Outdoor Adventure

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Summer to Remember

Past the pivot point: Summer goals amidst a time of upheaval

Continued from A Summer to Remember in 2025 The first 9 weeks of our summer consisted of leaving the West, traveling across the country, stopping in the Midwest for repairs and cats, and then making our way to our home state of Massachusetts. Already, the summer was crazy. We covered

Summer to Remember

A Summer to Remember in 2025

Since 2021, we've partaken in Summer to Remember. Started by the Leach family (Keep Your Daydream), it's a customizable summer goals list to help us remember what we want to prioritize during a season that can get very busy. We've used our list for

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We camped on a bison ranch in Wyoming!

We were more indecisive than ever as we tried to figure out our route east. Should we stop at some favorite destinations, or should we cover more distance faster? In the end, we had to face the fact that our cups were overflowing with all of the grand adventures we

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The Wasatch Mountains Underground

Continued from Utah Redemption: Wasatch Mountains Edition. We got into a groove with Utah this year, dealing with the hard stuff like axle repairs and then countering it with epic adventures in some wonderfully scenic parts of the state. After our first axle appointment, we headed south to Red Rock

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Utah Redemption: Wasatch Mountains Edition

It is true that we got a little sick of being in Utah for several weeks on end, back when we went straight from surgery and repairs to an epic Utah Redemption Tour in the red rocks. But that had nothing to do with Utah and everything to do with

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A Great Basin Birthday

We traveled America's Loneliest Road with a long-awaited destination in mind: Great Basin National Park. We initially thought we would take a winter trip to the park before landing ourselves in Utah for our axle appointment in March, but we ended up going to Utah early to get

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RVing America's Loneliest Road, Part 3

Continued from Part 1 and Part 2. After a successful first overnight outside of Austin, NV, we were ready to hit the Loneliest Road once again. Day 2: Austin to Ely Our journey would take us another 3 hours without stops and end us in the town of Ely (pronounced

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RVing America's Loneliest Road, Part 2

Continued from Part 1. We sailed smoothly from Carson City to Austin on our first day on America's Loneliest Road. Austin, the halfway point on the road, would be our stop for the night, but two challenges awaited us. First, we were running on less than 50 towing

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RVing America's Loneliest Road, Part 1

The Backstory As you probably know by now, we set out on Season 4 of travels with Utah as our main destination. We needed to get our axles repaired south of Salt Lake City and then planned to head to the Mighty 5 national parks. What happened before and after

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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

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Chester, CA: Gateway to Lassen Volcanic National Park

We've been flexible as we've journeyed through the state of California. The biggest dot on our itinerary, and the only destination we planned ahead of time, was Yosemite National Park. We also assumed that this would be our last stop in the state before heading back

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The pin made us do it! Checking off Lassen Volcanic National Park

We have a unique way of tracking each National Park we visit. We don't do passport stamps or stickers. Instead, we collect pins and add them to a pin board, which we use as a decoration, first in our house, and now in our RV. I can'

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Dog-friendly Yosemite adventures

💡We're exploring Yosemite National Park! If you missed our last post, we hit the ground, rrr....climbing...with an epic hike to 2 waterfalls. We also found many reasons why Yosemite might just be our favorite National Park so far. See the post here. We were blown away

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Favorite national park? We might finally have our answer...

We often hear advice for full-time RVers to have some goals or a plan to help narrow down our travels. The United States is big, and we can't expect to see everything, nor would we necessarily want to. It's best to decide what we're

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Why RVing to Sequoia and Kings Canyon is so hard

When our travels this year brought us to central California, we thought long and hard about what destinations we'd want to include. Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks had been on our bucket list for years, but we were hesitant to RV to them for a few reasons,

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We can't believe we almost skipped this!

We are officially into the "fly by the seat of our pants" portion of our travels! After finishing our Utah Redemption Tour, things have been a little touch and go. We've tentatively chosen to continue our travels out west while we line up more repair appointments

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But before the Redemption Tour...

...we snuck in a trip to Colorado! After leaving our Airbnb, getting our trailer back, and taking Tanner to his final vet appointment in Payson, we had a few days to spare before our camping reservation began in Arches. We had left these as buffer days in case we got

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The Utah Redemption Tour: Our Conclusion About Zion

💡We're finishing up our Utah Redemption Tour, and what an epic month it has been! If you need to catch up on the series, here's the link. We've already shared our first impressions of Zion National Park, and they weren't the best.

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The Utah Redemption Tour: An Unfinished Odyssey in the Zion Narrows

💡Our visit to Zion National Park started off on the wrong foot. We desperately needed to get back on track and start experiencing the world-renowned adventures that we had been looking forward to. Will we be able to get our footing? Read on to find out! Miss our last Zion

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The Utah Redemption Tour: Hoodoo's There?!

I try to get into 2019 Nicole's mindset, planning this epic roadtrip that would cover so many of America's greatest wonders. I remember that when planning our itineraries for the Mighty 5, Bryce Canyon in particular called out to me. The photos are just extraordinary, of

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The Utah Redemption Tour: Is Capitol Reef the Least Mighty of the Mighty 5?

💡You know the drill. Subscribe to the blog for perks and post notifications. Catch up on our Utah Redemption Tour blog series. Capitol Reef felt completely different from the other two national parks we had visited so far in Utah. State route 24 runs straight through the park, and so

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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

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The Utah Redemption Tour: Meeting the Goblins

💡Catch up on our Utah Redemption Tour series here! We're hitting the Mighty 5 national parks and a whole lot more, offering stories, tips, and reviews along the way. In 2019, I put in countless manhours planning an epic roadtrip from Wyoming, through Utah, and into the Southwest.

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The Utah Redemption Tour: Skimming the Rim of Canyonlands

💡Come with us on our Utah Redemption Tour! We're finally experiencing the beauty and adventure of the state, tackling the Mighty 5 national parks and a whole lot of other amazing places. We're posting daily blogs where we share our stories, tips for visiting, campground reviews,

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The Utah Redemption Tour: BLM Camping in Moab

💡We're redeeming Utah! After a rather tumultuous visit 2 years ago and a rocky start this year, it's finally time to explore some of the best parts of the state. Catch up on our series here. After our week at Arches, we kept 2 nights open,