October Birthdays and Anniversaries

 There are 9 days left of September. Everyone is talking, Halloween and we are getting ready for the before Oct 31 holidays. 

October has always been a big month for us. 

Oct 12th Evielynne's Birthday

Oct 14th Our Work Anniversary with Willard Peak Campground (2 years)

Oct 19-22nd Short Vacation

Oct 30th Mark's Birthday

Oct 31st RVing Anniversary (3 years)

Mark and Evielynne Silva

2637 N Washington BLVD #243

Ogden, Utah 84414-2240

(our mailing service address)

We love October because we get to eat donuts all month long. Childhood tradition for Evielynne was that she got donuts on her birthday with her Dad.  I've since compromised our entire month of donuts to be eaten because of all the celebration we get to do. 

 

So in honor of our OCTOBER - we compromised on a duo gift we want

We LOVE our Coffee and this happens to be our favorite
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Oh go take a walk around around the Mantua Reservoir

If you need a quiet beautiful place to run to with a 360 degree perfect scenery. Mantua is a short drive from our Willard Peak Campground job. So when things get stressed or we just need a break, a short drive and a major walk around the water is the perfect medicine for us. 

Mantua, Utah is popular for a number of reasons, including its reservoir, poppy fields, and Danish heritage: 

     Mantua Reservoir

A small town with a lake and reservoir that's popular for water sports like kayaking, boating, and water skiing. The reservoir also has a swimming beach, picnic areas, campground, and hiking trails. 

      Mantua poppy fields

• A popular photography spot in Northern Utah that features bright orange poppies and yellow wildflowers. The poppies bloom in early June and only last for a couple of weeks. 
• Danish heritage
• Mantua's Danish heritage is preserved in its brightly colored doors and buildings, and thatched roofed homes. The town's nickname is "Little Copenhagen". 
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• Location
• Mantua is nestled in a canyon between Brigham City and Logan. 
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• Wildlife
• Mantua's mountain surroundings provide a rich environment for a variety of wildlife, including moose, cougar, deer, and snakes

It's almost 5 miles around the entire waters. 

Snow fun early SPRING

Time to take in the quiet and the beauty.

Tradition for us!!
Always makes for a perfect date!!

There is so much beauty and we didn't see a soul which made it more magical.

As Me Gone RVing Adventures makes more memories, we do have to slow it down a bit, for health and budget reasons. So we are going to continue to do simple fun things that cost little to no money at all. This will allow us to do more when we are able to hit the road again. (5 year plan but we know in the RV world that means nothing).

You'll want a pair of cute ear muffs -
I got this for this upcoming cold season

We do sleep in our RV, which makes us a workamper

If you sleep in an RV at night and you conduct any activity in exchange for anything of value, you are a Workamper! And we are a workamper. We have been the managers of Willard Peak Campground since October 1, 2022 (oh my coming up on our 2nd work anniversary)

When on our days off (which are GOLD to us) we love to pick a new area and check it out. We pack our coolers with finger foods and cold drinks and fill the tank with gas and hit the road for hours on hours. Although we have to limit those adventures, our truck needs 4 new tires and unfortunately we can't afford it until November (more about that later). 

The two cabins, which stand near the Hyrum Library and Museum, are both original cabins from the Hyrum area and were relocated in 2010

I believe this is the tallest building? It was the old "First Security Bank" building at the southeast corner of 24th Street and Washington Boulevard now it now has a new sign atop it, reflecting the new owner. Gone is the giant “Wells Fargo” signage and in its place is signage reading "Cache Valley Bank"

Utah State Capitol.
When the blossoms come in the Spring time the entire walk around the property is beyond beautiful. 

We've been blessed to see so much of our area in two years. We are doing as much as we can because in our RVing world things can change quickly. We are in need badly to upgrade to a better RV, so we are saving like crazy to invest in us. 

OCTOBER is coming up quickly and its a huge month for us:

Oct 31st - we hit the road as Full-time RVers as Me Gone RVing Adventures

Oct 12th - is my Birthday

Oct 30th - is Mark's Birthday

Oct 1st - we started working for Willard Peak Campground

Oct 14th - we became managers for Willard Peak Campground

We are saving up for this:

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The city boy sees the first free range cows birth and says....

 The city boy sees the first free range cows birth and says....

What would your first guess be? If you said "what is hanging out of the cow"? and "Why isn't the farmer helping" you'd be right, followed up with "what happens if it dies". Ohhhh the sweet innocence of Mark is so adorable. 

We love driving in Utah -
we just pick a road and pack our cooler/picnic food and fill the truck up with gas

Is it wrong to name them Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner and a whole lotta Snacks

Birth is a beautiful thing

About this time, Mark is grossed out.

It happened so quickly - I saw it and screamed to stop so that we could watch.

A typical day but not a typical day in Utah...
Me Gone RVing Adventures always looking for good times in Utah while working for
Willard Peak Campground
Wanna eat a cow but not the cow ?? 

