http://www.livelightlytour.com Sustainable Living in an RV Powered by Veggie Oil Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:11:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After sending my parents back to Des Moines, we headed straight up to Mick and Emily's house. I have been a reader of Emily's fabulous blog and was so excited to finally meet her in person! You know how there are some people in your life with whom you just ... http://www.livelightlytour.com/2008/07/04/san-diego-ca-mick-and-emily/ This was the first time we had taken on "hitchhikers" during the tour :) . Hitchhikers named Mom and Dad, that is! Having them ride in the RV with us was such a treat...it was so fun to share that experience with them and see the beauty of the southwest ... http://www.livelightlytour.com/2008/07/04/san-diego-ca-sun-and-surf/ In our previous life, we worked for my parents...they own 8 Cold Stone Creamery ice cream franchises in the Midwest. Cold Stone is headquartered in Scottsdale, so we have been there many, many times in the past for business meetings and other such nonsense :) So as we rolled into ... http://www.livelightlytour.com/2008/07/04/scottsdale-az-a-little-family-fun/ Matt said that he was going to pull over to stretch his legs at the rest area...so as I sometimes do, I grabbed my yoga mat and went out for a little stretch while he and Bella played for a bit. I did a few sun salutations next to the ... http://www.livelightlytour.com/2008/07/04/traveling-west-texas-new-mexico-and-arizona/ Unlike many of our destinations throughout the tour, San Antonio was a city that I had already visited! I spent nearly 7 weeks there while in Air Force basic training in 1998, and came down again to see my brother, Dan, graduate from basic a few years later. And AGAIN...I ... http://www.livelightlytour.com/2008/07/01/san-antonio-tx-tommy-and-kari/ “The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same. Yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination.” - D. Williams Jr. One of the most commonly asked questions on the tour has been "What are you going to do next?!". We set out ... http://www.livelightlytour.com/2008/06/26/another-journey-begins/ At the last minute, we were booked to be a part of “Live Green Expo” in Plano, TX…so we headed up and parked overnight in the parking lot before the event the next day. They had a great turn out…with green companies from all over Texas being represented there. We ... http://www.livelightlytour.com/2008/06/23/plano-dallas-ft-worth-texas/ One of the things I have missed most in our travels is growing plants, herbs, etc....just green stuff in general! We don't really have the space to have big plants in the RV...but growing herbs in the windows is the perfect solution! We were excited to receive a package in ... http://www.livelightlytour.com/2008/06/23/dwellsmart-to-the-rescue/ http://www.livelightlytour.com/2008/06/23/wheatsville-coop-and-a-little-more-austin/ There is a cool breeze coming through the RV tonight and the crickets are making their presence known...along with some frogs and other noisy night animals :) A freight train just rattled by for a few minutes...and we're parked so close to the tracks that the RV swayed back and ... http://www.livelightlytour.com/2008/06/15/crickets-and-future-thoughts/