Hello? Is this thing on?

D minus 16 days and counting until we set off. The plan is to spend from June 27th to August 5th on the road and testing out the lifestyle. We're going to free-form it, probably getting to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Wisconsin including Door County, Minnesota, Ontario's North Shore of Lake Superior, and who knows what else. In the middle of the trip, Kent will be sailing the Chicago-Mackinac sailing race on Lake Michigan from Chicago to Mackinac Island (duh!) aboard Quick Silver, a 41-footer from St.Joseph, Michigan while Sandy and Eddie will bring the RV from the southwest Michigan dune country on the shores Lake Michigan up to Mackinac to meet Kent. From there the trip continues to parts unknown. We have to be back to Toledo by August 5th so Kent can return to the work-a-day world for his last month prior to retiring at the end of August. By then Kelsie, daughter number three, will be safely ensconced as an incoming freshman at the University of Cincinnati (Go Bearcats!) and we will be free to roam without restrictions (well sorta, kinda, in a way). Oh, and the aforementioned Eddie is our rescue dog from the local dog shelter. He's an Australian Terrier (give or take) and suffers from a severe case of "happy tail" (it's in constant motion). Eddie has never met a lawn sprinkler he didn't love to attack or a bush that needs to be investigated. Oh, and bunnies, life is not complete without chasing bunnies.

It promises to be an interesting learning experience (at least for us) and hopefully will be fun for the readers too, so if you are interested please feel free to follow along on our misadventures.