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A Summer to Remember in 2022

RV Life Season 1

A Summer to Remember in 2022

Before we set off on the RV life, we learned a lot about RVing by watching YouTube channels. One channel is Keep Your Daydream, a popular channel filled with vlogs, tips, and more. Since 2013, the Leach family has written down a Summer Fun List, with the whole family contributing

Feels Like Home

RV Life Season 1

Feels Like Home

We had our fair share of problems to ring in the month of August: * We ditched a campground due to bad electric and even worse attitudes * Our generator started leaking oil just when we needed it most to power our AC in a tremendous heat wave * A fierce bolt of

Summer Days in a Summer Town

Summer Days in a Summer Town

Our quest to escape the heat had us doing some last-minute rearranging of our campsite bookings. We were originally planning to spend 4th of July weekend in West Virginia, but everything got bumped earlier has we shortened our stay at Dale Hollow Lake in Kentucky. Making last-minute changes during a

We Visited the Longest Cave System in the World!

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We Visited the Longest Cave System in the World!

We had a strange reason for traveling to southern Kentucky, but one of the best parts about RV life is getting to create our own journey as we go along. To our pleasant surprise, the Dale Hollow Lake area was fantastic. Granted, we could have dealt with less hot, sticky

You'll Never Believe Why We Chose This Campground!

You'll Never Believe Why We Chose This Campground!

During the pandemic, when many of our hobbies got locked down along with our souls, our only solace was finding ways to pass the time indoors. We missed traveling. So when we discovered a way to "travel" from within our own home, we became slightly addicted. The game

Scenic Drives: The Best Way to See the Smokies?

Scenic Drives: The Best Way to See the Smokies?

Great Smoky Mountains National Park covers over 522,000 acres of land. That statistic alone is bound to be overwhelming to visitors spending only a finite amount of time in the park. We had three weeks to explore the area, but we opted to not just venture into the park,

Campground Review: Mountain View Campground, Hiawassee, GA

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Campground Review: Mountain View Campground, Hiawassee, GA

We arrived at our first Georgia campground a day early, thanks to making a serious dent in our travels up from Florida and covering 450 miles on our first day of travel. Turns out we lucked out with our early arrival. Not only did that mean avoiding traveling during a

Our Second Harvest Host Stay. No Ditches This Time!

Our Second Harvest Host Stay. No Ditches This Time!

This post contains affiliate links. We're keeping our boondocking adventures minimal until we figure out our water situation, but once in a while we need to have a quick overnight to break up a long drive distance. This is where Harvest Hosts comes in handy. Businesses all across

The Highs of our First State Park Stay

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The Highs of our First State Park Stay

RV Life isn't a magical fairytale; it's just life, with its highs and lows. We experienced an influx of lows leading up to/arriving at our first state park, Jordan Lake State Recreation Area in North Carolina. We had to quickly change our plans for our