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Sweet Surrender🪽The Blue Ridge Parkway

What took us so long to BRP? We finally hit the target and gave the Blue Ridge Parkway the full focus of our attention for the entire month of July. At last, we understand why the popular Blue Ridge Parkway is called “America’s Favorite Drive." Here is our photographic review.

Posted February 8, 2025 – Narrated by Jim To listen to the podcast, click the play button Lost and alone on some forgotten highway      Travelled by many, remembered by few Lookin’ for something that I can believe in      Lookin’ for something I’d like to do with my lifeSweet, sweet surrender      Live, live without care Like a fish in the water      Like a bird in the airJohn Denver – Sweet…

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Campground Review: Sam Houston Jones State Park - Lake Charles, Louisiana

While passing through Louisiana after a major storm, we pinned Lake Charles on the Living in Beauty list of places we like to explore. Our research turned up Sam Houston Jones State Park. What a beautiful park!

Posted January 8, 2025 – Narrated by Jim To listen to the podcast, click the play button See our 5-Bambi rating legend at the end of this review. Dad was born in 1919 to a Louisiana factory-working family who barely made ends meet. He joined the navy on his 18th birthday. Jim’s dad age 18 – 1937 Back in the 1950’s and 60’s, a kid could run loose in Louisiana while visiting relatives…

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Civil Rights Trail - Chapter Six: Montgomery, Alabama - The Epicenter of The Movement

Henry Louis Gates Jr. calls Montgomery, Alabama, "The Epicenter of the Civil Rights Movement." With so much to learn and see in the Montgomery area, we easily filled two weeks with sightseeing, museums, restaurants and lectures.

Food, Music and Enlightenment The Civil Rights Trail Chapters Join us in this series as we share our once-in-a-lifetime adventure. Chapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: Emmett Till Chapter Three: Juke Joint Festival – Clarksdale, Mississippi Chapter Four: Mound Bayou – Mississippi Chapter Five: New Orleans Chapter Six: Montgomery, Alabama – The Epicenter of The Movement Chapter Seven:…

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Harvest Hosts - Memory Lane

Imagine camping in a pampered vineyard overflowing with ripening grapes. One of our favorite ways to camp, Harvest Hosts, is offering a special holiday sale. 30% off your first year of membership.

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3,000 Days on the Road

Today is another milestone: 3,000 days on the road, as we live in Beauty. How have we changed traveling full-time for so long?

Posted October 4, 2024 – Narrated by Jim To listen to the podcast, click the play button We recently shared the post, The Magic of Number Nine, our completion of 8 years of full-time travel and the start of our 9th year. Today is another milestone: 3,000 days on the road, as we live in Beauty. This big day conjuncts with my 70th birthday. Yep, I’ve hit the big seven-o today, October 4th! How…

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Civil Rights Trail - Chapter 5: New Orleans

Something keeps calling us back to The Big Easy. Each time we return we feel more like locals with a better understanding and appreciation for the cuisine, the music, and the most unique cultural history in America.

Food, Music and Enlightenment The Civil Rights Trail Chapters Join us in this series as we share our once-in-a-lifetime adventure in Food, Music and Enlightenment. Chapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: Emmett Till Chapter Three: Juke Joint Festival – Clarksdale, Mississippi Chapter Four: Mound Bayou – Mississippi Chapter Five: New Orleans Chapter Six – Montgomery – Alabama – coming…

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Olly Olly Oxen Free

Living in Beauty and full-time travel is a group effort in expertise from a wide range of experts. Our mistakes are our own, but we attribute our successes to "The Collective."

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The Magic of Number Nine

Today we start our 9th year traveling full-time in our Airstream. We're looking forward to a fantastic & adventurous, yet slower & more immersive 9th year. But, today, we're looking back at what we've already experienced in our first 8 years of travel.

Posted July 18, 2024 – Narrated by Jim To listen to the podcast, click the play button Today, we start our 9th year traveling full-time in our 2001 30′ Airstream. Palo Duro Canyon State Park, Texas Grooving on numbers and designing colorful infographics based on analysis is my thing – not so much for Carmen. Every Living in Beauty Anniversary, she steps aside as I release the pretty shiny…

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Campground Review: Cane Creek Park, Waxhaw, North Carolina

If nature can explain the universe and our place in it, then Cane Creek Park served us well for our two week maximum stay. Here is our review of this wonderful campground.

