Full-time RV Travel with Carmen and Jim Beaubeaux. This is the podcast version of our blog posts on www.LivingInBeauty.net.
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- Airstreaming to Alaska – Chapter 17: DenaliWe are all born with a mountain in our heart. Call it passion, ambition or soul – this mountain compels us to rise. Even before taking first steps, your tiny arms stretch toward something in the far distance. This mountain of longing is not in your imagination. It's bigger than that. You can't always see it but you know it's there. You see the signs. The mountain is a comfort. It's your pivot point, your base camp. Read more about our visit to the highest mountain in North America... Denali. The post Airstreaming to Alaska – Chapter 17: Denali appeared first on Living In Beauty.0 comments0
- Airstreaming to Alaska – Chapter 16: Whittier to TalkeetnaAfter a full year of preparation and months of travel, Alaska was almost finished. For us, at least. In Victoria, we left summer comforts behind for a solo North Country expedition. Due to our age and the physical demands of the journey, we knew this would be our first and last road trip to this latitude. If you're following our story you know this journey is not a piece o'cake. Nevertheless, the pullouts are full of Olive Garden patrons – some on motorcycles, some with walkers – and they're not coming all this way for The Bingo Trail. Neither old age or the Alaska highway is for sissies. But, all things considered, viewing glaciers from inside a warm and cozy RV helps you to forget about Volkswagen sized pot-holes, wet weather and limp imported lettuce. It truly is The Great American road trip. The post Airstreaming to Alaska – Chapter 16: Whittier to Talkeetna appeared first on Living In Beauty.0 comments0
- Living In Beauty Apr 3 · 10m Airstreaming to Alaska – Chapter 15: Kenai PeninsulaAtmosphere is way over our heads. We can't tell a cirrocumulus from a stratus, but we know what we like. A good cloud show is a thing to behold. I was hooked from the moment Mama first laid me down outside on a blanket, face up. In Alaska, the sky is the Greatest Show on Earth, and clouds are the elephant parade, dominating every scene. Beauty and The Beast is like a cloud passing through, trailing a silver lining. In Alaska, the drive is the destination. The post Airstreaming to Alaska – Chapter 15: Kenai Peninsula appeared first on Living In Beauty.0 comments0
- Airstreaming to Alaska – Chapter 14: Glacier View to AnchorageIt was time to come clean. Pulling out of Valdez, heading toward Anchorage (in the rain, as always) my sore tooth throbbed to the rhythm of the windshield wipers. “I have a toothache.” The rig swerved slightly on the wet road as Jim turned to look at me. “How bad?” he asked. “Pretty bad. Root canal bad, feels like.” “Since when?” “I almost told you in Dawson City so we could turn around and go back to Whitehorse, but then I remembered the fires closed the road.” “So, you’re in pain all this time?” “Well, you know …” The post Airstreaming to Alaska – Chapter 14: Glacier View to Anchorage appeared first on Living In Beauty.0 comments0
- Beautiful World, Beautiful Country, Beautiful LifeShe always said it in threes, with a soft Italian accent, “Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.” First, she’d gasp, Ah!,” and then slowly, “Bee-yoo-tee-fuuul, …" with a little squeak on the yoo part. Forty years ago, I figured her for a centenarian, but looking back from the mature side of my life, she was probably an healthy seventy-five to eighty-year-old. She wore sturdy shoes and a thick black coat which even on hot days was buttoned up to the neck. Her corneas ran low on blue, yet her vision was sharp and her movements spry. Every day, around mid-morning, she walked into our bookstore and went directly for the spinning wire rack of scenic photographic cards. We called her The Beautiful Lady. I think about The Beautiful Lady as we travel with Beauty and The Beast, our Airstream travel trailer and Ram truck. Like the cards in the rack, most places we visit are curated – selected, protected. Designated, beautiful. The post Beautiful World, Beautiful Country, Beautiful Life appeared first on Living In Beauty.0 comments0
- Airstreaming to Alaska – Chapter 13: Tok to ValdezAlaska, land of myth and mystery. It's Shangri–la, Xanadu and Tír na nÓg. It's Through the Looking Glass ... Where The Crawdads Sing, The Fortress of Solitude, and Beyond The Wall. Before the cruise ships found it, getting to Alaska was a heroes journey of purpose and destiny – a trek that required talent, experience and superior genes. Getting there and back is like dancing on stairs. Romanticize Alaska and she will break your heart. Idealize her and she will out you as a fool. The post Airstreaming to Alaska – Chapter 13: Tok to Valdez appeared first on Living In Beauty.0 comments0
