Category Archives: Planning our escape

A little background and stories from the planning stages

Planning Our Seven Week RV Road Trip: California to Illinois and Return

Posted on May 5, 2019 by Tim and Joanne Joseph

May 5th ~ Happy Cinco de Mayo – Southern California **Our niece is getting married on June 1st in Illinois and we are ramping up our plans in preparation for our road trip from California to Chrisman and return. Departure … Continue reading →

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Planning a Surprise Trip

Posted on April 22, 2018 by Tim and Joanne Joseph

Sunday April 22nd ~ San Bernardino Mountains Although we have had a break from traveling the past two months, we have still stayed busy with doing some needed clean-up, repairs and decluttering at our tiny cabin in the mountains. We … Continue reading →

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Our Epic Summer of 2017 RV Road Trip Begins!

Posted on June 2, 2017 by Tim and Joanne Joseph

June 2nd ~ Canoga Park, California Finally! Ellie Mae Camp-it is all loaded up and we are just about ready to head out-of-town. Tomorrow our Summer 2017 Road Trip officially begins! For anyone new to our blog, Ellie Mae is … Continue reading →

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Traveling – What we’ve got (tentatively) planned for 2017

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Tim and Joanne Joseph

February 15 ~ Southern California We are hoping that this year will be primarily about exploring in our compact RV (Ellie Mae Camp-it), seeing more bits and pieces of the USA and Canada, including our desire to start checking a … Continue reading →

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On our way to Switzerland

Posted on July 12, 2016 by Tim and Joanne Joseph

Tuesday, July 12th – Los Angeles International Airport We are all checked in and patiently waiting to board our Swiss Airline non-stop flight from Los Angeles to Zürich, Switzerland. 

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Tips For Women Travelers

Posted on February 15, 2016 by Tim and Joanne Joseph

Tim and I attended a presentation put on by Overseas Adventure Travel (OAT) last week at our local Marriott Hotel in Woodland Hills. Registration was at 9:30, followed by breakfast and a travel presentation. We have not booked any trips with … Continue reading →

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Can you help us identify this place?

Posted on January 15, 2016 by Tim and Joanne Joseph

Hello Friends – we need your help please! This beautiful painting is hanging in our cabin on board the Ruby Princess. Each evening as we get ready to drift off to sleep I find myself staring at it. I want to … Continue reading →

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Our travel plans for 2016 (so far)

Posted on January 6, 2016 by Tim and Joanne Joseph

January ~ Canoga Park and Arrowbear Lakes, California For 2016, we decided to travel on the odd months, and stay in So California on even months. We will see how that works out, but that was my starting point for mapping … Continue reading →

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Wrapping up 2015 ~ Home is where the heart is

Posted on January 4, 2016 by Tim and Joanne Joseph

December 2015 ~ Canoga Park and Arrowbear Lake, California We have been home bodies for the past couple of months – well kind of any way. That has become a very “relative” term. We have our tiny cabin in the … Continue reading →

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Around the world in 7 months – the adventure starts today!

Posted on March 13, 2014 by Tim and Joanne Joseph

Well today our dream trip begins… We are sitting in Air Canada’s club lounge at LAX waiting to go to our gate for our first flight. Today we take Air China from Los Angeles to Beijing, China.  After a 4 … Continue reading →

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