by Manny & Roz de Lizarriturri | Nov 1, 2010 | America, Cuisine, Friends
Ironic that I didn’t want to spend the day with people Manny hadn’t seen for 40 years and now I can’t get enough of Steve and Joyce! I think there’s a lesson in there somewhere. Perhaps a reminder to be open and to live in the moment! If I could only remember that...
by Manny & Roz de Lizarriturri | Oct 30, 2010 | America, Blues, Entertainment, Friends
A trip to Chicago wouldn’t be complete for us without going to a real Blues Club. When I was searching for campgrounds that were still opened at this time of year, I called the Illinois Beach State Park and spoke to Peter. Lucky for us, as Peter turned out to be a...
by Manny & Roz de Lizarriturri | Oct 29, 2010 | America, Architecture
Our next stop on the memory highway was Chicago, a city known to Manny as the home of his college girlfriend and first serious love, Brenda Brisch. Although we wouldn’t be visiting Brenda because she presently works and lives on the Cote d’Azur in France, Manuel...
by Manny & Roz de Lizarriturri | Oct 28, 2010 | America, History
Recollections of places, events and people from the past are often clouded by years of reminiscing and yearning for the good old days, especially when the good old days were the sixties and seventies, when memories were cast in a haze of pot smoke. Manuel went to the...
by Manny & Roz de Lizarriturri | Oct 27, 2010 | America
When Manny and I declared that we wanted to go where the wind blew us, we thought we were using a metaphor. But shortly after leaving the factory, we headed into some of the worst weather the Midwest had seen in decades. Driving through North Dakota, Minnesota and on...
by Manny & Roz de Lizarriturri | Oct 26, 2010 | Canada
The sole purpose of this trip was to take possession of our brand new Freedom II Serenity motor home. We hadn’t expected the trip to Manitoba to have a tourist side to it. Located about 20 miles from the US/Canadian Border, Winkler, Manitoba isn’t generally known as a...
by Manny & Roz de Lizarriturri | Oct 25, 2010 | Canada, Plugs
We had a choice on how to take delivery of our new home on wheels. Most people have their motor home shipped by truck from the factory in Winkler, Manitoba to the dealership where it was purchased, and take delivery and “hands-on” training from the dealer. In our...
by Manny & Roz de Lizarriturri | Oct 22, 2010 | America, Canada, Logistics
As I write, it is Friday night, October 22, and I am sitting propped up in one of the two sleeping options in our brand new Freedom II Serenity motorhome. Two months ago, it seemed that this day would never arrive, and frankly, it still has a dreamlike quality to it....
by Manny & Roz de Lizarriturri | Oct 19, 2010 | History
I am no stranger to the RV lifestyle. Although my parents didn’t have a lot of money, they didn’t let that dampen their spirit of adventure. For years our family vacations were spent going somewhere in one recreational vehicle or another. Starting with a slip-in truck...
by Manny & Roz de Lizarriturri | Jul 10, 2010 | America, RV Financing
As you can imagine, purchasing our Serenity II dream home wasn’t like walking into a car dealership and arranging financing for a new automobile. It’s more in the category of buying a small vacation cottage. But we weren’t worried. We banked at Citibank, where we had...
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