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Memorial Day Weekend in Lake Tahoe and Carson City, NV

RV Life Season 4

Memorial Day Weekend in Lake Tahoe and Carson City, NV

In the RV community, Memorial Day Weekend is much anticipated. It's the unofficial start to summer, which means that many RVers who have had their rigs in storage for the winter finally take their babies out for a spin. Even though the RV season has been getting longer

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

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

Where do we go from here?

RV Life Season 4

Where do we go from here?

By January 21, most of the US was experiencing temperatures well below average. The Gulf Coast was heeding blizzard warnings. We hunkered down at our lakefront site on the northern border of North Carolina, assuring ourselves that we made the right decision by staying put until these weather patterns subsided.

Coming in hot! Our quest to find the best hot chicken in Nashville

Coming in hot! Our quest to find the best hot chicken in Nashville

Let's start at the very beginning, and we mean very beginning: July 7, 2012. Two 20-something Bostonians met at a lunch gathering and hit it off, which resulted in a long afternoon of strolling the city, talking and getting to know one another. One conversation topic of the

Following Elvis

RV Life Season 3

Following Elvis

Despite what some people thought, we were perfectly content slowing down our travels to embrace life down in the deep South. We spent most of our days taking walks, doing work, and getting little repairs done on the rig. However, we were not totally lacking adventure. Camping at Fulton Recreation

We're calling it! This is the best East Coast city for metropolitan camping

Campground Reviews

We're calling it! This is the best East Coast city for metropolitan camping

Let's call the East Coast for what it is: Congested. Whenever we travel I-95 from Boston down to the Carolinas, it's one city after another, after another. The metropolitan areas sprawl so far that at times it feels like one continuous city. We leave the Boston

Recovering from surgery in an RV! How we manage medical appointments while full-time traveling

Recovering from surgery in an RV! How we manage medical appointments while full-time traveling

One of the most common questions prospective full-time RVers ask is what to do about healthcare. Unfortunately, it's not a question with an easy answer because so much depends on individual needs, insurance, and current health status. As two younger RVers who are still working, our situation is

The Blitz East Finale: Grateful to be back home

Outdoor Adventure

The Blitz East Finale: Grateful to be back home

Whenever we're on a tight timeline, we need to watch very closely how the weather might impact our travels. Typically we travel slow enough to wait out storms, wind, or poor driving conditions if necessary. When we only have 3 weeks to get from Denver to Boston, waiting

The Blitz East, Part 4: MO rain, MO problems

The Blitz East Series

The Blitz East, Part 4: MO rain, MO problems

Our first time RVing through the Great Plains brought us some problems. We had many miles of high winds and dodging trucks that didn't know how to drive, park, or maneuver. Then, at our second campsite in Kansas, our truck got stuck in mud during the first big

A rocky start to our Rockies adventures

RVing With Pets

A rocky start to our Rockies adventures

Our Airbnb stay was coming to an end and our trailer would be ready for pickup later that day. When repairs are part of the plan, things can go awry quickly, and so we're always hesitant to book anything big right before or after service appointments. The last

Displaced in Denver

RVing With Pets

Displaced in Denver

When living the full-time RV life, there will inevitably be times where we need to leave our trailer and find other accommodations. It's much easier when it's planned, but sometimes it's an emergency situation. Either way, things can get stressful, so we've

Cusp Season at Craters of the Moon

RV Life Season 2

Cusp Season at Craters of the Moon

Back in our pre-RV life, when I'd plan our whirlwind road trips, I'd justify hitting as many destinations as possible by saying that they're "closer than they are to home." I suppose that's true, but adding in tons of new

Big Easy Tourists

Big Easy Tourists

We were in a site we didn't want, at a campground we didn't want to be in, exhausted, sick, and sticky from humidity. This was not how we wanted to start our westward blitz across the country, but that's RV Life. A piece of

Unpopular opinion regarding this DC area campground (and what we chose instead)

Campground Reviews

Unpopular opinion regarding this DC area campground (and what we chose instead)

Our travels have taken us to and from the Northeast a few times now, and that means hitting the metropolitan areas that are so close together and therefore unavoidable: DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York. Whether we came from the west or the south, we found ourselves venturing among these

A Day in Asheville, NC

RV Life Season 1

A Day in Asheville, NC

If there is one city that has been recommended to us time and time again, it's Asheville, NC. We weren't sure if we'd hit it during this first year of RV travels, but the flexibility of this lifestyle pays off. Asheville ended up being

Tanny Takes DC!

RV Life Season 1

Tanny Takes DC!

After a half-week's stay outside of Philadelphia, it was time to journey southward. We revived our plans to spend two weeks in DC, which were initially to take place in January, but now would bring us into March. We had a credit left over from our cancellation at