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Three Months in Europe with Just a Backpack

Cherie Ve Ard — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 19:51:55 +0000

Greetings from the middle of the Atlantic Ocean! We’re currently one week away from wrapping up a three-month adventure through Europe, traveling with nothing but a backpack each. No other luggage. And that included packing for a 13-day cruise back to the US. Traveling by backpack isn’t new to us. We bought our first back […]

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Continuing our European Adventure – France!

Cherie Ve Ard — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 19:20:26 +0000

After completing a month traveling around Spain by train, it was time to cross the border into a new country – France! We left Colera on a regional Spanish train and crossed the border into Cerbere, once a hopping central train hub where the French and Spanish train systems meet. The railway gauge is different […]

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Sleeping Around Europe: Short Term Rentals (Airbnb) vs Hotels

Cherie Ve Ard — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 16:30:47 +0000

Bonjour from Paris – where are wrapping two months since we landed in Europe. We’ve been getting around by train, carrying just what fits in our backpacks. Without our boat, bus or van along for this adventure, we’ve of course needed somewhere to sleep every night. So far that’s meant a mix of short-term rentals […]

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A Month Exploring Spain … Well, Mostly Catalonia

Cherie Ve Ard — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 08:28:11 +0000

When we landed in Madrid on August 6, we only had our train to Zaragoza for the solar eclipse and our return cruise in October booked. The rest, was an open book to be written. We had thought we might use Europe’s train system to travel all over to visit friends spread throughout Germany, Italy […]

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Getting Around Spain… by Train!

Chris Dunphy — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 07:11:52 +0000

We have just wrapped up a full month exploring Spain on our European 2026 adventures! We’ve been exploring with no pre-set plan other than rendezvousing with RVing friends in Zaragoza for the solar eclipse. We’ve stayed in big cities, small cities, and even a tiny coastal village – using both rental apartments and hotels. And […]

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Let the European Adventure Begin: Arriving to Spain for the Total Solar Eclipse

Cherie Ve Ard — Sun, 16 Aug 2026 17:05:42 +0000

The past few weeks have been a whirlwind of navigating pre-planned logistics to get our boat into storage, our van loaded up and into storage too. Because when our friends Nina & Paul messaged last October that they had booked a hotel in Zaragoza, Spain in August for the next total solar eclipse – we […]

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Cruising Long Island Sound – Side Trip off the Great Loop

Cherie Ve Ard — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 21:42:42 +0000

After we wrapped up our time in the New York City area, we decided to divert off the official Great Loop route and head down the East River into Long Island Sound. We had numerous recommendations that the sound is excellent cruising area, so what the heck – a side trip it is to wrap […]

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Exploring New York City by Boat!

Cherie Ve Ard — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 14:29:53 +0000

Cruising past the Statue of Liberty is an iconic moment in most Looper’s journey. But for us, exploring NYC by boat has been a highlight we had been looking forward towards – well, since we started planning our Loop over a decade ago. In our typical Slooper way, we didn’t just want to cruise through […]

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Our First Offshore Passage – Cruising the NJ Shore on the Great Loop

Cherie Ve Ard — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:28:47 +0000

After wrapping up our amazing month in Philadelphia, it was time to tackle our fears. A section of the Great Loop we had dreaded. One of the few places where there is no choice but to leave protected waterways, and transit into the wild open ocean. You know, where krakens and lava monsters live! I’ve […]

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A Month Docked in Philadelphia – Great Loop Side Trip

Cherie Ve Ard — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:11:45 +0000

We take so many side trips off the Great Loop, and they end up being some of our best experiences. And that’s definitely the case with our decision turn left up the Delaware River towards Philadelphia to spend the month of May in the city of brotherly love. We’ve stopped in Philadelphia multiple times over […]

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Let the 2026 Cruising Season Begin – Off to Philadelphia We Go!

Cherie Ve Ard — Sat, 16 May 2026 19:26:48 +0000

We were successfully splashed after winter storage at McDaniel Yacht Basin in North East, MD in mid-April. As marinas further north were not yet opened for the season, we had a couple weeks to kill. So we spent the time getting Y-Not provisioned for the season ahead, and just enjoying the area. In the last […]

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Casitas of SKP Saguaro Co-Op RV Park – Benson, AZ

Cherie Ve Ard — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 20:56:15 +0000

One of the things that drew us to getting a lot at SKP Saguaro Co-Op RV Park was that many of the lots have casitas on them. Now, just what is a casita? It’s small building, no more than 288 sq ft, that sits next to the RV pad. As the park is designated an […]

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Back to Y-Not – Van Trip from Arizona to Maryland via the Natchez Trace

Cherie Ve Ard — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:19:10 +0000

Last we left you, we had just departed Benson, AZ in our van after abundant winter season at SKP Saguaro Co-Op. We left out on March 13 to start heading eastward, with plans to caravan with our friends Amanda & Jesse who were heading in the same direction. We arrived back to northern Maryland, where […]

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20th Nomadiversary: Expanding Our Horizons!

Chris Dunphy — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:29:10 +0000

Today is a pretty major milestone – I have now been a full-time nomad for twenty years! That seems like it should be a pretty big deal – but after twenty years of living like this, it’s just another day. Today’s plan of exploring a scenic state park and then cruising the Natchez Trace Parkway […]

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Wrapping Up our Winter 2026 Season in Benson, AZ at SKP Saguaro Co-Op

Cherie Ve Ard — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 21:12:44 +0000

Wow, did the past 2.5 months go by fast! This winter season was our longest time on our lot at SKP Saguaro Co-Op RV Park, and it was abundantly full of awesome. In 2018, we officially became lifetime leaseholders in the park, but have only managed to get back to Arizona for a couple months […]

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