Winter in California: A Snowbird’s Quiet Season
It’s been a while, hasn’t it? I have some pretty good excuses, but I’ll leave it at that and let everyone figure out what they might be. Suffice it to say an excuse is not a reason and at this…
King & I
Retired & Roaming
King & I
Retired & Roaming
Phyllis McCrossin
Phyllis McCrossin is a retired newspaper reporter/editor. She and her husband travel full-time in their travel trailer. She writes an occasional blog about their travels and believes that surely, not everyone was kung-fu fighting.
California RV Life: Settling Into a Simple Holiday Season
California RV Life on a Hillside Near the Pacific King and I have settled into our California life – having landed in the state the first week of November. We spent two weeks at a campground in Bonita before moving…
Aging and Staying Active: Finding the Balance
Are We Slowing Down Because We’re Aging? It’s Thursday evening and King and I are back in the trailer early this evening. Our grandsons had baseball practice, and we opted to head home rather than sit in a drizzle and watch. It…
Living an Additive-Free Lifestyle in Retirement
It’s 4 a.m. and I’m not sleeping. I was lying in bed thinking about what I was going to write and decided there really was no need to wait until the sun came up to begin. If I get tired…
Life in California: RV Adventures and Reptile Foster Care
Reptile Foster Care: A Noble Cause in California It’s a quiet Sunday here in California. King, our daughter, and grandsons are helping their other grandmother, aka YaYa, move some reptile tanks in her home. She has quite a menagerie of…
Life in California: RV Living, SpaceX Launches, and Wildfires
It’s Saturday as I write this. A New RV Location with Stunning Views King and I moved to a new location on Monday. It’s ideal and it isn’t ideal. We are in the yard of a gentleman we met last year.…
Lake Jennings Campground Rules: Vintage Trailer Challenges
Navigating Lake Jennings Campground Rules It’s the third day of the new year as I write this. I’m not certain it has any significance other than three days ago it was the first day of January 2025. I have to wonder when, in the…
Exploring Borrego Springs: A Dark Sky Village Adventure
I suggested to King yesterday morning that we take a road trip to Borrego Springs. As is his way, he didn’t respond, so I asked if he heard me. “I’m thinking,” was his reply. Two minutes later he snapped the…
Finding Holiday Contentment: Reflections on the End of 2024
This is my last missive for 2024. My how time flies. Why the Holiday Season Feels Like a Blur For me, the holiday season is over. Some contend the season ends with the New Year, but I don’t do New Year’s Eve…
Too Tired to Work: Reflections on Aging and Burnout
I think I’m pretty tired. A Decade Ago: Life as a Nightshift Paginator I realized this when I looked at some old Facebook posts and realized just 10 short years ago, I was working as a newspaper page layout/copy editor…