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I’ve always wanted to meet an alpaca. Yesterday, Skip and I met several: Winona (featured above with farm owner Janis), Cutie-Patootie, Crème Brûlée and her daughter Soufflé. Their fluffy crown of fleece, deep set eyes, and somewhat regal posture are endearing. Watching them hop and run through the pasture was a hoot! Our Harvest Host,…

We departed our three-week Massachusetts mission project last Wednesday and hit the road south on Thursday. The mountains in northern Pennsylvania afforded the most beautiful autumn landscape of our journey. Nonetheless, it was a relief to reach more flat and open ground toward southern Pennsylvania, dotted with dairy farms and Holstein cows appearing along the…

While we are enjoying marvelous adventures, we also are pushing through many miles with our rig and pickup. Adding a little spirit helps. Here are three fun examples to share. When you hear “Wilson! Wilson!” what comes to mind? Per chance Tom Hanks in the movie Castaway? Meet our “Wilson.” We picked him up on…

Spending weeks in New England afforded a marvelous opportunity for leaf-peeping. Our trip wouldn’t have been complete without seeking autumn glory! After our first week of serving at the Mission E4 Ministry, we splurged on a 400-mile weekend tour through Vermont.  From Massachusetts we headed north to Keane, NH on our way to Queeche, VT,…

Our final pin in the map on this journey brought us to the Bowman Orchards near Albany. Traversing through the western and central regions of New York from Lake Erie to Albany was spectacular. We encounter mile upon mile of the Catskills mountains covered in dense upland forests. Scant wisps of autumn colors foretold the…

Anne’s driver, here, Skip, contributing to our blog. In our current Community Bible Study of Job we are refreshing and gaining new understanding over the influence of God’s protection versus satan’s freedom to wreck havoc in the world. We got a taste of this on our drive east of the Finger Lakes Region of New York…

While our adventures have been many, so too have the hours driving east. Thus, we decided on Tuesday to alter our plans and savor a day of rest at a campground along Lake Erie in Ripley, New York, just a 1/4 mile past the Pennsylvania border. We relished a day without travel. We loved looking…

Wild to Mild Saturday’s travels led us further south in Michigan to Reality’s Chance Rescue Sanctuary, another Harvest Host experience. Rescuing mustangs is the centerpiece of this sanctuary which was founded in 2011 by Laura Hauenstein. To contain the population of wild horses on Bureau of Land Management land in the west, wild horses are…

While those living on the UP of Michigan are affectionately called “Yoopers,” I’ve never known the colloquial name for Lower Michiganders living in the “mitten.” Now I know. They are called trolls, so named for living under the Mackinac bridge. Learning new things is part of the fun of RV life. We’ll be surrounded by…

Wagon ho and away we go! For our first night out on our trip to New England, we boondocked at the Aspire Ranch in Merrill, WI. What a beautiful, serene Harvest Host experience. Owners Kristin and Adam warmly welcomed us and led us to our parking site for the evening. Just outside our door we…