LFTR Episode 71 - We’re nearing the end of our Summer of Song and wondering What’s Next? We discuss our week in 3 different Michigan State Parks including beach days and family bike rides.

Highlights include:

* An interesting bike path detour in Traverse City

* A campsite by a rocky beach with fossils in Petoskey

* Beach Party in Holland

* Hiking through woods and over sand dunes in Warren Dunes

* We can’t really know what’s next… and that’s probably good

* Biden is stepping aside and Harris feels… hopeful

* We’re not preppers, but we’re prepared (to go survive in the woods)

* Have a plan, but plan to change your plan

* Stories and morbidity

Links:

* Traverse City State Park

* Stonehound Brewing

* Petoskey State Park

* The Backlot Petoskey

* Tap 30 Pourhouse

* Holland State Park Beach Campground

* Warren Dunes State Park

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LFTR Episode 70 - We can barely contain our Joy this week, but we’re not sure why! Maybe you can let us know.. We left the gin out of our G&T’s and got sillier. 🤷 We recount our week in Toronto and seeing Mt. Joy

Highlights include:

* Dry July, y’all (so much good N/A stuff out there)

* TMI about sleeping habits

* Seeing Mt. Joy as a date night

* Shout out to the broad squad!

* Maybe the best crowd all summer

* The beautiful and garish Niagara Falls Canada side

* A Burger King roller coaster

* Doing Niagara cheap

* Sleeping at the ONroute

* What to expect when crossing borders (plus tips for making it smooth)

* Order the apps at a brewery, not cabbage

* Looking forward to Traverse and Michigan beaches!

* Jamming at Mt. Joy with our thousands of closest friends

* Music brings out the feels

* The pursuit of joy as a family value

* Being cheesy AF

Links:

* Partake Brewing

* Budweiser Stage (Toronto)

* Mt. Joy

* Clifton Hill

* Niagara Falls Canada

* Archival Brewing

* Traverse City State Park

* Jesus and Astrovans

Thanks for listening! As always you can find LFTR at

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LFTR Episode 69 - This week we have a (nice) chat about how the hell we ended up here? We recount the emotional rollercoaster of realizing we had issues with the rig and blowing up our plans for the week to take care of it. We also wax nostalgic about our first camper - and how our Butterfly Effect was a broken tent set off a series of events that changed our lives forever.

Highlights include:

* Flint, MI is cute!

* Airstream alignment is weird

* An unplanned trip to “the mothership”

* jk we do have frontend separation on Flo.

* But, she’s patched up and scheduled for a full fix under warranty next month!

* Glorious, full power AC

* A chance to use our 20A dogbone (at 13A)

* An epic fail of a back in (even after 4 years of this, still do it once in a while!)

* We didn’t seriously consider getting a camper until our tent broke

* We were never home for more than 2 months at a time since!

* If you have a way to trial run full time road life, do it

* The pros and cons of being untethered

* The magical Sonoran desert

* Single aisle campers are great!

* Other “butterfly effects” in our lives

* Getting out (of normal) helped us learn more about ourselves

Links:

* Tenacity Brewing

* The Terraport at the mothership

* Sterling State Park

* Bronte Creek Provincial Park

* Taxa Mantis

* The Butterfly Effect

Thanks for listening! As always you can find LFTR at

http://lettersfromtheroadpod.com

, and you can email us at lettersfromtheroadpod@gmail.com.

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