RV Wanderlust

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Captains Log: RV Wanderlust 07-03-15

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Eric and Brittany Highland

  • Date: 07-03-2015
  • Current City: Colorado Springs, CO
  • Current Location: Peregrine Pines FAMCAMP / Air Force Academy
  • Site Number: 75
  • Wi-fi Signal: Verizon – Good / AT&T – Acceptable / Campground Wi-fi – Hit and miss, free
  • Cell Signal: AT&T – 2/5 bars LTE
  • Mission: Work / Explore
  • Compliment: 2 Officers, 2 Crew
  • Captain: Eric Highland
  • Navigator: Brittany Highland
  • 1st Mate: Trogdor the Burninator
  • Deckhand: Rhythm Jasmine
  • Guests: None
  • Weather: Partly Cloudy / 64°
  • Precipitation: 0%
  • Humidity: 70%
  • Wind: 7 mph
  • Fuel: 25 Gallons of Diesel – 1/4 tank
  • Odometer: 113,517
  • Generator Hours: 4628.0
  • Estimated Date of Departure: Saturday, July 4th
  • Next Destination: Golden, Colorado. Clear Creek RV Park

Special Orders: Crank Out Work Before Boys Arrive

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Captain’s Log: RV Wanderlust 06-01-15

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  • Date: 06-01-2015
  • Current City: St. Louis, MO
  • Current Location: St. Louis RV Park
  • Site Number: 13
  • Wi-fi Signal: Verizon – Good / AT&T – Medium / Campground Wi-fi – Slow and Free
  • Cell Signal: AT&T – Good 4/5 bars
  • Mission: Work / Explore
  • Compliment: 2 Officers, 2 Crew, 0 Guests
  • Captain: Eric Highland
  • Navigator: Brittany Highland
  • 1st Mate: Trogdor the Burninator
  • Deckhand: Rhythm Jasmine
  • Guests: None
  • Weather: Cloudy / 60°
  • Precipitation: 0%
  • Humidity: 80%
  • Wind: 6 mph
  • Fuel: 75 Gallons of Diesel – 3/4 tank
  • Odometer: 112,161
  • Generator Hours: 4621.8
  • Estimated Date of Departure: Saturday, June 13th
  • Next Destination: Lawrence, KS (tentative)

Special Orders: Return to the log! It’s been far too long.

Captain’s Remarks

11:27 – Work like a captain, play like a pirate! Argghhh I can’t believe that my last Captain’s Log entry was in October of 2014. We’ve been making other blog posts, but the Captain’s log has taken a walk off the proverbial plank. [Read more…]

Captain’s Log: RV Wanderlust 10-14-14

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Meriwether Navigator Brittany Highland and Captain Eric Highland of RV Wanderlust

  • Date: 10-14-2014
  • Current City: Myrtle Beach, SC
  • Current Location: Pirateland Family Campground
  • Site Number: 790
  • Wi-fi Signal: Verizon - Good / AT&T - Good / Campground Wi-fi - Average/Good and Free
  • Cell Signal: AT&T - Good
  • Mission: Work / Explore
  • Compliment: 2 Officers, 1 Crew, 0 Guests
  • Captain: Eric Highland
  • Navigator: Brittany Highland
  • 1st Mate: Trogdor the Burninator
  • Guests: None
  • Weather: Rain / 74°
  • Precipitation: 40%
  • Humidity: 93%
  • Wind: 1 mph
  • Fuel: 25 Gallons of Diesel - 1/4 tank
  • Odometer: 105,479
  • Generator Hours: 4613.6
  • Estimated Date of Departure: Saturday, October 25th.
  • Next Destination: St. Augustine, FL (Tentative)

Special Orders: Continue to enjoy new friendships. Work. Presentations.

