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An Evening in Baltic

An Evening in Baltic

As an interlude several of us made the short journey from Sugarcreek to Baltic, Ohio to East Main Kitchen for conversation and comfort food. We can highly recommend the Roast Beef Dinner! From there we moved across the street to Baltic Mill Winery where we lingered in...

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Good as New and Prettier

Good as New and Prettier

On their way to üCamp18 with their venerable T@BOO42 on Monday, our friends Rich and Susan were involved in a three car accident that caused serious damage to the rear end of their T@B both interior and exterior. Yesterday morning they stopped by the breakfast...

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Meeting Mandy Lea

Meeting Mandy Lea

A few years ago Mandy Lea made a decision to live a more deliberate life. She purchased a T@G travel trailer and made plans to trade her workaday job for free lance photography and a life on the road. There's a cool back story as to how she came to the attention of...

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Everybody Loves Truman

Everybody Loves Truman

Our next door neighbor arrived yesterday evening and we got to meet Patrick, Patty, and Truman of Travels with Delaney fame live and in person. We've been following their video blog since shortly after they purchased their T@B 400 in late December. We'd corresponded a...

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Field Trip to Kidron

Field Trip to Kidron

Six of us piled into a Highlander for a trip to Lehman's, originally founded in 1955 to stock non-electric equipment and supplies in demand in the middle of Ohio's Amish community. These days the Lehman's store here in Kidron is patronized not only by local Amish and...

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Sunset Over Winklepleck

Sunset Over Winklepleck

The party continues. We walked to Glenhaven with a gaggle of friends where rather than join the long line for refreshments, we just grabbed a table and continued visiting until the line diminished. As the evening progressed more folks joined us. Eventually we migrated...

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Monday Arrivals

Monday Arrivals

Today’s the day, the official check-in and kick-off for üCamp18! Over the last few days more than a dozen of us arrived early and settled in. Those of us with previous üCamp experience helped others find their place within Winklepleck and when needed guided newbies...

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Milking Time

Milking Time

It's where Chipotle's sour cream comes from, an Amish family dairy farm certified for its humane animal care. We were invited to watch the milking this afternoon. We were impressed with the care the family took with the process from the milking of the cows and the...

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Early Morning Excavations

Early Morning Excavations

Some of us volunteered to be up early Saturday morning to help finish up the temporary üCamp water so it will be ready for Monday morning when registration begins and the official rally gets underway. The first challenge of the day was finding the north end of the...

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The Annual Ball Game

The Annual Ball Game

When we chose to arrive early at Winklepleck for the üCamp18 rally we were aware that there would be other events happening on the grounds over the weekend but thought that since our campsite was at the far end of the park that we would not be in the way. Turns out we...

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Planning a trip? Dreaming of travel? Perhaps some of our adventures could inspire yours! Over the last several years we’ve had the distinct pleasure of many cross country journeys traveling though the Lower 48 in tents and our various teardrop campers as well as an amazing Alaska adventure that did not involve a camper.

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Reserved. Check. Double Check.

Reserved. Check. Double Check.

A few days ago we made a reservation at Red Pine Campground in Saginaw, Minnesota, just west of Duluth, for tonight. This afternoon we pulled in, walked into the office, and discovered that they had no reservation in our name. Oops! We checked our email and discovered...

Island View Lodge

Island View Lodge

This is it! There was something about their write up on the Harvest Hosts website that really intrigued us and drew us to stay at Island View Lodge in the Wisconsin Northwoods near Mercer. When we arrived we were warmly welcomed by Erin and soon after befriended by...