by mcgarveysan | Mar 2, 2026 | Our lives, Truck Camper Life Full time living
Life’s a little different for us now that we’ve settled into a sticks and bricks home for awhile. For years, our lives have fit inside an RV. Our beloved truck camper, Cupcake, who got her name from my Dad and his love of adventure. We wake up to desert...
by mcgarveysan | Feb 7, 2025 | Dementia, Grief, Our lives
Coping with loss: A year after my parents died I’m trying to come to grips with their passing. I miss them everyday. In the end, dementia killed my mom and dad. On a sunny day in December, I told my dad that he would die soon. I told him that Mom was also dying....
by mcgarveysan | Jun 30, 2024 | Full Time in a Truck Camper - RV Life, Our lives
Five years on the road! It’s hard to believe that Steve and I have been on this adventure for five years between hiking and full-time RV living. In case you’re new here, my husband and I had long-lasting corporate careers that we traded in for a life on...
by mcgarveysan | May 3, 2022 | Our lives, Pacific Crest Trail, PCT, PCT 2021
Finishing the Trail I’m looking at my PCT finishers medal as I type this and it’s hard to believe that it’s been three years since we began hiking the Pacific Crest Trail. I finished hiking the trail in September 2021 after 2652 miles of backpacking. ...
by mcgarveysan | Jan 13, 2022 | Blog Updates, Our lives, Truck Camper Life Full time living
Willkommen Welcome, Come on in! Our website is kind of like our home. So come in, put your feet up, drink some coffee and stay awhile! As I was recently writing about the little town of Frankenmuth, Michigan, I realized that in many ways this website (and our YouTube...
by mcgarveysan | Apr 6, 2021 | Our lives
Deciding “where to go next” is a big topic for us. Here’s my answer; I don’t know. We had a rough master plan put together when we left our jobs two years ago. Thru-hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, India and a solid...
