Phyllis McCrossin

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.

Retirement Reflections: Fridays in California

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Retirement Reflections: Fridays in California As I’m writing this, it is Friday night. Ahhhhh, Friday. Before retirement, it meant a whole lot of different things than it does now. Fridays During Our Working Days Back in the days of employment, it…

Adjusting to Technology in Retirement

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Life in the Not-So-Fast Lane Navigating Updates in Technology as We Age I guess I’m getting to be “that age. “Today I opened my laptop and accessed my mailbox. Yahoo mail has been updated. I didn’t like it. Not. One.…

A Quiet Week at Kal-Haven Outpost

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Fall Camping and Halloween Events It’s been a peaceful week at Kal-Haven Outpost. Now that school is back in session, the campground is quieter during the weekdays, but by the weekend, the camping spirit is alive, and the sites fill up. RV sites…

Summer Adventures

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Prepping for Our California Road Trip – Life at Kal-Haven Outpost Back To Blogging It’s been a while since my last post, and there are a thousand excuses. I thought about retiring from writing, the trailer’s Wi-Fi is spotty, King…

Rock Hunting Adventure

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Rock Hunting Adventure at Pier Cove: Discovering Lightning Stones Yesterday, King, Petra, and I drove to Pier Cove to look for lightning stones (septarian stones). The beaches along the west Michigan coast are pretty well-known for these types of stones. According to…

Tiny Space Living Adventures

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Golf Scrambles and Self-Repair Glasses There is one word for today. Cold. Or better, COLD! Golf Scramble Adventures King played in his first golf scramble of the season. To prepare he bought two small propane canisters to use with portable heaters they…