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
Country Life 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.
Country Life 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
Campground Reviews Is this Bora Bora?! Nope, think again! Now that we're into our third year of full-time RV living, it's fascinating to see what routines we've begun following in this often routine-less life. Despite not being snowbirds, we have found ourselves heading south for the winter quite a bit. We mostly do
Country Life The Blitz East, Part 5: Camping at the World's Largest Pitchfork Our Blitz East had been a rollercoaster so far. 1. We had immediate struggles as we rushed to get repairs done before leaving Colorado. Read Going Nowhere Fast 2. We entered Kansas, and while we had some issues with trucks and wind, found ourselves in beautiful campgrounds, enjoying new sights
Country Life The Blitz East, Part 3: Literally stuck in the middle of Kansas 💡Boy did we get ourselves in a sticky situation. But, if you haven't read our last two Blitz East posts, you'll want to read those first. Here are the links: Part 1 Part 2 Our morning started off great. We got in touch with our inner
Country Life The Blitz East, Part 2: It's the wonder of nature, baby! The plains of the Midwest are hardly a destination for many travelers, but during our stay in central Kansas, we found proof to the contrary. We had even been looking forward to visiting Wichita for a couple of years now, thanks to other RVers who alerted us to a pretty
Country Life The Blitz East, Part 1: What the heck is up with the trucks in Kansas?! 💡The Blitz East has begun! Only, it wasn't an easy start. Catch up by reading our last post. Ah, Kansas. We hear there's no place like it. We crossed the border and could see for miles. Fields and wind farms were our companions as we made
Campground Reviews A full-service campground at Cabela's?! We left South Dakota and had just a couple of days before we were due in Colorado for a mountain of repairs (see what I did there?), so we figured we would take a drive through Nebraska and check off a new state. Now, western Nebraska isn't as
Country Life Going to Wind Cave...without going to Wind Cave Before we left South Dakota, we had a decision to make. As you probably know, we try to make it a point to go to National Parks because we collect pins for our pin board - something we started doing before we hit the road. Wind Cave is right near
Country Life Badlands National Park: Half-Day Itinerary We were set up in Wall, SD, at an RV park so we could get electricity. Our batteries were all but dead, and despite troubleshooting them to try and recharge them on shore power, we didn't trust them. We couldn't risk moving over to the Buffalo
Country Life An RVer's rite of passage: Visiting Wall Drug! We were really in the thick of RV problems. Just days after repairing our generator and getting a brand new water pump, we found ourselves without any power in our trailer. Our batteries were acting like they had been totally discharged, and they didn't have enough juice to
Outdoor Adventure Black Hills and Beyond: Needles Highway and Cathedral Spires/Black Elk Peak Hike 💡It's the final post in the Black Hills and Beyond series! Did you miss any part of our journey? Find the recaps here: Part 1: Mount Rushmore, Iron Mountain Road, and the Museum of Geology Part 2: Custer State Park and Reptile Gardens Part 3: Stratobowl and Bear
Country Life Black Hills and Beyond: Custer State Park Wildlife Loop, Hikes, and Reptile Gardens We were taking full advantage of our first weekend in and around the Black Hills of South Dakota. That Saturday led us to Mount Rushmore, Iron Mountain Road, and the Museum of Geology. If you missed our recap of those adventures, you can find it here. Sunday was another early
Outdoor Adventure Black Hills and Beyond: Mount Rushmore, Iron Mountain Road, and the Museum of Geology After an incredible visit to Devils Tower, we officially completed our trek through Wyoming and crossed the border into South Dakota. It was our first border crossing since May. We had plans to stop in the Rapid City/Black Hills area for about 2.5 weeks. There was lots to
Country Life We gave up! What happened next? We experienced a lot of ups and downs during our trip across Wyoming. The ups? Unbelievable campsites with some of the best views we've ever had, where we could bask in the beauty of nature. The downs? Horrendous heat waves that trapped us inside most days and eventually
Country Life Boondocking across Wyoming was a lot harder than we thought Before we started RVing full-time, we tried to take as many trips as possible, many of those being road trips. When travel wasn't in the cards, I used to like planning "trips for the future," as I would call them, and I had a little pink
Campground Reviews We camped at a 10,000-year-old archaeological site Our second year of full-time RVing is halfway complete, and over that time, we've learned a lot about how we like to travel. We have found some of our favorite campgrounds to be in state and federal parks, and we love to find unique experiences that are off
Country Life We hit our breaking point After leaving the Grand Tetons, we had plans to travel across the state of Wyoming. We were well equipped with everything we needed for a summer of boondocking. We had our solar setup, new toilet, and with the exception of a few minor issues, everything in the RV was working