- Airstreaming to Alaska – Chapter 12: Top of the World Highway to Chicken, Alaska"You are a catastrophist." Ruth, my editor friend, wearing a "I am silently correcting your grammar" T-shirt, captured and labeled me with the benign efficiency of a seasoned naturalist before tightening the lid on a killing jar. She's good! Touché, shoe-fits, call'm-like-ya-see 'em. I accept the characterization. In fact it's my favorite emoji 😱 If you're dead set on eating sushi from a food truck, walking and texting while crossing the road, or planning a drive to Alaska, I will pray for your welfare, but do not mistake me and Jim for influencers. The post Airstreaming to Alaska – Chapter 12: Top of the World Highway to Chicken, Alaska appeared first on Living In Beauty.0 comments0
- Airstreaming to Alaska – Chapter 11: YukonLong dusty roads. Midnight sun. Thick wildfire smoke. Rivers rising to the breaking point. Cell signal outages. Moose crash hot zones. Every morning we untangled our weary bones from the mosquito net ... to resume the ongoing discussion, "Should we turn back?" The post Airstreaming to Alaska – Chapter 11: Yukon appeared first on Living In Beauty.0 comments0
- Living In Beauty Nov 1 · 14m Rx: Forever CampingOverwhelmed with after-school hunger, I stuck my finger into the contents of the electric mixer and landed on the other side of the kitchen, suffering shock by mashed potatoes. Stunned, I lay on the floor, hoping the surge from the ungrounded mixer would manifest my body with super powers. Fifty-five years later a similar thing happened when our investment advisor pitched the idea of early retirement in an RV. The jolt of enlightenment didn’t send me flying across the room, but every nerve stood at attention as synapses fired warning shots across my frontal lobe. Emergent powers rushed to the surface. Our money man had opened up a path we'd never seen. Could the house-free, financially independent, border-blind, semi-retired, mobile American life be the retirement-hack we'd been longing for? Open-ended camping with no scheduled return date. What do you even call that? Forever Camping! The post Rx: Forever Camping appeared first on Living In Beauty.0 comments0
- Airstreaming to Alaska – Chapter 10: The Alaska HighwayThe Alaska Highway was born to be a military supply route but it grew up to be a story-teller. This unforeseen attribute – like an E-ticket ride at Disneyland – had us riveted from Mile-0. Built for war, this 1,187 mile (1,910 km) road opened to the public in 1948. Since then, driving to Alaska is a surefire epochal adventure for any traveller who is up for a dense narrative with beaucoup twists and turns. Every overlander comes away with a unique life-altering experience, but not always the one they intended. The post Airstreaming to Alaska – Chapter 10: The Alaska Highway appeared first on Living In Beauty.0 comments0
- Blips and BubblesPop! We both heard it, the sound of someone opening a bottle of bubbly in the next hotel room. But we were not in a hotel. We were driving the Beast up a scorched highway in the Mojave desert with Beauty in tow. "Blowout! Pull over!," I shouted. Jim slowed down, activated the emergency lights and showed back, “There’s no room!” The post Blips and Bubbles appeared first on Living In Beauty.0 comments0
- Airstreaming to Alaska – Chapter 9: Victoria to MackenzieThe beauty of driving overland to Alaska is getting there. Like Heaven Tramps tripping along from glory to glory, each new leg of the journey prepared us for the next pearly gate. I once saw this ad: "Seventh Heaven Travel - because the urge to go to a better place is older than Moses." The lively brochure went on to explain that heavens 1 to 6 aren't chopped liver either. We traveled north through British Columbia crossing over land and sea from one sublime realm to another saying, "Pinch me," at every turn. The post Airstreaming to Alaska – Chapter 9: Victoria to Mackenzie appeared first on Living In Beauty.0 comments0
- Airstreaming to Alaska – Chapter 8: Victoria, British ColumbiaHello, Victoria Transported by ferry across the Strait of Juan de Fuca from Port Angeles, we arrived to Inner Harbor within 90 minutes. While waiting in line at Customs, I called my sister, Deborah, who reminded me of her honeymoon road trip from San Diego to Victoria with film star, David Miller in 1975. "Pardon me if it slipped my mind, but you do realize that was almost fifty years ago," I said. Then, I asked her what we should do in Victoria. "Ride the ferries to the islands," she suggested. Then, all pumped up for the usual Canada wave through, we donned our masks as instructed and pulled up to the inspection kiosk. Why did Living in Beauty cross the Strait of Juan de Fuca? The post Airstreaming to Alaska – Chapter 8: Victoria, British Columbia appeared first on Living In Beauty.0 comments0
