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The Utah Redemption Tour: Is Capitol Reef the Least Mighty of the Mighty 5?

💡You know the drill. Subscribe to the blog for perks and post notifications. Catch up on our Utah Redemption Tour blog series. Capitol Reef felt completely different from the other two national parks we had visited so far in Utah. State route 24 runs straight through the park, and so

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The Utah Redemption Tour: The Largest Historic Orchard in a National Park

We had a "less redeeming" incident during our Utah Redemption Tour, but that wasn't about to stop us from enjoying our 3rd Utah national park, Capitol Reef. Driving through the park on our way to our dispersed camping site, we saw so many landmarks right from

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Utah Redemption ≠ Dispersed Camping Redemption

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The Utah Redemption Tour: Meeting the Goblins

💡Catch up on our Utah Redemption Tour series here! We're hitting the Mighty 5 national parks and a whole lot more, offering stories, tips, and reviews along the way. In 2019, I put in countless manhours planning an epic roadtrip from Wyoming, through Utah, and into the Southwest.

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The Utah Redemption Tour: Skimming the Rim of Canyonlands

💡Come with us on our Utah Redemption Tour! We're finally experiencing the beauty and adventure of the state, tackling the Mighty 5 national parks and a whole lot of other amazing places. We're posting daily blogs where we share our stories, tips for visiting, campground reviews,

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The Utah Redemption Tour: BLM Camping in Moab

💡We're redeeming Utah! After a rather tumultuous visit 2 years ago and a rocky start this year, it's finally time to explore some of the best parts of the state. Catch up on our series here. After our week at Arches, we kept 2 nights open,

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The Utah Redemption Tour: Arches Adventures

💡We're finally experiencing Utah the way it's meant to be seen! Can we redeem Utah without getting hit by natural disasters, rig repairs, and surgeries? Stay tuned to find out! We're at our first stop of Arches National Park. Read the last post, where

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The Utah Redemption Tour: Introduction to Arches National Park

We certainly started our Utah Redemption Tour with a bang. We went straight to one of our most anticipated national parks. We're not alone. Arches National Park boasts over 1.5 million visitors annually on average, as people flock to see the densest concentration of natural stone arches

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The Utah Redemption Tour: Planning and Preparation

💡We're doing a daily blog series, covering our most epic bucket list adventures in Utah! Along the way, we'll share stories of our adventures, tips and recommendations for the areas we visit, and of course, some incredible photos. If you're not subscribed to the

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Real-time update! How are our axles holding up?

💡Along our travels, we have been sharing the seemingly never-ending issues with our axles. After replacing our first pair with an upgraded version, we began hearing loud creaking sounds while towing and leveling our trailer. We spoke to several professionals and got an array of tentative diagnostics, which led us

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The shocking outcome of our axle appointment

Fancy seeing you here! Before you read this post, let's quickly catch you up on our years of axle problems. It all started when we needed to have our stock axles replaced after both busted just 1.5 years into owning our RV. We were dealing with some

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Returning to places of trauma

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Tanner needed surgery

Our travels around the western US were well underway. We were moving quickly, checking off new bucket list destinations and visiting old favorites from our last trip to the region. All this time, we were waiting for mid-March. We had an appointment in Utah to get our axles replaced. While

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Squeezing in 3 days at Valley of Fire State Park

We've sung the praises of Lake Mead National Recreation Area, exclaiming that it has some of the best views we've seen anywhere in the country. As such, typically when we travel around Las Vegas, this is where we end up. We're content basking in

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We consider this campground our "Home of the West." Where it is may surprise you.

One of our favorite parts of RVing is that we plant our "home" literally anywhere we want all over the US. We have lost count how many places we've parked our RV, and many of those camping spots become lost in the sea of memories. Others

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Back-to-back stays at two of the most renowned RV resorts in the country

We're now into our 4th year of full-time RVing, and we've learned a thing or two about how we like to travel. The RV resort isn't always our sought-after camping spot, as we usually opt for more rustic sites in nature. However, when word

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We went nuts on Anthony's birthday

What is a road trip without stops at roadside attractions? Those little places that no one actually plans as a destination, but rather passes by on the way to something greater. Yet, somehow these places unite all those who choose their vehicle as their means of transportation. We're

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We did White Sands wrong (and how you can do it right)

If you missed our last post, we hit 2 adjacent National Parks on back-to-back days. The actual plan, however, was to hit 3 National Parks 3 days in a row. Weather forced us to shift our plans. During our overnight stay at Guadalupe Mountains, a big windstorm blew in, and

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Two days, two National Parks: Carlsbad Caverns and Guadalupe Mountains

When we delayed our Season 4 launch back on the road, we canceled all of our January bookings to give us some leeway. We'd stay flexible through the month, launching when we could, and booking campsites as we rolled along. However, we still had February reservations that we

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Did we really travel 2,700 miles scot-free?

When we meet fellow RVers on the road and tell them about our blog, we always say the same thing: "We don't seek out the drama, but somehow the drama always seems to find us." The drama does make for some good stories, but sometimes we

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Did we come at a bad time? Amarillo, TX and Roswell, NM

After a quick 3-week jaunt across the US, we were only hours away from the New Mexico border, the state where we would officially catch up to our plans after unforeseen circumstances caused us to delay our launch. We made great time, so great in fact, that we had about

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Camping in a Canyon! Our adventurous welcome to the West

One of the driving forces behind launching out again this year was the call of the West. We hadn't been out there since Season 2 (2023) and, to be honest, we missed it. During our travels, we've found places along the way that have captured our

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The travel day that reminded us why we love RV life

We've heard the phrase a million times: "It's about the journey, not the destination." I think anyone who road trips truly understands the meaning of this phrase. Long drives can be taxing, but we often see and experience things we wouldn't if

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Repeated history? Another wet Louisiana State Park stay

After a delayed launch and a wintry jaunt south, we had made it to Alabama and positioned ourselves to venture west. We had two weeks to catch up to our plans out in New Mexico and chose I-20 as our route. This would be new territory for us, and so

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A ghost town or a goat's town? Camping on Jackson Lake Island

We couldn't deny that Season 4 of travels was feeling very different from years past. For the first time ever, we hit the road as a family of 3, feeling the massive void that Lily used to fill. For the first time ever, we couldn't escape