Month: June 2018

A New Podcast And Campground Savings!

| jamiefeinberg

Hi everyone! I have a few exciting updates for you this week. I hope you’ve all had a wonderful week. We’ve been very busy here in Fort Collins.

Our first big announcement (not news if you’ve followed us on Facebook) is that Ross and I have a new podcast! It’s called Finishing The Season, and it’s a comedy podcast where Ross poses a musical theater challenge and Jamie has to create a season of theater that solves the puzzle. The podcast combines funny banter with musical theater history and anecdotes. Please give it a listen, and if you enjoy it, the best compliment you can give is to subscribe and review our show in iTunes!

Recent episodes have seen Jamie creating seasons for when no men audition, for a season of jukebox musicals, a season featuring Chip Zien and a season of shows from “across the pond”, aka the West End in London. Let us know what you think!

Our other announcement is for those of you who like to camp. Passport America is the best camping membership program out there. For barely the cost of one or two nights of camping, you can pay half price on campground fees for an entire year at campgrounds across the country. We saved big with our membership as we traveled from Florida to Colorado this year (literally hundreds of dollars), and every park that we stayed at was very nice. Some even included great wifi!

If you’re not a member yet, but you’ve got plans to camp this summer. I highly suggest a membership now, using this limited time offer. It includes the following things in addition to your 50% off savings:

  • All new International Camping Directory with over 1,800 RV Parks and Campgrounds
  • Personalized embossed 50% discount camping card
  • FREE trip routing, campground updates & valuable info on-line 24/7
  • FREE Smart Phone App with complete park listings and “Find Park Near Me” feature
  • FREE RV America E-Magazine with updates on new parks
  • A friendly and professional staff who is always happy to serve you!

We’ve found the app works well, and if there aren’t any reviews of the campground in the app, it’s easy to find some on Google instead. You’re probably wondering what the catch is, right? The catch is that each park sets their own limitations on when you can use the card. Some parks let you use it indefinitely. Others will say, for instance, Monday – Thursday nights only, or two nights maximum. Occasionally a park will say you can’t use their wifi if you pay the P.A. rate. But this is the absolute perfect program for finding campgrounds on route to your destination. You’ll have options across the country, and it pays for itself within a couple of nights of camping.

If you sign up with my link, we’ll get a little bit of cash and we’ll both get an extension on our membership. So this is a great way to support us and help yourself too!

Sign up here to take advantage of their summer special, good through June 30th, and each of us will get an extra four months of membership! So you’ll get 16 months for the cost of 12! Be sure to mention Jamie Feinberg, 724347, so that both of us will get our extra months.

Thanks for reading, and have a wonderful week!

A Guide to Gluten-Free RVing

| jamiefeinberg

As most of you know, I’ve been gluten-free for almost two years now. It’s made a profound difference in my auto-immune challenges. But it’s taken me a long time to feel like I’m not missing out eating the way I do.

Recognizing the extra challenge in this, I wrote an article on gluten-free RVing for Outdoorsy this month. Give it a read and let me know what you think!

Daytripping with Dad

| jamiefeinberg

A couple of weeks back, we were really blessed to have Ross’ dad visit us from New Hampshire. He flew in early Tuesday, with plans to fly out Saturday evening.

Despite the fact that it was his birthday and he’d flown out to see us, he basically treated us the entire week, so we had to get sneaky if we wanted to pay for anything.

We had an incredible week. Tuesday evening he visited us at the campground and then we headed downtown for an outstanding Brazilian meal that was almost entirely gluten-free. Apparently it’s a chain, but the experience was truly special, with outstanding salads at an epic buffet, an assortment of appetizers (with additional on offer) and then an endless array of meats brought to the table. Finally we saw the dessert tray, and much of it was gluten-free. We highly recommend this experience, even for the less adventurous among us! Outstanding. Also, Happy Birthday, Stephen!Brazilian at Rodizio Grill | Ross and Jamie Adventureimg_2930Ross and Dad | Ross and Jamie AdventureDessert at Rodizio Grill, Fort Collins, CO | Ross and Jamie Adventure

Wednesday wasn’t a teaching day, so we headed to Cheyenne, Wyoming just to say we did. The Visitor’s Center was absolutely outstanding, with amazing exhibits, and then we headed to Dad’s Cafe, an incredible allergen-free cafe where the entire place is gluten-free! We enjoyed our soups, sandwiches and cookies before spending the afternoon visiting local museums. The first was free, and the latter (we treated Stephen) was perfect if you enjoy railroad memorabilia or miniatures.

After our day in Cheyenne, we headed into downtown Fort Collins for some tasty Mexican food (and a great gluten-free menu). We capped it off with dessert at Walrus ice cream because we were too drunk to drive yet! It was okay, but the gluten-free cone was delicious and Stephen loved his sundae.

On Thursday, Jamie spent the morning writing a blog post while Stephen adventured on his own. Then we hit the Museum of Discovery which does an incredible job of creating an interdisciplinary, hands-on museum experience unique to Fort Collins and the area. After the museum, we took a distillery tour, enjoyed a few drinks and went back for more Mexican food.

Friday, Stephen spent the day hanging out while we worked. We had a campfire that night with a singalong, and he helped tend it and took a few train rides with Ross.

Saturday we did more work at the campground while Stephen surprised us and spent the day again. He managed to stay pretty cool despite the heat and we definitely enjoyed the company before he headed to the airport.

We had an amazing week, honestly feeling like it was a vacation for us. Thank you for your visit! It was so great to see you.

We will share further details on some of the highlights in future blogs. Thanks for reading and have an awesome week on your own adventures!