Campground Reviews

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RV Life Season 4

Chester, CA: Gateway to Lassen Volcanic National Park

We've been flexible as we've journeyed through the state of California. The biggest dot on our itinerary, and the only destination we planned ahead of time, was Yosemite National Park. We also assumed that this would be our last stop in the state before heading back

RV Life Season 4

Favorite national park? We might finally have our answer...

We often hear advice for full-time RVers to have some goals or a plan to help narrow down our travels. The United States is big, and we can't expect to see everything, nor would we necessarily want to. It's best to decide what we're

RV Life Season 4

Why RVing to Sequoia and Kings Canyon is so hard

When our travels this year brought us to central California, we thought long and hard about what destinations we'd want to include. Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks had been on our bucket list for years, but we were hesitant to RV to them for a few reasons,

RV Life Season 4

But before the Redemption Tour...

...we snuck in a trip to Colorado! After leaving our Airbnb, getting our trailer back, and taking Tanner to his final vet appointment in Payson, we had a few days to spare before our camping reservation began in Arches. We had left these as buffer days in case we got

RV Life Season 4

The Utah Redemption Tour: Hoodoo's There?!

I try to get into 2019 Nicole's mindset, planning this epic roadtrip that would cover so many of America's greatest wonders. I remember that when planning our itineraries for the Mighty 5, Bryce Canyon in particular called out to me. The photos are just extraordinary, of

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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

RV Life Season 4

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

RV Life Season 4

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

RV Life Season 4

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

RV Life Season 4

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

RV Life Season 4

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

RV Life Season 4

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

RV Life Season 4

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

RV Life Season 3

This campground is rated as one of the best in the country, and it's right in our back yard

This blog post contains Amazon affiliate links. We may receive compensation for qualifying items purchased through these links, at no additional cost to you. Thank you for supporting our travels! We had a 10-month wait between ordering our RV and actually taking delivery. In that time, we tried to be

RV Life Season 3

Save this secret hiking trail for your next trip to the White Mountains!

For those who may not know, Anthony and I got married in Bretton Woods, NH with Mount Washington as our backdrop. We've sung the praises of our wedding venue before, when we called out a certain other hotel for its boastfulness and money-grabbing tactics. Nevertheless, we had a

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Another NH campground, another management change. Is everything ruined?

When we first returned to New Hampshire this fall, we stayed at Meredith Woods Campground, a park we had called home for nearly three weeks back in 2022. Only, now named Hunter's Run RV Park, new management had taken over and we noticed unfortunate changes even before we

RV Life Season 3

Nature's gifts in New Hampshire

We were so close to needing to halt our plans to travel north through New Hampshire, which would have been a real bummer. Not only is it our favorite state, especially in the fall, but we would also be repeating history. Back in 2022, we were supposed to be in

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Our go-to campground in New Hampshire is under new management. Was it worth going back?

At the end of our first year of full-time RVing, we returned to New England to spend November in New Hampshire. Lots of campgrounds close for the season in mid-October, so the pickings were slim. As the camping season grows longer and people brave the winter to enjoy rugged outdoor

RV Life Season 3

Why we chose a state park instead of our home-base when we were back in MA

Back in February, as soon as reservations opened for Massachusetts state parks, we jumped on Reserve America to book our home-close-to-home, Wompatuck State Park. It's not a sought-after state park like some others and rarely fills up, but we wanted to get our site etched in our calendars.

RV Life Season 3

An unforeseen return to one of the most comforting places in the US

After leaving Michigan, we had hoped to get our axles replaced down in Fort Wayne, but our timing didn't line up with the axle build. Living with constant worry that our suspension will fail and force us off the road is not fun, but so far, these axles

RV Life Season 3

Returning to nature in the Natural State

We learned a valuable lesson, which was to think twice before booking the last available site online, the night before the start of our booking. Luckily for us, being forced out of Serendipity Brownsville RV Park led us to a gorgeous state park in Arkansas. Village Creek State Park is

Campground Reviews

Our favorite KOA! But where does it fall in the ranks?

💡We shared our story of how we went from being KOA party poopers to being KOA lovers! Then we created a scorecard to definitively rank all of the KOA Kampgrounds we have stayed at in just over two years of travel. Today, we post the remaining scores and crown the

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The definitive ranking of all the KOAs we've stayed at in two years

We've had quite an interesting history with Kampgrounds of America (KOA) in our two years as full-time RVers. It's a typical rom-com love story, where we thought we hated them, got to know them, and then fell in love with them...well, at least with some

RV Life Season 3

We were grossly mistaken about KOAs

Before we set out as full-time RVers, we had some predictions of what kind of campers we would be. We expected to love the nature feel of rustic campgrounds, state parks, and federal lands. We were right about that. What we were grossly mistaken about, however, was the variety that

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Three COE campgrounds, one Goldilocks Principle

Season 3 of travels started fast-paced. We blitzed to Florida, making one slight detour to get a repair at our dealer. Then we hopped from the Florida RV SuperShow, to Palm Harbor where we met up with some friends, then to Fort Myers where we visited Anthony's family,