Peering at the Santa Monica Pier...and How Volunteering Can Enrich YOUR Life!

Peering at the Santa Monica Pier

Have you ever wondered where Route 66 ends?

Rather than dumping travelers into the Pacific Ocean, Santa Monica offered a better solution - a pleasure pier.

Chase us around a place full of Americana kitsch at its finest, California style... CONTINUE READING >>

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How Volunteering Can Enrich Every Empty Nester's Life
What is it that makes us feel so passionate about life when we are helping others?

 There must be something more to volunteering than the oft said “it makes us feel good to do good.”

I believe it goes deeper.

 When the chicks fly the coop we lose the built-in community that comes with raising a brood. Gone are the sports team gatherings, the school plays and scout meetings.

 Entire peer groups disappear overnight. It can get kind of lonely... CONTINUE READING >>

Ever Wonder How Our Adventure Began? Guess We've Always Been a Little Crazy!

Have you ever wondered how we met? 

A one-night stand (not ours!), a beat-up old (heavy metal) car named the Sharkmobile, and the US Postal Service delivered a one-three punch we couldn't ignore.

It might not be the most romantic story and, the odds most definitely were NOT in our favor, but... CONTINUE READING >>

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Getting Elevated in an Airplane Hanger in Santa Monica

Join us in California where we had the opportunity to see what happens when a new car is launched!

We were blown away by the wildest performance art group ever, drank liquid nitrogen cocktails, supped on fare from THE Top Chef - then chatted with him - and were among the first to see a brand spanking new car design! What a night!.. CONTINUE READING >> 

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Road Trip! Toolin' Down Illinois' Great River Road

The Mighty Mississippi in all of its glory - the history, the lore, the beauty and the quirkiness.

Join us as we head down the Great River Road with stops in beautiful, historic Galena, Wine Country (yup, there's wine in Illinois!), Moline, where David traces his roots (he's John Deere's g-g-g grandson!),  amazing Nauvoo, and Quincy, where we meet the self-proclaimed "Nutroll Nazi." And that's just the... CONTINUE READING >>

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Glamour + Camping = Glamping on the California Coast

Your GypsyNesters take a Glamping adventure of a lifetime up California's Pacific Coast Highway!

Follow us from Santa Monica to Santa Barbara to Beverly Hills - yes - Beverly Hills, as we discover what the Glamping Life is all about!... CONTINUE READING >>

Windy City Whirlwind Tour

Join us on our whirlwind tour of Chicago, home of America's Tallest Skyline. View the Windy City's grandest buildings, catch a reflection in Cloud Gate and see the beautiful (and huge!) Buckingham Fountain at Grant Park lit up in red at night! Did you know that Chicago has a building so large it has its own zip code?... CONTINUE READING >>

Easy to be Hard

While we are firm believers in a "take it easy" philosophy, we have never been standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona before. Call us wacky, we were pretty stoked about it.

The town of Winslow is pretty stoked, as well.
They built a little monument to the lyric, complete with a mural of a girl, my lord, in a flatbed Ford slowing down to take a look at the statue named "Standing On The Corner." It's painted as if it is a reflection in a plate glass window and really works. The mood is captured.


Cool as it was to climb inside an Eagles song, we... read more

Amtrak 15-Day Rail Pass Live-Blog - Week One

Week one of our crazy 15-day Amtrak Rail Pass. Chicago to California via Santa Fe. Ride along with us as we show you the ins-and-outs of train travel, eat in Santa Fe, hang out with Michael Jackson in Hollywood, and get caught in a wicked storm that stopped the train! Loads of video and interviews, including David's "tour" of couch seating...read more