RVing With Pets

A collection of 43 posts

RVing With Pets

Dog-friendly St. Augustine

Continued from An impromptu vacation to St. Augustine. Thanks to a very long, grueling trolley tour, we had run out of time to do most of the things we wanted on our 2nd day of exploring St. Augustine. We ended up abandoning our tour, getting our truck, and driving closer

Truck Problems/Servicing

This could have been really bad (2 flat tires 2 days apart)

After we launched back on the road for Season 5, we took a few weeks to reach our first "big dot" on our itinerary: Fort Myers, our jumping off point for visiting Anthony's family. Of course, "big dot" is a loose term this year,

Campground Reviews

A major reset after being excavated from our campground

Continued from Blythe Island left a literal hole in our travels On the morning of Monday, March 31, we found ourselves exiting Blythe Island Regional Park in Georgia, trying to register the sheer absurdity that had just occurred. We were into our 5th year of full-time RVing, and that was

Weather/Natural Disasters

We launched right into a severe weather outbreak. Here's how we stayed "weather flexible" and "weather aware."

Continued from One more delay, one more launch. We delayed our launch one extra day so that we could avoid high winds and finish a few more repairs. It was a good choice, except for one little issue. "What are you going to do about the severe weather?"

RV Life Season 5

The Great Thaw

A historic blizzard dumped over 2 feet of snow on us, but worse than the snow accumulation were the winds – some reaching over 70mph. Our parking spot at our MA home-base is surrounded by trees, and those branches couldn't handle the gusts. Our RV came away with roof

RV Life Season 4

This was not the Thanksgiving post we thought we would be sharing

This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Qualifying items purchased through these links may result in a small commission, which helps us maintain our blog. Our last blog post was full of hope and optimism. After feeling travel fatigue all year, we returned home and settled into our new home state

RV Problems

The big pivot

Last year on November 6, we made a huge leap towards our next chapter of life. We bought land in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, the place that we always considered end-game. Since then, even though we continued traveling full-time, we stayed honest on the blog. Nomadic life is

RV Life Season 4

We played cross-country blackout Bingo from California to Massachusetts

For Summer to Remember this year, we opted out of our usual challenges to hike and/or ebike 100 miles from Memorial Day to Labor Day Weekends. We learned our lesson from previous years and didn't want to end up resenting our outdoor time, which was supposed to

RV Life Season 4

Testing 3 new temperature monitors for our pets (and why Waggle isn't one of them)

This post contains Amazon affiliate links. We receive a commission for qualifying items purchased through these links. Thank you for helping to support our blog! To live safely in an RV, we rely on a lot of equipment. We often talk about the big things, like our axles and our

RV Life Season 4

Travel days with the new cats

We lucked out big time when our two new cats, Piccolo and Mac, warmed right up to us, Tanner, and the RV...well, at least the RV while it was stationary. We still had one more big obstacle to tackle, and that was their first travel day. They were trailer

RV Life Season 4

We turned our RV into a cat palace!

This post contains Amazon affiliate links. We receive a commission for eligible products purchased through these links, which we use to help fund our blog. Thank you for your support! The cat's out of the bag! We deliberately and expectedly foster failed and now have 2 new adorable

RV Life Season 4

We added to our family...but the story isn't what you think

We're returning from a hiatus that was forced upon us by bad internet and even worse life obstacles. Now, we're playing catchup, and we'll be starting with a big announcement that we thought we would be making weeks ago. The initial plan was to

RV Life Season 4

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

RV Life Season 4

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

RV Life Season 4

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

RV Life Season 4

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

RV Life Season 4

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

RV Life Season 4

Reliving pastimes in Paso Robles

One of the best parts about road tripping is the freedom that comes from putting our wheels to the pavement and driving into adventure. We discovered this years ago, when we took to the road to celebrate each of our 30th birthdays, traveling the East Coast in 2017 and West

RV Life Season 4

4 months of indecisiveness led us here

When we set out for Season 4 of travels, we made note of our exit points in case we decided to return home. Having exit points is never a bad thing, even if full-timers are 100% committed to their travels. However, because we're gradually transitioning out of full-time

RV Life Season 4

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

Utah Redemption Tour Series

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.

RV Life Season 4

The shocking outcome of our axle appointment

Fancy seeing you here! Before you read this post, let's quickly catch you up on our years of axle problems. It all started when we needed to have our stock axles replaced after both busted just 1.5 years into owning our RV. We were dealing with some

RV Life Season 4

Tanner needed surgery

Our travels around the western US were well underway. We were moving quickly, checking off new bucket list destinations and visiting old favorites from our last trip to the region. All this time, we were waiting for mid-March. We had an appointment in Utah to get our axles replaced. While

RV Life Season 4

We did White Sands wrong (and how you can do it right)

If you missed our last post, we hit 2 adjacent National Parks on back-to-back days. The actual plan, however, was to hit 3 National Parks 3 days in a row. Weather forced us to shift our plans. During our overnight stay at Guadalupe Mountains, a big windstorm blew in, and

RV Life Season 3

An unexpected end to Season 3. Is full-time RV life over?

This was definitely not the way we expected our year to end, on the immense high of finding and purchasing our dream land, then crashing to the lowest low of needing to say goodbye to our beloved cat Lily right before the holidays. We look back at the year and