- Rver’s Bag o’ TricksToday we are celebrating our 6th "On-the-Road" Anniversary (2,191 days). Tomorrow starts our 7th year. Journeying overland to Alaska at our own pace, taking side-roads, detours, and changing plans as we go along, would be a disaster without our magic-kit of digital resources. RVing for recreation, and the Forever Camping lifestyle are experiencing a renaissance. National, State, County, and City Parks are updating their reservation tools and camping resources. Travel apps are being introduced at an astounding rate. Ever since we set out in July 2016, Living in Beauty followers ask us: "How do you pick your locations and what websites and Apps do you use?" As our Thank You to our followers and friends we are opening up our magic kit of digital trip-planning strategies. We believe in sharing. Everyone deserves to be Out There. So, voila … The Living in Beauty Bag o' Tricks The post Rver’s Bag o’ Tricks appeared first on Living In Beauty.0 comments0
- Living In Beauty Jul 14 · 8m Airstreaming to Alaska – Chapter 7: The Strait of Juan de FucaCaptain Kirk or Jean Luke Picard? Vienna Sausages or Spam? Alligator or Bear attack? Lively debate eases the frustration of road closures, detours and delays due to flooding and wildfires as we journey to Alaska. It's a silly mental exercise, but the conversation shortens the drive and relaxes Pico. Disney World or a hot air balloon ride? The Loneliest Highway or Route 66? The Odd Couple or The Mary Tyler Moore Show? Respect your opponent – no falsities or absurdities – hold your position even if assigned by coin toss. Next topic is winner's choice. Our minds work in opposition so the game is about discovery not entrenching differences. There are no wrong answers, but some are better than others. The Strait of Juan de Fuca was fake news, its existence shrouded in mystery for 200 years. Of course, it was there the whole time. The post Airstreaming to Alaska – Chapter 7: The Strait of Juan de Fuca appeared first on Living In Beauty.0 comments0
- Airstreaming to Alaska – Chapter 6: The Oregon CoastAs we move north toward Alaska, we never know what we will be up against. Conditions are rarely what the guides project. Currently, we are dealing with flooded campgrounds due to the early Spring melt. Entering southern Oregon in early March, we were prepared for harsh weather but not the thrashing we took. The Oregon coast drew us in from California and spewed us out upon Washington, our bones stripped clean of any ideation that this wild, romantic land was ever intended for mere men. The post Airstreaming to Alaska – Chapter 6: The Oregon Coast appeared first on Living In Beauty.0 comments0
- Airstreaming to Alaska – Chapter 5: San Francisco to EurekaThe dream of going to Alaska is almost instinctual, a kind of migration that is reborn within each new generation. My folks made the drive without a cell phone. Using public pay phones they checked in once a week from Out There. Now, with the Canadian border reopened after a two-year closure, we expect to share the Alcan Highway with a record-breaking number of senior retirees, their RV's packed tight with puffy coats, woolen underwear and touques, whatever it takes to meet the Alaska of their imaginations. We're in the Alaska state of mind, on our way to a land that humans will never tame to submission, one that tests the resilience of man and beast. The post Airstreaming to Alaska – Chapter 5: San Francisco to Eureka appeared first on Living In Beauty.0 comments0
- Airstreaming to Alaska – Chapter 4: Santa Cruz to San FranciscoMagnificent bridges, beautiful public gardens, the oldest Chinatown in North America, an old island prison, and we don't know a soul who lives there. That's all we had on San Francisco. We figured The City would be cold, foggy, crowded and expensive. Not so. The post Airstreaming to Alaska – Chapter 4: Santa Cruz to San Francisco appeared first on Living In Beauty.0 comments0
- Airstreaming to Alaska – Chapter 3: Morro Bay to Santa CruzWe said goodbye to Morro Bay and continued our journey north toward Alaska. Traveling along the fringes of California we tied up loose ends - stopped to admire places we neglected in our youth and skipped past some old favorites. Paso Robles - Castroville - Santa Cruz The post Airstreaming to Alaska – Chapter 3: Morro Bay to Santa Cruz appeared first on Living In Beauty.0 comments0
- Airstreaming to Alaska – Chapter 2: Malibu to Morro BayThe challenge is Time and Distance. Perception can be deceiving, a mystery, unsolved. Turning back is a natural instinct. But a steady focus on the goal closes the distance. By late January we realized how much sense it makes to fly or cruise to Alaska. Someday we may do that. But, if this overland journey is to be as much about going to Alaska as being in Alaska, then we will approach The Great North with all the tremor of a sixth-grader asking for a dance at the cotillion, employing as many short slow deliberate steps as possible. The post Airstreaming to Alaska – Chapter 2: Malibu to Morro Bay appeared first on Living In Beauty.0 comments0
