Bill & Denise Semion

Michigan-based Leisure Explorers Bill and Denise Semion use more than 75 years of combined writing and photography experience to bring you, along with their cat, on their adventures across the U.S. and Canada in their 2023 Wonder MBL. Bill is an award-winning travel/outdoor writer and author of two travel books. Denise is an accomplished photographer and outdoor communicator.

20Oct

Travel Stories

Short Stops: You Want Boondocks? We’ve Got Boondocks

Denise and I prefer finding power and water connections for our LTV, the 2023 Wonder Murphy Bed Lounge we've named Lucky Us Too, especially when the...
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18Aug

Reviews, Tips & Tools

Gotta Have It, Summer ’24 Edition

Planning a summer road trip? This edition of my annual products list covers a few things you may want to bring along....
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28Jul

RV Lifestyle

No Enlistment Needed

You’re searching for a quiet spot near water for a night or two. A simple place, uncrowded, where you can relax with a nice view of...
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07Jul

Travel Stories

10 Places (Or So) To Fish Before You Die Part II

Part one of my best-spots-to-fish tour of the West included the western United States. Now, we’ll head north, northeast, and then way south to touch on...
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12May

Travel Stories

California’s Pacific Coast Highway

It’s the sound of the Pacific’s waves on the rocky headlands. It’s the water’s energy here that you feel. It’s seabirds aloft, sea lions below, and...
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21Apr

Travel Stories

Heading West Part X: Dana Point, California

If you’ve been following the trek we took in winter 2022, you know that in addition to some amazing adventures, we faced freezing temps, windstorms, cold...
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18Feb

Reviews, Tips & Tools

Gotta Have It, Winter 2024 Edition

We may have missed Christmas, but the items I’m listing in this edition of Gotta Have It stand the test of time and season, including some...
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04Feb

Travel Stories

Heading West Part IX: Joshua Tree National Park

We’ve been taking you on a road trip we took in our 2015.5 Unity Murphy Bed from Michigan to California in the winter of 2022. We’d...
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10Dec

Travel Stories

Heading West Part VIII: Verde Canyon

Now we’re heading north of Phoenix toward Sedona in "Lucky Us," our 2015.5 Unity Murphy B, getting ready to board the Verde Canyon Train on recommendation...
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