Gypsy Journal RV Blog
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Blog covers articles on Full-time RVers, Campground, RV lifestyle, Motorhome, RV travel and more.
Nick Russell, author of the blog, is a Full-time RVer, who travels in his Winnebago Motorhome.
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2h ago
Today is a very special day in our lives, because 27 years ago today, Terry and I became husband and wife. And what a wonderful, love filled 27 years it has been! We have gotten through some rough times together, the worst of them being Terry’s cancer diagnosis in 2001. As some of you know ..read more
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1d ago
I’ll tell you how cold it is here in west-central Alabama. It’s so cold I saw a plumber with his pants pulled up yesterday! Yeah, it’s that cold. But that’s okay, I’ve got plenty of writing to do to keep me busy. I got most of another chapter, over 2,100 words, done in my new ..read more
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2d ago
A college education can be a great thing, but the reality of it is that all too often when you graduate, you end up with a diploma and, more often than not, a huge student loan debt that will take years to pay off, but not much else. Nothing I learned in a college classroom ..read more
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3d ago
In yesterday’s blog when I talked about the snow that we had here while we were away at Mayo Hospital in Florida, I forgot to include a picture of some that was still on our deck when we got home Saturday night. There was also some snow on the ground in the shaded areas at ..read more
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4d ago
People are asking me how we handled the snow and ice the last few days here in west-central Alabama. I can’t tell them because I didn’t experience any snow and ice. You should know by now that my rule is if it snows, Nick goes. So at the first mention of snow, I packed my ..read more
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5d ago
In our society, men are hesitant to admit when they are being abused at home. But it happens more often than you might think. I know, because I’m a victim myself. My wife has been verbally abusing me for quite some time now. I sort of brushed off the first incident, thinking it was just ..read more
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6d ago
Anybody who knows me has heard me snivel and say how much I hate cold weather. I have lived in places like Minnesota, northern Ohio, and New York, back when they had serious winters with many feet of snow, and I know all about cold weather. I’m not a fan. That’s why I don’t live ..read more
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1w ago
When we bought our house here in Alabama, I set a goal of being able to pay it off in two years. Yesterday, two years and six days after we signed the papers to purchase it, we wired the last the money to the mortgage company to pay it off. It would have been paid ..read more
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1w ago
We started the day yesterday with a visit from Alan Banks, one half of the father and son team of Banks Construction, who has done so many projects for us around the house. Alan was here to advise us on our next project, which will be converting the tub shower combination in the master bathroom ..read more
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1w ago
A while back my pal Barb Westerfield told me about an episode of the Independent Lens series on PBS called Storm Lake that I should watch. Barb knows I spent most of my working years publishing small town newspapers, and she said this one was right up my alley. To be honest, I forgot about ..read more