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Our first destination in Wisconsin was Great Northern Bison Ranch. John and Melody Christian, with their two children, are the owners of this ranch that raises grass-fed bison. They have an interesting story that they shared with us. It started in 2021 when they sold their beautiful home in Colorado and said a lot of really hard "goodbyes" to hit the road in a massive RV traveling with their family full time. (Doesn't this sound familar?!) ​ They both owned their own busines

June 22nd, the first work day of our third week in camp, was a busy one. The plan was to finish the south gable side of the house on Monday. While Team Martin works that location I am disassembling the scaffolding on the north side of the house and returning it to the flatbed trailer. After the scaffold is broken down and stored I began removing the lower deck boards on the west side so we can complete the northwest corner. This is where we worked on Thursday and almost compl

We arrived for our third RVICS project of this year and our second visit working at Cooperstown Bible Camp in North Dakota. Karen and I were here in 2025 from June 5 to June 26 as the only project volunteers working in the camp. It was memorable working together on constructing different items needed by the camp director Adam and we had some excitement experiencing a near miss tornado the last week of our stay in 2025. . With all our ducks in a row. This year we are praying f

The last stop in Wisconsin before crossing the Mississippi River into Minnesota was a U. S. Army Corps of Engineers campsite at Highland Ridge overlooking the sparkling Eau Galle Reservoir located in Spring Valley, in western Wisconsin. Highland Ridge has 46 campsites (35 with electric) including 8 walk-in tent sites. We booked a site in the Equestrian Loop with 10 electric campsites up on the hill with a clear view of the sky for our Starlink antenna. Our plan was to explore

Our next planned state to visit this year was Wisconsin. For the next 13 days we will explore the 'Land of Cheese'. After departing the Great Lakes Naval Station we traveled north to a Fond Du Lac County Park on the east shore of Lake Winnebago. Winnebago is originally an Indigenous Siouan-speaking tribe native to Wisconsin and Nebraska. The name itself stems from an Algonkian/Fox term loosely translating to "people of the dirty water" (referring to the fish-clogged waters of

We used our Tuesday, May 4 one day stay at Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach State Park as a waypoint to get our pass and ID credentials for Naval Station Great Lakes access. We moved on Wednesday, May 6 to the Great Lakes Naval Base RV campground. This RV venue offers small, electric-only sites with impressive lake views and quick access to walking trails and the Metra train, making visits to Chicago a breeze. RV reviewers of this Naval Base campground frequently mention