Country Life

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RV Life Season 4

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

RV Life Season 4

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

RV Life Season 4

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

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

We've been keeping a BIG secret

When we launched out for our third year of travels, we had a few things on our BINGO card. We were going to spend more time down South so we could be in prime position to see the total solar eclipse. We were going to tackle the Midwest, and in

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The luckiest infestation we've ever had

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Sometimes in the nomadic life, you just need to sit and do nothing

The month of September had been a whirlwind. We started the month in Long Island, New York, without our rig. Then we ventured back to Massachusetts to get the rig (and Tanner), and two days later, we were in New Hampshire. In our first week and a half in NH,

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

Campground Reviews

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 Servicing

The race to get our furnace repaired before temperatures drop to freezing

Continued from Camping in cold fall temperatures...with no heat! To people who live in houses, nightly lows in the 40s might not sound too cold as long as everyone stays inside. The insulation on houses is much better than RVs, especially our RV. Despite the added steps we'

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Camping in cold fall temperatures...with no heat!

Fall is our favorite season to camp in our RV. We love how the campgrounds grow quieter with each passing week. We love feeling all warm and cozy when the air gets cool and crisp. We love watching the leaves change color around our campsites. This summer was hot and

RV Life Season 3

We finally RVed Vermont! What town did we choose?

Being New Englanders, it might come as a surprise to hear that, 41 states into our RV journey, we had not yet checked off Vermont. We passed through it heading from New Hampshire to New York in 2022, but because we didn't stop, it remained a void on

Outdoor Adventure

Watkins Glen hikes - the famous Gorge Trail and more!

Watkins Glen, New York. We have had our eye on this place. In 2022, we set our sights on Watkins Glen State Park, with plans to stop there on our way back from Niagara Falls. We didn't have solar yet, so we tried to grab one of the

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

Unpopular opinion: Michigan's Lower Peninsula is better than the Upper Peninsula

Even though we checked off Michigan as a state RVed in 2022, it came with a disclaimer: We had hit it during our RV travels, but we hadn't actually brought our RV up there. How did this happen? We dropped our RV off for repairs in Indiana and

RV Life Season 3

We went to a goat parade!

For being the science-brained couple that we are, we do surprisingly little research on places before we go. We always do just enough to know where we're going, and if it's a "big dot" on our travel route, we'll plan excursions ahead

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Our last day left us completely winded (HH/BW Challenge Series)

💡We're coming to the end of our Harvest Hosts/Boondockers Welcome Challenge Series! If you need to catch up on the posts, you can find them all here. We set our alarms for before dawn, but I had been up since 3:30AM, unable to fall back asleep.

Harvest Hosts/Boondockers Welcome Challenge

We just had to go back! (HH/BW Challenge Series)

When we told our fellow RVers that we were doing this challenge, we had resounding positive reactions to Harvest Hosts, and rightly so. We also had a few people tell us it sounded more like a fun adventure than a challenge. We always try to have fun when we challenge

Harvest Hosts/Boondockers Welcome Challenge

We crossed state borders for this alpaca farm (HH/BW Challenge Series)

💡In this post, we cross the halfway point of our challenge! If you missed the first 2 weeks, catch up on all the posts here. In doing this Harvest Hosts challenge, we've come to realize that we need to strike a balance between shorter and longer drive days.

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The most majestic corner of the Ozarks

We had been bouncing around and between two National Forests in Arkansas: Ouachita National Forest and Ozark-St. Francis National Forest. We can't explain the feeling of getting back into mountains and highlands. The mountains are where we belong, and even though we were thousands of miles away from

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

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

Campground Reviews

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,

RV Life Season 3

The famous "cave swim" at Devil's Den: Our honest thoughts

If you follow an RV influencer on YouTube, you're likely to have come across footage of this mysterious, ethereal cave known as Devil's Den. It's one of the many warm-water springs that dots Central Florida, but unique in the fact that it's