Captain’s Remarks

13:16 - When we last left off, we were wrapping up our time in Raleigh, NC and heading to Myrtle Beach, SC. Well we made it! [Read more…]

Captain’s Log: RV Wanderlust 09-23-14

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Meriwether Navigator Brittany Highland and Captain Eric Highland of RV Wanderlust

  • Date: 09-23-2014
  • Current City: Raleigh, NC
  • Current Location: North Carolina State Fairgrounds
  • Site Number: 101
  • Wi-fi Signal: Verizon - Good / AT&T - Average / Campground Wi-fi - Very Good and Free
  • Cell Signal: AT&T - Adequate
  • Mission: Work / Explore
  • Compliment: 2 Officers, 1 Crew, 0 Guests
  • Captain: Eric Highland
  • Navigator: Brittany Highland
  • 1st Mate: Trogdor the Burninator
  • Guests: None
  • Weather: Overcast / 58°
  • Precipitation: 10%
  • Humidity: 72%
  • Wind: 0 mph
  • Fuel: 50 Gallons of Diesel
  • Odometer: 105,167
  • Generator Hours: 4613.6
  • Estimated Date of Departure: Saturday, September 27th.
  • Next Destination: Myrtle Beach, SC

Special Orders: Enjoy new friendships, continue client work

Captain’s Remarks

09:35 - Part of the difficulty in keeping up with regular Captain’s log entries has been a lack of free time where we aren’t doing something spontaneous and fun. We have thoroughly enjoyed our time since we last updated the log from Williamsburg, VA.

For our faithful readers, we last left off after visiting the home of Thomas Jefferson (Monticello) and the lovely city of Charlottesville, VA. We’d been staying in Williamsburg, VA and visiting as many places in the Historic Triangle as we could in the time we were there.

On August 31st, we made our way back to Virginia Beach. It was time to head south. This time we stayed at Fort Story in Virginia Beach. We were there for two weeks. Here are some highlights [Read more…]

Captain’s Log: RV Wanderlust 08-29-14

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Meriwether Navigator Brittany Highland and Captain Eric Highland of RV Wanderlust

  • Date: 08-29-2014
  • Current City: Williamsburg, VA
  • Current Location: King’s Creek RV Park (Naval Weapons Station Cheatham Annex)
  • Site Number: 42
  • Wi-fi Signal: Verizon - Good / AT&T - Weak / Campground Wi-fi - Intermittent but Free
  • Cell Signal: AT&T - Extremely Poor
  • Mission: Work / Explore
  • Compliment: 2 Officers, 1 Crew, 0 Guests
  • Captain: Eric Highland
  • Navigator: Brittany Highland
  • 1st Mate: Trogdor the Burninator
  • Guests: None
  • Weather: Mostly Cloudy / 73°
  • Precipitation: 10%
  • Humidity: 78%
  • Wind: 0 mph
  • Fuel: 66 Gallons of Diesel
  • Odometer: 104,697
  • Generator Hours: 4613.6
  • Estimated Date of Departure: Friday, August 29th.
  • Next Destination: Williamsburg, VA

Special Orders: Prepare to shove off

Captain’s Remarks

08:58 - Since we left Fayetteville, NC much has happened. We went to Little Creek, VA and spent time with some friends and even met some new ones. Connecting and reconnecting is one of the really nice perks of full time RVing. [Read more…]

Captain’s Log: RV Wanderlust 08-07-2014

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Meriwether Navigator Brittany Highland and Captain Eric Highland of RV Wanderlust

  • Date: 08-07-2014
  • Current City: Fayetteville, NC (Fort Bragg area)
  • Current Location: Smith Lake Army Campground
  • Site Number: 2
  • Wi-fi Signal: Verizon - Good / AT&T - Good / Campground Wi-fi - None
  • Mission: Work / Explore
  • Compliment: 2 Officers, 1 Crew, 0 Guests
  • Captain: Eric Highland
  • Navigator: Brittany Highland
  • 1st Mate: Trogdor the Burninator
  • Guests: None
  • Weather: Mostly Cloudy / 85°
  • Precipitation: 10%
  • Humidity: 59%
  • Wind: 6 mph
  • Fuel: 6 Gallons of Diesel - Yikes!
  • Odometer: 104,218
  • Generator Hours: 4613.6
  • Estimated Date of Departure: Saturday, August 9th.
  • Next Destination: Virginia Beach, VA

Special Orders: None

Captain’s Remarks

10:17 - We made it to Fayetteville, NC. Our first time in North Carolina in Meriwether! Home of Army Airborne Special Forces and Fort Bragg. [Read more…]

Captain’s Log: RV Wanderlust 07-21-2014

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Meriwether Navigator Brittany Highland and Captain Eric Highland of RV Wanderlust

