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The Travels of
Wiseman & Katz

Bill and Nancy Wiseman (the "Wiseman" of Wiseman & Katz) have been married for 24 years and have a grown son, Tom. Over the course of those years, we have lived in
several towns in Georgia, as well as in
Virginia, Florida and London, England. We have always enjoyed camping wherever we lived, from camping in tents to a travel trailer, to a Coleman pop-up camper, to a Volkswagen Westfalia camper, to a Coachmen Class B camper, to a Coachmen Class C motorhome, to our current palace on wheels, a Dutch Star Class A motorhome. We have enjoyed camping experiences in England, Scotland, Wales, Germany, France, Italy, Belgium and Holland as well as all over the United States.

We retired from the ratrace in September of 2000 and embarked on what has become the adventure of our lives, living and traveling full-time in our motorhome. We have worked as Work Campers in Williamsburg, Virginia; Sugarloaf Key, Florida and Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. After taking what we referred to as the "Three Corners Tour" last year, wherein we went from Key West to San Diego to Oregon and back to Georgia, we stayed in Jacksonville, Florida for seven months. It was tough leaving our son and his family, but it was time we rolled the wheels on the motorhome. We ambled south and west toward the Tampa - St. Pete area. After checking out what seemed like hundreds of RV parks, we settled on a resort in Pasco County. Nancy was discovered by a mortgage company in need of loan officers with soft Southern accents, and I while away the days doing the odd (and believe me, they are odd) investigations for insurance companies. I also work as an investigative consultant for a Virginia firm, arranging employment background checks for local businesses.

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This is our Dutch Star motorhome. It is gasoline powered, built on a Ford Super Duty Chassis with a 460 V8. The coach has two slideouts, one in the living room, and one in the bedroom, which adds to our living space. The coach was built by Newmar Corp in Nappanee, Indiana and is very high quality. Click on the link on the right to see photos of our coach. The photo below was taken of at one of our campsites, this one at Fiesta Key KOA, near Marathon, Florida.

The "Katz" of Wiseman & Katz are our collection of cats, ranging in age from 11 years to 2 years old. Two of them, Murphy and Roscoe, walk on a leash, much to the astonish-ment of passersby. Click on the Katz link below to see The Katz page. Below is Murphy, lounging in the co-pilot's seat.

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Much to my chagrin, we sold the blue Jeep in December. While I miss it, there will be other Jeeps. Or so Nancy tells me. When it became obvious we were going to need a second car (we also have a Dodge Caravan), we looked around for a cheap set of wheels for me to drive. Best choice was my sister-in-law's old Volvo, which they said I was free to drive. If, that is, I could get it running. Now being a competent mechanic, I took my usual outlook that there is nothing I can't make run. I made my way up to Eastman, GA, from Port Richey and discovered that the Volvo hadn't been sitting for "a couple of years" like I had thought. It had been sitting since October of 1997! After getting the emergency brake unfrozen, I pushed it under a carport and began tinkering. After shoving two portraits of Benjamin Franklin into the gas tank, I got the car running. Actually, I had to replace the fuel pump and filter, pack the wheel bearings, change the oil and transmission fluid, and put air in the tires to get it running. Oh, there was the odd vacuum leak to plug, but for the most part it is a testament to Swedish engineering that I got the car running. Fortunately, the paint is good and everything works except the air conditioner. I installed a radio a short time ago so I don't have to sing anymore.

This photo of a Key West sunset shows one of the best reasons for spending the winter here. Eat your heart out!

We embarked on our first trip in early September, 2000. We took about three months and traveled across the country from Florida to Montana. We managed to spend several days in some nice places along the way, from Knoxville TN, to the Wisconsin Dells, to Superior WI, to Lake Bemidji MN, to Glasgow MT, to Miles City MT, to Sturgis SD, to Mitchell SD, to St. Joseph MO, and back to Georgia for Thanksgiving. We wintered over at Sugarloaf Key KOA in the Florida Keys.

Spring of 2001 we went to the Wisconsin Dells to work in a KOA, and took some spectactular photos of the formations on the Wisconsin River. Summer and fall of 2001 found us in Georgia, taking care of some family obligations, then we spent the winter of 2001-2002 in our familiar digs at Sugarloaf Key KOA in the Florida Keys.

Spring of 2002 we departed Sugarloaf Key KOA and moseyed up the west coast of Florida, spending time in Fort Myers and Live Oak. After spending Easter with family in Georgia, we embarked on a cross country journey across the southern part of the US. We spent time in Mobile AL, Fort Stockton TX and Deming NM before attending a company meeting in Jumal, just east of San Diego CA. From there, we had a beautiful drive up the Pacific Coast Highway to Ventura CA, where we spent a few days before driving up the the Oregon coast. The scenery is beyond description, it has to be seen to be believed. We then drove across southern Idaho, northern Utah, southern Wyoming, the middle of Nebraska, northern Missouri, smack dab across the middle of Illinois, western Kentucky, Western Tennessee, and down to Hattiesburg Mississippi, where it was hotter than the hinges of Hell, to paraphrase my father. After that, we went east across Alabama to Georgia and down to Jacksonville Florida, where we stayed for seven months. We are now in the Tampa - St. Pete area, which is a lovely place to be in the springtime. The summer may be another story.

Summer in the southwest of Florida has been tolerable so far, there is usually a breeze to offset the heat, and no hurricanes so far. Our plan, in the event of a hurricane, is to evacuate to someplace safe, like Alaska. I went to the 12 Hours of Sebring, a LeMans race, with Tom and his family in March. Photos taken of that trip are posted on the Trip Photos page.

Photos and some anecdotes of our journey will appear on the Trip Photos page. Click on the link below to go to see the photos. They will change every few weeks, so come back and check out the sights!

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