- Living In Beauty Apr 14 · 10m Airstreaming to Alaska – Chapter 1: San Diego to MalibuOn our way at last! Since the moment we met Beauty in 2015, our thoughts turned to an overland journey to Alaska, a place we've never been. But, as new inductees to RV travel, we took a four-year pause for research and outfitting before daring the challenge. "In due time" was our motto. With many advisors and consultants on hand, in the end it is Jim's determination, forecasting and exquisite attention to detail which keeps our Alaska vision and progress on course. Every two weeks we will report the high points, mishaps and discoveries. The post Airstreaming to Alaska – Chapter 1: San Diego to Malibu appeared first on Living In Beauty.0 comments0
- Campground Review – Sun Outdoors San Diego Bay, Chula Vista, California"What's an RV resort?" is one of the most discussed topics on RV forums. Seems any park with hook-ups boasts the word "resort." Opinions range widely but everyone can agree: "you know when you see one." From what we've seen, Sun Outdoors San Diego Bay is the definition of a true RV resort. The southernmost shore of the San Diego Bay is our home base – a place to surrender into the arms of our hometown and repatriate in the idyllic comforts of the Baja California / San Diego lifestyle. Like the gray whales, we return annually to this enchanting corner of the earth – Chula Vista, our strategic base of operations – to recharge our Living in Beauty energy. There are several RV parks throughout San Diego County, but Sun Outdoors San Diego Bay is our newest sanctuary where we come to wrap-up a year's worth of intense travel and dream up ideas for the next Living in Beauty adventure. The post Campground Review – Sun Outdoors San Diego Bay, Chula Vista, California appeared first on Living In Beauty.0 comments0
- Fast ForwardOver 2,000 days ago, we set out on an adventure to experience beauty, to capture the breaths of the journey, the whispered moments, the tingling feeling you get in that instant when the sun rises and the mountains cast long shadows reaching for miles. Other than Beauty and The Beast, this blog is our only real estate, the "X" in The Cloud where we hoard our long-winded treasure. Whenever the cellular gods provide even a sliver of a signal, we reach into cyberspace to gather our memories and assemble them into a portrait of our experience. Problem is, in the most beautiful places, the cell signals mostly suck. The Living In Beauty blog is almost five months behind and we are currently heading north into cellular deserts. At this rate, a year from now we'll be a year behind. We need a montage to put the squeeze on Old Man Time. The post Fast Forward appeared first on Living In Beauty.0 comments0
- Birthday BalloonsJim wanted balloons. As if anything can embellish an idyllic New Mexico sky, every year on Jim's birthday week, hundreds of hot-air balloons punctuate the stunning Albuquerque landscape. In 2020 we had loose plans to attend the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, but the pandemic grounded the event for the first time since it began in 1972, Jim's High School graduation year. Time Flies, the official theme for 2021, peaked Jim's enthusiasm. He would celebrate his 67th birthday at Fiesta regardless of travel hurdles and reservation complications and the risk of infection as the new variant released its latest offspring into the population. But the major hurdle, was me. The post Birthday Balloons appeared first on Living In Beauty.0 comments0
- Fire & Bones: Kansas City BarbequeBarbecue is technology that does not border on religion: it is religion. That's not far-fetched. The first barbecue in biblical history ignited a blood war between brothers. To escalate a situation, show up with a dead animal, a grill, and fire starter. Differing opinions about the orthodoxy of all three items and arguments about how to employ them will commence shortly. Barbecue also brings out the best in people. See, there's that religion thing again. If, by the time the carcass hits the grill, feelings are not irreparably damaged or knives drawn, then all anxiety will suddenly and mysteriously subside as if lithium has been released into the atmosphere. Music, beer and horseshoes will emerge from car trunks, and the kids who are not teething will cease to cry. The post Fire & Bones: Kansas City Barbeque appeared first on Living In Beauty.0 comments0
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