  • Date: 07-21-2014
  • Current City: Charleston, SC
  • Current Location: Joint Air Force Base Charleston FAMCAMP
  • Site Number: 9
  • Wi-fi Signal: Verizon - Good / AT&T - Good / Campground Wi-fi - Medium
  • Mission: Work / Explore
  • Compliment: 2 Officers, 1 Crew, 0 Guests
  • Captain: Eric Highland
  • Navigator: Brittany Highland
  • 1st Mate: Trogdor the Burninator
  • Guests: None
  • Weather: Scattered Clouds / 85°
  • Precipitation: 70%
  • Humidity: 74%
  • Wind: 4 mph
  • Fuel: 45 Gallons of Diesel - just under 1/2 of a tank
  • Odometer: 103,866
  • Generator Hours: 4613.6
  • Estimated Date of Departure: Saturday, August 2nd.
  • Next Destination: Unknown

Special Orders: Get back into our regular routine.

Captain’s Remarks

12:45 - If you’ve been following along, you know we had a pretty scary breakdown at our stop in Orlando/Kissimmee. No Captain’s Log has been written since June, though several attempts at one had been started. The week in Orlando with the kids and grandma, the breakdown, and clients proved to be too much for us to work on the Captain’s Log as well. Without a doubt it was the most hectic week we’ve ever had yet since full-timing. [Read more…]

Captain’s Log: RV Wanderlust 06-25-2014

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Meriwether Navigator Brittany Highland and Captain Eric Highland of RV Wanderlust

  • Date: 06-25-2014
  • Current City: Marianna, FL
  • Current Location: Florida Caverns State Park
  • Site Number: 19
  • Wi-fi Signal: Verizon - Average / AT&T - Weak / Campground Wi-fi - None
  • Mission: Summer 2014 with the kids!
  • Compliment: 2 Officers, 5 Crew, 0 Guests
  • Captain: Eric Highland
  • Navigator: Brittany Highland
  • 1st Mate: Trogdor the Burninator
  • Crew: Darius 17, Arianna 15, Javen 13, Silas 10
  • Guests: None
  • Weather: Clear / 83°
  • Precipitation: 70%
  • Humidity: 72%
  • Wind: 7 mph
  • Fuel: 50 Gallons of Diesel - 1/2 of a tank
  • Odometer: 102,687
  • Generator Hours: 4612.1
  • Estimated Date of Departure: Friday, June 27th
  • Next Destination: Orlando, FL

Special Orders: Repair Issues To Be Addressed. Enjoy Summer, Repairs Later.

Captain’s Remarks

11:39 - As usual, our lives are filled with adventure at every turn. This week we canoed right past a 5-6 ft alligator and then went swimming in a natural spring-fed pool. We’ve been so busy, again, I’ve had to force myself to sit down and write a Captain’s Log so we are able to look back and reflect on our adventures someday. [Read more…]

Captain’s Log: RV Wanderlust 06-18-2014

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Meriwether Navigator Brittany Highland and Captain Eric Highland of RV Wanderlust

  • Date: 06-18-2014
  • Current City: Milton, FL
  • Current Location: Clear Creek RV Park
  • Site Number: 2
  • Wi-fi Signal: Verizon - Low / AT&T - Medium / Campground Wi-fi - None
  • Mission: Work week before the kids come for summer
  • Compliment: 2 Officers, 1 Crew, 0 Guests
  • Captain: Eric Highland
  • Navigator: Brittany Highland
  • 1st Mate: Trogdor the Burninator
  • Guests: None
  • Weather: Scattered Clouds / 94°
  • Precipitation: 50%
  • Humidity: 34%
  • Wind: 0 mph
  • Fuel: 75 Gallons of Diesel - 3/4 of a tank
  • Odometer: 102,485
  • Generator Hours: 4612.1
  • Estimated Date of Departure: Sunday, June 22nd
  • Next Destination: Florida Caverns State Park

Special Orders: None.

Captain’s Remarks

13:50 - I had mentioned earlier how full-time RV life and working from the rig reduces the amount of exercise you get. As a full-time RVer who works from the rig, you’d be surprised how much less exercise you get unless you make a point to do so. For those who full-time without working, the story is probably vastly different because they are going out and about more often. [Read more…]

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