Posted June 28, 2024 – Narrated by Carmen To listen to the podcast, click the play button See our 5-Bambi rating legend at the end of this review.  “The wilderness holds answers to questions we have not yet learned to ask.”Nancy Wynne Newhall, American Photography Critic “What’s the most amazing place you’ve ever seen?” We’re asked this question so often we should print the answer on our…

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Civil Rights Trail - Chapter Four: Mound Bayou, Mississippi

In honor of the upcoming Juneteenth National Independence Day, we are publishing our latest blog post on our Civil Rights Trail journey. As we drove toward Mound Bayou, we expected to visit a museum, but we soon discovered that the entire town is a museum

Food, Music and Enlightenment The Civil Rights Trail Chapters Join us in this series as we share our once-in-a-lifetime adventure in Food, Music and Enlightenment. Chapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: Emmett Till Chapter Three: Juke Joint Festival – Clarksdale, Mississippi Chapter Four: Mound Bayou – Mississippi Chapter Five: King Biscuit Blues Festival – Helena, Arkansas – coming…

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Pico Has Left The Building

Pico de Gallo: Great Explorer of the Universe - May 25, 2008 to May 15, 2024. One week before his 16th birthday, on May 15th, Pico passed peacefully, from natural causes. This is a tribute to a travelin' dog – a dog of The Road... 2,858 days in Beauty.

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A Day in Beauty

"So, what's it like to live in an Airstream?" The answer to that question changes about every two weeks. The short answer is, "It's magical." We just released a short documentary about living in Beauty, pursuing moments that add up to dreams.

Posted April 20, 2024 – Narrated by Carmen “So, what’s it like to live in an Airstream?” Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Our answer to that question changes about every two weeks. Four weeks ago the answer was, “Living in an Airstream is like living on the beach.” Galveston Island State Park, Texas Two weeks later, living in an Airstream was like living in a field of bluebonnets during an…

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Good News!

Today, we're really jazzed to share with you that Living in Beauty is in the news. United Press International, UPI, just published a front page feature article on Living in Beauty.

Posted March 28, 2024 – Narrated by Carmen “Celebrating good news reminds you that there’s still hope — and the end of the story isn’t here yet.” Branden Harvey, CEO of Good Good Good Living in Beauty is a cool and futuristic way to navigate the planet. Full-time mobility in our Airstream reduces dependence on mass transit and housing, while increasing our connection to nature, family,…

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Civil Rights Trail - Chapter Three: Juke Joint Festival - Clarksdale, Mississippi

Merging onto The Blues Trail from the Civil Rights Trail and the Emmett Till Memorial was effortless, and necessary. We've heard that when life gets heavy, The Blues can soothe woes. It was almost Opening Day of the annual Clarksdale Juke Joint Festival.

Food, Music and Enlightenment Posted March 20, 2024 – Narrated by Carmen To listen to the podcast, click the play button Merging onto The Blues Trail from the Civil Rights Trail and the Emmett Till Memorial was effortless, and necessary. We’ve heard that when life gets heavy, The Blues can soothe woes. It was almost Opening Day of the annual Clarksdale Juke Joint Festival, and we needed to…

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International Women's Day

Today, on International Women's Day, I am being highlighted by Airstream. How wonderful to be noticed for simply enjoying life to the fullest. I am bursting with pride and a sense of history with this honor.

Posted March 8, 2024 – Narrated by Carmen Today, on International Women’s Day, I am being highlighted by Airstream. How wonderful to be noticed for simply enjoying life to the fullest. I am bursting with pride and a sense of history with this honor. Wally Byam, Airstream’s founder, had a vision of pleasure travel as breaking away from the usual and making every day a new beginning. New…

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Civil Rights Trail - Chapter Two: Emmett Till

Our Civil Rights Trail tour began with the Emmett Till Memorial – a good place to start. The 1955 murder of Emmett Till launched the Civil Rights movement.

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Civil Rights Trail - Chapter One: Introduction

Chapter One: The promise of a more perfect union called us to the Civil Rights Trail to be listeners, students of destiny. Join us as we tool-up from an abundance of love and join America's collective journey toward human rights for all.