Windy fun thing to do in the off season at the Golden Spike National Historical

Exceeded expectations. Not a far drive from Salt Lake although we drove up from Willard Peak Campground in Willard, Utah. This is a very worthwhile trip to take. Super nice displays in the museum end of it and there were two replica locomotives that were pretty impressive. There is an App NPS but I feel it needs to be updated (times are not updated).

Awesome place to see where the transcontinental railroad was finished 

This is located in the middle of nowhere for sure. The Rangers do a super great job of bringing in context and reviewing the best parts of the history of the location. 

We are fans of remote landmarks. We came off season and it was cold but we didn't care - the drive was 10000% AWESOME. 

Paid $20 

6200 N 22300 W, Corinne UTAH 

(there is a NASA lawn museum before getting here that's pretty amazing).

Golden Spike is not an oversized tooth-pick (just saying) according to Me Gone RVing Adventures - 

go see for yourself...

Are you a train collector? Ohhhh this one takes the cake

 

RV LIFE vs VOTING

Nov 5th is coming rather quickly this year. With all the drama that's unfolded in the past couple of years, I fear they'll be no rest. RV LIFE vs VOTING

I'm not going to talk about who to vote for and why? That's a topic that I would not rather fight about. But what sits on my tongue is the ability to be able to vote. RV folk hit a different issue when it comes to voting and the rights too. Voting for the next President!

Absentee Voting by State... EACH state is different so we need to do our research. Like for us, our home state is Idaho - which thankfully "NO EXCUSE REQUIRED". But our Dakota Address holders "EXCUSE REQUIRED" . 

To help out a bit:

• Alabama - Excuse Required
• Alaska - NO Excuse Required
• Arizona - NO Excuse Required
• Arkansas - Excuse Required
• California - NO Excuse Required
• Colorado - Vote by mail state - all voters automatically mailed a ballot
• Connecticut - Excuse Required
• Delaware - Excuse Required
• District of Columbia - NO Excuse Required
• Florida - NO Excuse Required
• Hawaii - Vote by mail state - all voters automatically mailed a ballot
• Idaho - NO Excuse Required
• Illinois - NO Excuse Required
• Indiana - Excuse Required
• Iowa - NO Excuse Required
• Kansas - Excuse Required
• Kentucky - Excuse Required
• Louisiana - Excuse Required
• Maine - NO Excuse Required
• Maryland - NO Excuse Required
• Massachusetts - NO Excuse Required
• Michigan - NO Excuse Required
• Minnesota - NO Excuse Required
• Mississippi - Excuse Required
• Missouri - Excuse Required
• Montana - NO Excuse Required
• Nebraska - NO Excuse Required
• Nevada - Vote by mail state - all voters automatically mailed a ballot
• New Hampshire - Excuse Required
• New Jersey - NO Excuse Required
• New Mexico - NO Excuse Required
• New York - NO Excuse Required
• North Carolina - NO Excuse Required
• North Dakota - NO Excuse Required
• Ohio - NO Excuse Required
• Oklahoma - Excuse Required
• Oregon - Vote by mail state - all voters automatically mailed a ballot
• Pennsylvania - NO Excuse Required
• Rhode Island - NO Excuse Required
• South Carolina - Excuse Required
• South Dakota - Excuse Required
• Tennessee - Excuse Required
• Texas - Excuse Required
• Utah - Vote by mail state - all voters automatically mailed a ballot
• Vermont - NO Excuse Required
• Virginia - NO Excuse Required 
• Washington - Vote by mail state - all voters automatically mailed a ballot
• West Virginia - Excuse Required
• Wisconsin - NO Excuse Required
• Wyoming - NO Excuse Required 

Fulltimers you'll still need to have an established address (mailbox service - stick and brick address). Some voters will have to be registered to vote at the DMV.

There is still plenty of time to get things situated in time for you to place your vote. 

This year, I've seen the most nastiness between people, friends and family. This is why I use my voice at the voting machine. I would rather raise my voice for GOD!! 

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We are coming up on two years with Willard Peak Campground in October

 We are coming up on two years with Willard Peak Campground in October. 

That's just plum crazy. 2 years with Willard Peak Campground. Does this make us happy? This makes us feel proud, is what it does. I think we'll be here for a couple of more years. We have some expensive goals to obtain before we can even think about getting back on the road. 

If we can just STOP buying other people RV's and work on getting one for us. YIKE, true stuff here. Our poor beast is not going to last much longer and the need for a bigger kitchen is a MUST!! We are taking this new purchase pretty serious because the upcoming 2025 summer, I'll be heading on over to the Montpelier Creek KOA Journey to become their new summer manager, just so that we can double our income to help us reach that goal quicker. 

Enough of that for NOW.... Let's just add some pictures and take some time to digest this and come back to break everything down. 

WE WON the WILLARD, UTAH July 4th Parade

Day DATE.... This summer was BEYOND crazy busy where days off were anything but days off.  We are not complaining because it's a BLESSING to have a job.
We just appreciate those stolen moments for ourselves.

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