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About Michigan Traveler

Bob and his wife, Pat, are fulltime RVers. They sold their home in Michigan in June, 2011 and now travel the country, living on the road. Home is Where You Park It!

Back Home for Repairs and Checkups

From what I have discovered from visiting various RV forums is that most full-timers go back to their home town at least once a year to visit their doctors and other annual appointments as well as to visit friends and … Continue reading

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Land Between the Lakes & St. Louis

Our next stop was the Land Between the Lakes in Kentucky and Tennessee.  Bob always thought it would be a neat place to visit.  It took us three days of traveling to get there.  Enroute we stayed at a small … Continue reading

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Raleigh, NC – April 2012

It’s always good to visit family and this leg of our travels took us to Raleigh, NC, to see our daughter.  We have actually seen more of Elisabeth than normal because she spent time with us while Scott was home … Continue reading

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Savannah, Charleston and Myrtle Beach – March/April 2012

As we were mapping out where we wanted to go from Key West, and we talked about working our way up the east coast.  Pat had wanted to see Savannah because it’s said to be such a beautiful city.  Military … Continue reading

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Everglades – Kennedy Space Center

We  spent a night at Everglades National Park on our way to Key West and decided that we should make it a longer stop as we headed back north.  We were so glad we did! Everglades has two campgrounds.  Long … Continue reading

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Key West, FL

When we started our new life as full-timer RVers and we told people we were going to live in our fifth wheel trailer, many would ask, “What are you going to do in the winter?”  Bob’s standard response was, “February … Continue reading

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Disney World and MacDill Air Force Base

The hit of our time in Florida was seeing our oldest son, Scott, who was home on leave from Afghanistan.  His family was staying at a relative’s vacation home in Orlando so he could enjoy his leave in a festive … Continue reading

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Homosassa Springs, FL

Isn’t it amazing that the farther south you travel the warmer the temperatures get?  We had planned this part of our journey for quite awhile.  Several years ago we had tent camped in the area in March and had gone … Continue reading

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Back Home for Christmas and on to Alabama

We decided to fly home for Christmas rather than drive, a decision we may do differently in the future.  It was a bad Christmas for snow in Michigan, but we did get some snow the day after Christmas.  Regardless we … Continue reading

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A Vagabond’s Thanksgiving and Christmas

Thanksgiving found us in southern Alabama.  Darcy Toth and her husband Roger spend the winter in Orange Beach, AL and invited us to join them for Thanksgiving.  We stayed at the Gulf State Park.  This is a great park with … Continue reading

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