RV Life Season 2

A collection of 110 posts

Milestones

Another year in the books! Our Season 2 recap and Q&A

December 30, 2021 was the day we closed on the sale of our house, moved all our remaining stuff to my parents' garage, and began our lives as full-time RVers. It was not a day to celebrate. I was an emotional wreck, saying goodbye to the only home Anthony

RV Life Season 2

We stole our own truck! The mad dash to get Clyde ready for year 3 on the road

When we come home for the holidays, we try to squeeze in all of our medical and vet appointments during the short time we're there. Same goes for our truck, Clyde. Typically, the top priority is the annual vehicle inspection. Because our truck is registered in Massachusetts, we

RV Life Season 2

The crappiest situation: An overfilled black tank, while stationary, with no way to dump

Heading into our third year of RV living, we have camped without sewer hookups too many times to recall. It's safe to say that when we decided to park at our home-base for the holidays, overfilling our black tank was not one of our worries. Fresh tank freezing

Digital Nomad Life

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

RV Life Season 2

The unexpected benefits of our solar setup

💡Catch up on our solar posts! We Got Solar...and then had solar problems...and even more solar problems And then our batteries had a cascade failure At the time of writing this post, we have now had our solar install for over 9 months. Despite having some problems with

RV Life Season 2

Is RVing environmentally friendly?

This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Items purchased through these links may provide us compensation. Thank you for supporting our blog! Last summer, halfway through our first year of living in an RV, I got a new job working as a consultant for a cleantech company. I work with companies

City Life

Recovering from surgery in an RV! How we manage medical appointments while full-time traveling

One of the most common questions prospective full-time RVers ask is what to do about healthcare. Unfortunately, it's not a question with an easy answer because so much depends on individual needs, insurance, and current health status. As two younger RVers who are still working, our situation is

RV Life Season 2

Never-ending battery issues are leaving us drained

Battery issues have certainly been a theme for us in our RV adventures. Before we even took delivery of our RV, we ordered two lithium ion batteries to replace the stock lead acid ones, and we had them shipped to our dealer, who lost them. On our drive down to

RV Life Season 2

No couch in the RV anymore! Where will our butts go?!

This post contains Amazon affiliate links. With anything you buy through these links, whether it's the exact product or not, we may receive a small kickback. Thank you for supporting our travel blog! Let's take a little trip down memory lane, to August 2020. We were

Outdoor Adventure

The Blitz East Finale: Grateful to be back home

Whenever we're on a tight timeline, we need to watch very closely how the weather might impact our travels. Typically we travel slow enough to wait out storms, wind, or poor driving conditions if necessary. When we only have 3 weeks to get from Denver to Boston, waiting

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

City Life

The Blitz East, Part 4: MO rain, MO problems

Our first time RVing through the Great Plains brought us some problems. We had many miles of high winds and dodging trucks that didn't know how to drive, park, or maneuver. Then, at our second campsite in Kansas, our truck got stuck in mud during the first big

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

Harvest Host Stories

Going nowhere fast: Three weeks to get back home

The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta was the absolute best Season 2 finale we could have asked for. We already knew when we snagged camping reservations that we would be more pressed for time getting back across the country to Massachusetts. You may know that we travel opposite to many RVers;

National Park Adventures

Capturing celestial wonders

This post contains affiliate links. We may receive a small kickback for products purchased through our links. Thank you for supporting our travel blog! Anthony and I are both from metro areas outside major cities, so being in places where we could see lots of stars was a rare occurrence.

Outdoor Adventure

Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta: Tips to make the most of your visit

When we launched out for our second season of travel, we had plans to head out west for the better part of the year, returning to Massachusetts around October to settle back in for the winter holidays. Those plans changed when we pressed our luck and won out big time.

Campground Reviews

Were we idiots for staying at a 3.8/10 rated campground? And what we learned about Colorado state parks that you need to know

After a fantastic stay outside Rocky Mountain National Park, it was time to start making our way south through Colorado and into New Mexico. We had a choice of a couple routes: We could either head toward Colorado Springs and then make our way west to Albuquerque, or we could

National Park Adventures

Turning dream into reality at Rocky Mountain National Park

Despite having a less-than-optimal day getting our trailer back, we were able to stick with our plan to head up to Rocky Mountain National Park, somewhere we had been looking forward to visiting for a very long time. Everything seemed extra precious there, probably because we weren't sure

RV Life Season 2

Our top 5 scariest experiences while living in our RV

It's Halloween, and that means it's prime time for some scary tales by the campfire. As we near the end of our second season of travel, we have lots to reminisce about. We always say that our life as full-time RVers is not without its drama,

City Life

A rocky start to our Rockies adventures

Our Airbnb stay was coming to an end and our trailer would be ready for pickup later that day. When repairs are part of the plan, things can go awry quickly, and so we're always hesitant to book anything big right before or after service appointments. The last

RVing With Pets

Displaced in Denver

When living the full-time RV life, there will inevitably be times where we need to leave our trailer and find other accommodations. It's much easier when it's planned, but sometimes it's an emergency situation. Either way, things can get stressful, so we've

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