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A collection of 17 posts

Beyond Acadia: Excursions in Southwest Harbor, Bar Harbor, and Ellsworth, Maine

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Beyond Acadia: Excursions in Southwest Harbor, Bar Harbor, and Ellsworth, Maine

In our last post, we covered our recommendations on what to see and what to skip during your trip to Acadia National Park. Now, we're venturing outside park boundaries, to the park's gateway towns. When we took our trip to Acadia in 2019, we chose to

The Acadia itinerary: What to see and what to skip

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The Acadia itinerary: What to see and what to skip

Acadia was our second National Park visit of all time, and one of the easier to check off the list as New Englanders. We went in late September 2019 for a weekend getaway, back when we knew little about navigating national park visits. Since then, we have gone from national

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

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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

Finding nostalgia in Door County, Wisconsin

RV Life Season 3

Finding nostalgia in Door County, Wisconsin

We had two weeks to make our way through Wisconsin and over to Michigan's Upper Peninsula. We expected a state filled with farmland, cheese, ice cream, beer, and Bavarian pretzels. True, there was a lot of all of the above, but like so many states we've

The most majestic corner of the Ozarks

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

Following Elvis

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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

I inadvertently created a musical travel journal

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I inadvertently created a musical travel journal

2020 was a year that ignited a lot of people's yearning for travel. We've talked about our wanderlust in the blog a lot, like how we had a big road trip planned that year, that would take us from Yellowstone down to New Mexico and maybe

Campground Review: Meredith Woods, Meredith, NH

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Campground Review: Meredith Woods, Meredith, NH

We spent close to 3 weeks in Meredith, NH, during what we can safely say was their slow season. Though a 4-season campground, we seemed to hit the liminal time between the warm weather camping and the "break out the snowmobiles" camping. Funnily, our few weeks brought us

November Camping in NH: Too Hot, Too Cold, or Just Right?

RV Life Season 1

November Camping in NH: Too Hot, Too Cold, or Just Right?

"You can take the kids out of New England, but you can't take New England out of the kids." This was a recurring thought as we spent close to 3 weeks in November up in one of the handful of year-round campgrounds in New Hampshire. Our

Our Best Campsite Yet! Four Mile Creek State Park

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Our Best Campsite Yet! Four Mile Creek State Park

My trip-planning included a lot of scanning along the shores of Lake Ontario for the perfect waterfront site. We thought we had found it at Association Island, but as it turned out, the mosquitoes found it first. Leaving that campground early, I was crossing my fingers that I'd

We Hiked 36 Miles on the American Side of Niagara

We Hiked 36 Miles on the American Side of Niagara

💡Did you miss our earlier Niagara posts? Never miss a post again! Sign up with your email address and we will notify you every time we update our blog. Just look for the "subscribe" button anywhere on this page. During our time in Niagara, we made sure to

A Summer to Remember in 2022

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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

Spacious Skies: Celebrating 4th of July at an Aptly-Named Campground

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Spacious Skies: Celebrating 4th of July at an Aptly-Named Campground

Driving up I-81 through the Shenandoah Appalachians, we couldn't believe that just 9 months before, we were towing for the very first time along this same road. Thankful that those awkward days were behind us, and equally thankful that the weather was less gloomy than in October, we

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

Day Hiking the Smokies

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Day Hiking the Smokies

We love hiking and thought the RV life would bring us ample opportunities to lace up our boots. However, between the relentless heat that seems to catch up to us wherever we go, and the fact that this is just normal, busy life, we haven't hit the trails

Scenic Drives: The Best Way to See the Smokies?

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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,

The Best Day in Daytona

The Best Day in Daytona

After days of work and rainy weather, it was finally time to take full advantage of our time in Daytona. For us, that's not going to a race or enjoying a beach day. It's taking some nature walks! In 2017 when we road tripped the East