Freedom in a Can: Adventures with Hamlet

A recap of our January 2022 Newsletter... If you'd like to receive Canlife Correspondence (Our Almost Monthly Newsletter),  please subscribe here .  IMPORTANT: Be sure to confirm your email address through the email that you will immediately receive from our website. If you don't do this important step, it will sadly end up in your spam folder. Barely three weeks into the new year and everyone is completely over looking back at 2021.  It’s all full-steam ahead, forgetting about the previous year; and in the middle of a pandemic, I get it.  But we are a little slower to let go of 2021, which on many levels was actually a pretty good year for us.   So, here’s a look back through our rear-view mirror, as well as some cool stuff coming up right around the corner.   On January 1st, 2021 we awakened on the Gulf Coast of Texas, after an epic winter rainstorm nearly washed our shoes and welcome mat down the beach.  This New Year’s Day, we found ourselves on the shores of Kaua'i, wi

A recap of our February 2022 Newsletter... If you'd like to receive Canlife Correspondence (Our Almost Monthly Newsletter), please subscribe here .  IMPORTANT: Be sure to confirm your email address through the email that you will immediately receive from our website. If you don't do this important step, it will sadly end up in your spam folder. In Northern Michigan, the end of February marks the beginning of mud season, when a sunny day turns the snow to a slushy mess, only to freeze again.  Sap starts moving in the sugar maples, birds gather at the feeder, and the sun accompanies us on later walks into the evening.  “The best you can hope for is only one mud season, and not two!” my father says after seeing many March thaws arrive, only to freeze out again with a blizzardy April.  It’s the way of the north country, and we’re pausing here with Hutch’s parents after a string of speaking gigs at RV Shows in th e Midwest.  Change is on the horizon, and we are itching to be on the

Your neighbors spend 6 weeks traveling the country in their Airstream each year.  Your nephew and his partner just bought a Sprinter van and are working and traveling their way around the continent.  You follow people on social media who always seem to be in gorgeous places, watching the sunset, hiking, and kayaking.  You are drawn in by their images and your feed is now full of RV lifestyle ads.  It sounds like the perfect life, and you want a piece, but where do you begin? You could spend time hopping from one local dealership to the next, or dive into online shopping, but an annual RV show is a great way to see many different brands and models all in one place to determine the size, style, and features that best fit your family, budget, and camping style.  Show attendees range from the serious buyers to the casual "tire kickers," as well as families just coming out for something fun to do on a snowy winter day.  If you are in the first group and new to RVing, it's ver