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This is 2020.  Last year ended horribly and changed our lives forever, but we are still 4 Carkeets strong and moving forward as best we know how. This started as a way to chronicle our 6 week sabbatical journey in 2018, but we still have the RV and we are still making memories and we invite you to follow along!

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We were given a great opportunity to take a 6 week road trip in 2018. We bought an RV, packed our bags and hit the road!  After our trip, we went back to reality (reluctantly), but we still have the RV and we still love adventure, so please follow along as we continue to document our rolling travels!

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Category: Adventuring

Adventuring

Show me the money!

By Tonya Carkeet | September 13, 2018September 14, 2018 by Tonya Carkeet

Today is a big blog entry, lots to share, mostly pictures!  This morning I got up and set out to finish up some work that I hadn’t gotten done the night before.  While I was working, my family decided to have a Conga line right through the middle of the RV, because why not? I…

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Re-Calculating!

By Tonya Carkeet | September 12, 2018September 12, 2018 by Tonya Carkeet

I think anyone who has driven with a GPS providing directions knows exactly what that word sounds like!  Well, unfortunately, that is the theme of today.  The Carkeet Caravan has met it’s match in Hurricane Florence and we are smart enough to know when to admit defeat.  Up until today we were still holding out…

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New York State of Mind

By Tonya Carkeet | September 11, 2018September 11, 2018 by Tonya Carkeet

Romeo Victor is safe and sound and we have been reunited!  We had a great time in New York, but it feels good to be back “home”. Today, we had a surprise guest join the Carkeet Caravan… my cousin’s new husband, Ernesto, was in NYC for a couple of days and just so happened to…

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Walking the vertical plank

By Tonya Carkeet | September 10, 2018September 10, 2018 by Tonya Carkeet

Today we woke up in NYC!  We set an alarm clock and got up when it went off.  We each enjoyed nice long showers, in an appropriately sized shower before heading down to breakfast and out for the day.  There were two couples visiting from somewhere in Europe celebrating one of their 50th birthdays.  They…

Adventuring

That’s not acorns!

By Tonya Carkeet | September 9, 2018September 10, 2018 by Tonya Carkeet

I knew I was forgetting something yesterday!  The other fun thing that happened was our sink became detached from the counter.  Shouldn’t be too difficult to fix, but still, never a dull moment! Last night (post blog post) John and I finally made our way to bed.  I should preface this by saying that we…

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Crossing the Delaware?

By Tonya Carkeet | September 8, 2018September 8, 2018 by Tonya Carkeet

This morning we packed up to head out.  I had a heck of a time waking up this morning, and after several attempts from the kids, John came to try and get me up and out of bed.  For anyone who knows us, this is the most Freaky Friday, backward thing ever!  I am the…

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What’s the difference between a school teacher and a steam train?

By Tonya Carkeet | September 7, 2018September 8, 2018 by Tonya Carkeet

Answer below This morning we got up and out a little bit quicker than we did yesterday.  It rained all night and it was so nice and cool, we even ran back to grab our JACKETS (*happy dance*) before heading out.  We made our way over to the Seaport museum – which is WAY bigger…

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There she blows!

By Tonya Carkeet | September 6, 2018September 8, 2018 by Tonya Carkeet

Today the plan was to hit the Mystic Aquarium and the Seaport Museum.  The aquarium closed at 4:50 today and the museum at 5, so we headed to the aquarium first.  We are always skeptical about visiting new aquariums, having been to the Monterey Bay Aquarium several times and the Shedd and it isn’t a…

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Beware of Dog

By Tonya Carkeet | September 5, 2018September 5, 2018 by Tonya Carkeet

This is not going to be the most action-packed blog entry, but there are a couple of stories worth telling… I’ll start with last night.  I stayed up late waiting for John to get back from his rental car adventure and trying to get the blog updated.  Posting pictures on dial-up speed Wi-Fi is the…

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Beachy Keen

By Tonya Carkeet | September 4, 2018September 4, 2018 by Tonya Carkeet

Sometime in the wee hours of this morning, I remembered that we had some anniversary cards that were given to us to open on our anniversary (last Friday) that we had completely forgotten about, so we opened those over breakfast!   We could have been more organized today.  Our rig is starting to feel a…

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Give me liberty or give me… conditioned air!

By Tonya Carkeet | September 3, 2018September 4, 2018 by Tonya Carkeet

Today we got to explore Boston!  It was a good day to do it because it was Labor Day and it wasn’t too crazy, it was a horrible day to do it because it was hot in ways that I can’t describe with a G rating.  (Seriously, we came on this trip this time of…

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Lazy Day

By Tonya Carkeet | September 2, 2018September 2, 2018 by Tonya Carkeet

Last night I fell asleep reading to Levi and had a heck of a time waking up this morning.  We had an agenda, sort of, but scrapped it and will catch up tomorrow.  We took our time getting packed up and let the kids play at the park on the way out. We drove down…

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