Hi! Bruce and Linda here. Welcome to our website. Here’s a little bit about us:

Bruce — I am a retired educational assessment and evaluation consultant with a Ph.D. in Education Research and Evaluation. I also have a Master of Arts in Teaching, as well as M.S.E.E. and B.S.E.E. degrees, and taught at the high school and college level before becoming a consultant. I also had a commercial/industrial photography practice at one time. These days I spend most of my time on our converted motorcoach, ham radio hobby, photography, and with our children and grandchild, although I find time every day to read.

Linda — I am a semi-retired corporate controller and was a licensed C.P.A. for most of my career.  I hold a B.S.B.A. in accounting. Like Bruce, I spend time with our motorhome, ham radio, and our children and grandchildren. We follow a whole-food, plant-based diet, so I spend a lot of time planning menus, shopping for ingredients, and cooking. I am an avid walker and also find time to read every day.

We are both hold ham radio operator licenses.  Bruce holds an Amateur Extra Class license , call sign K8BRF.  Linda holds an Amateur General Class license, call sign K8LMF.  We are members of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) and the South Lyon Area Amateur Radio Club (SLAARC), an American Radio Relay League (ARRL) affiliated club.

Hiking inside the dormant crater at Volcanoes N. P. Hawai’i, Hawaii. (Photo by Meghan E. Fay)

We are pretty seriously involved in RVing, but more recently have also started to mix some cruising.  We started making more extensive use of our converted coach in the summer of 2013.  Bruce also started the more or less daily blog found here.  We are members of the Family RV Association (FRVA, formerly the Family Motor Coach Association (FMCA).  We have also belonged to the The Escapees RV Club (SKPs), the Good Sam Club, and the Converted Coach Owners.  We belonged to the Great Lakes Converted Coaches Chapter of FMCA, where Bruce served as President and Linda as the Secretary/Treasurer.  We were also founding members of the FMCA Freethinkers Associate Chapter.  Our SKP affiliations included Chapter 6 (Michigan), the Habitat For Humanity BOF (special interest group), the Ham Radio BOF, the Freethinkers BOF, and the newly formed SKP Photographers BOF.  With the February 2013 issue, Bruce started writing articles for Bus Conversion Magazine

Waipio Valley, Hawai’i, Hawaii.  (Photo by our horse wrangler.)

As of 2025, we still RV, but now use our Airstream travel trailer and mix in an occasional cruise.  We have been members of Boondockers Welcome (BdW) and Harvest Hosts HH) from shortly after those programs were created, and for some years now have been active hosts for the BdW program.  In 2024 we also became hosts for the Airstream Club International Courtesy Parking Program when it was ported over to the HH platform.