng new since early November so I thought it was time to at least show that we're still alive and kicking. When our Farm Fun workamping job at Poppell Farms in Odum, GA en...

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We arrived at Poppell Farms on the afternoon of September 24 after a 2-day drive from Huntsville, AL for our 3rd workamping job.  Although we hate driving near Atlanta, saving time was important...

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Sunday, September 24 found us with our 5 children for the celebration of our oldest son's marriage.  Hank's brother and his wife were also there from Virginia. It's rare that we're all in the s...

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September 4 was a sad and exciting day.......sad because we were leaving the friendly family that we had been working for all summer  ....and exciting.......because it was time to hit the road f...

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We've been workamping at Sandy Shores Campground at Silver Lake, Mi for almost 4 months. It has been a great summer overall as we worked alongside good people at a scenic location, and learned a ...

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Time seems to pass by quickly here at the Sandy Shores Campground at  Silver Lake, MI.  We've become very comfortable in our jobs, and feel fortunate to be working here.  Sandy Shores Campgrou...

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The Silver Lake area is a tourist destination and the major part of the "season" is here.  The campground has been full the last few weekends, and with the 4th holiday in midweek, it was the sam...

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It's hard to believe we/ve been at Silver Lake for a month already.  Our schedule is easy to handle and leaves us plenty of free time as well.  Our off - days are Monday and Tuesday. The camp...

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With our annual first quarter events over and done with, it was time to head for our summer stay at  Sandy Shores Campground on the shore of Silver Lake near the famous Lake Michigan Silver La...

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 The Ramblin’ Pushers is an organization of Class A (DP) and Class Super C diesel motorhome owners who gather for an annual Maintenance Session, the MS, It is one of our favorite events to at...

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Since our last blog post, life has continued to be very busy.  Our stay in Raleigh was great.  We enjoyed meeting up with friends, going to club meetings, taking care of doctor appointments, vi...

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We promised a full report on our March repairs, so here are the facts from Hank's notes on how things played out. THURSDAY MARCH 7TH: Traveling north on US-29 toward the Charlotte hamfest, as w...

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Yesteryday afternoon, Cummins finished their repair work and took care of some maintenance items for us .  After spending the night using their hookups, we pulled out this morning about 9:45 A.M...

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This past week has brought some good news. After more consultations with Spartan Chassis in Michigan, another solution was found that is less expensive and quicker to accomplish.  We are hopeful...

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