Let’s Eat! I’m not going to lie. We like to cook and eat pretty well on the road. Anybody who’s visited, traveled with us, or come to the RV, will all agree….we feed ya well. Don’t we? That put me in search of a Portable Smoker Grill to take with ...read more!
Two Medicine Lake Via Boat – Glacier National Park
I miss my Hawaii beach/mountain views daily but have been so surprised to find in our travels that lake views with mountains are just as stunning, especially when in Glacier National Park!!!! Hiking is our family’s go-to way to explore national parks, but we found another great way on “down ...read more!
We (mostly Jen) decided we should do a last-minute hike for the day starting at 7 pm. What we thought was a 2.3-mile hike turned into about six miles!! It was well worth it. Once we arrived, we pretty much had the whole place to ourselves. This is at Avalanche ...read more!
Intro – RV Kitchen Appliances Cooking in an RV can be scary for a newbie and even some experienced RVers. When we were preparing to go full-time, I was a little nervous about how different my cooking techniques and even kitchen setup would be and how we would make it ...read more!
RV Mattress Matters One of RV travel’s most significant benefits is that you can have all the comforts of home with you. This includes having your own bed to crawl into at the end of a long day of exploring new areas, hiking, biking, kayaking, or just enjoying the beautiful ...read more!
Clean Water Having easy access to clean water is very important and something most of us take for granted. Yet, if you question the quality of your city water, use well water, or travel like we do, having access to clean water can be a concern. We solved the dilemma ...read more!
Boondocking Orientation We frequently get this question, “What is boondocking?” from family, friends, and other RV’ers. Have you ever heard of “off the grid” camping? Well, they’re pretty much the same thing as boondocking. If you’re a seasoned tent camper, try not to laugh, but it’s like primitive camping in ...read more!
Have a look around! Here is a 360-degree time-lapse video shot from our site during sunrise at KARS park. We captured this during our stay in mid-March 2021. It works great if you have a VR Headset, but if not, you can move the mouse or phone to check out ...read more!
Instant Pot Spaghetti If you’re on the search for a delicious, quick go-to dinner recipe while RVing (or anywhere, honestly), I’ve found the answer. With this Instant Pot Spaghetti, you can easily & quickly have this ready even after a long drive day. The icing on the cake…its all in ...read more!
It’s pretty incredible what can happen over 366 days (of course, it had to be a leap year, adding one extra day). 2020 has been a heck of a year for all of us! Yet, even with the lockdowns, travel restrictions, advisories, and closures, we made our way safely around ...read more!
Another Fun Harvest Hosts On our way to North Carolina, we needed an easy stop after a long day of driving. Normally we stay at a winery or farm with Harvest Host, but this time Mac Haik Ford in Fort Desoto, TX came up as a good spot for the ...read more!
San Antonio has always been one of our favorite cities. Luck would have it – we were in town when we had to decide on a location to pause our travel due to COVID lockdowns. Typically we’ll spend a maximum of two weeks at a single location (or we go ...read more!
Meet Winter, Hope, and Rufus! If you have never seen the incredible movies Dolphin Tale and Dolphin Tale 2, the only thing I can say is, “why not?”. These were favorites of ours since Caleb was very little. So when we were in Tampa, FL, we made sure visiting the ...read more!
A Week of Social Distancing We are doing well after our first week of social distancing. Last week, we left Galveston and made our way to the “Heart of Texas” (aka Waco). We’ve been fortunate enough to find the things we need and be in areas where the competition isn’t ...read more!
The Galveston-Port Bolivar ferry takes travelers on SH 87 between Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula. The service is free, and it was easy even with our 37ft travel trailer! At any given time, one vessel is in operation 24 hours a day. Additional vessels are added when needed, during ...read more!
The best time to get a flat is? NEVER!!! We got our first flat ON OUR WAY to take our RV in for a tire rotation. Muphy’s Law got us! We hit a massive spike in the road “three minutes” into our trip and started losing pressure. Luckily our TPMS ...read more!
Talk about full circle. Quick story….In February of 1996 we bought this laughing Buddha figure at this exact Chinese restaurant while driving from Tampa to San Diego. We had broken down (while doing a cross country move from Tampa to SD) in Winnie, TX for several days and needed any ...read more!