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Michigan’s Smallest City: Why Omer Is Worth Slowing Down For

Sep 11, 2026

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Journey Stories

Grandma Cooper Knew the Difference Between Need and Want

Last week, while writing about lightening the load in our RV, I found myself spending quite a bit of time with two little words: need and want. Anyone who has packed an RV knows how easily one can disguise itself as the other. We need food. We want six different… Read More ⇢
Grilled Corn on the Cob: A Summer Campground Favorite

There are certain foods that simply taste better in the summer. Watermelon is one. A tomato still warm from the garden is another. And somewhere near the top of our list is fresh sweet corn. During the summer months, we eat corn about as often as we can find an… Read More ⇢
Chickamauga, Georgia: Where American History Still Feels Close

Some places preserve their history behind glass. Chickamauga, Georgia, seems to have decided that history belongs right where it happened. You find it beside a spring, inside an old mansion, along railroad tracks, beside a mill, and beneath trees that were once part of one of the bloodiest landscapes of… Read More ⇢
Joy Bells and The War Memorial: History Along Lake St. Clair

There is something fitting about spending America’s 250th anniversary year traveling our own home state in search of history. Michigan did not become a state until 1837, more than sixty years after the Declaration of Independence, but the story of America did not stop in 1776. It kept moving westward.… Read More ⇢
Is It Time to Lighten Your RV Load? Need vs. Want

There was a time when packing the camper meant preparing for just about anything. Rain? We had something for that. Cold weather? Covered. A game nobody had played in three years? Better bring it. An extra kitchen gadget that might come in handy? Find a spot. And when you travel… Read More ⇢
Grandma Cooper and the Quiet Game We Never Understood

Did you ever play the game to see who could be quiet the longest? If you grew up in a house with several children, there is a pretty good chance you did. And if you raised children of your own, there is an equally good chance you eventually discovered why… Read More ⇢
Easy Key Lime Pie: A Taste of Florida at the Campground

There are certain foods that become attached to a place. You can make them at home. You can order them somewhere else. They may even be every bit as good. But one bite still takes you back to where you first—or most memorably—enjoyed them. Key lime pie has always belonged… Read More ⇢
Fort Pickens: Where Pensacola’s Beauty Meets Powerful History

We did something this August that ordinarily would not even cross our minds. We went to Florida. August. Florida. Those two words do not normally appear together in our travel plans. We enjoy Florida, but there is a reason RVs seem to develop a natural instinct to point north once… Read More ⇢
Sue Silliman House: Where Three Rivers Quietly Keeps Its Story Alive

There is something about visiting family that changes the way you travel. When Vicky and I head to Three Rivers, Michigan, we’re not checking destinations off a list. We’re slowing down to enjoy time with my sister, Judi. Those visits almost always include wandering through the historic downtown, enjoying a… Read More ⇢