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A Summer to Remember in 2026

Summer to Remember

A Summer to Remember in 2026

The time has come once again, to share our list of summer goals and recap this busy season. Only this time, things looked a bit different. For the past 3 years, we blogged about our summers of travel, scooting to multiple states, and last year, even journeying across the whole

Clyde hit 110,000 miles...and needed some serious TLC

Truck Problems/Servicing

Clyde hit 110,000 miles...and needed some serious TLC

💲This blog post contains affiliate links. Purchasing items through these links gives us small commissions and helps keep the blog free and open to the public. We appreciate your support! We often talk about RV problems on the blog, and this year, there was no shortage of them. We'

First drive day of part-time RV life...and the drama still found us

Truck Problems/Servicing

First drive day of part-time RV life...and the drama still found us

Before we turned this year on its head, the general plan was to head south for the winter and then return to New England sometime in the spring or early summer. In other words, we weren't planning a lot of travel. Why? Because we had gotten well past

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

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,

A whole host of RV problems as we camp our way through fall

Truck Problems/Servicing

A whole host of RV problems as we camp our way through fall

Fall is our favorite time to camp. We love when the temperatures get cool enough to not run our AC all the time. In our 4 years of RVing, this has been the best season to camp without full hookups. Not running the AC means less generator time when we

Utah Redemption ≠ Dispersed Camping Redemption

Utah Redemption Tour Series

Utah Redemption ≠ Dispersed Camping Redemption

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The shocking outcome of our axle appointment

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

More problems we can't escape from (HH/BW Challenge Series)

Harvest Hosts/Boondockers Welcome Challenge

More problems we can't escape from (HH/BW Challenge Series)

💡Don't forget about our link to get 15% off your first year of a Harvest Hosts membership! We spent three nights living in the land of magnificent sunsets. We were happy to have clear skies for a few days, but springtime is a season of extremes, and soon

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

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

Never-ending battery issues are leaving us drained

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

The Blitz East, Part 3: Literally stuck in the middle of Kansas

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

A rocky start to our Rockies adventures

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

We got 99 problems, continued

RV Life Season 2

We got 99 problems, continued

Continued from our last post. Haven't read it yet? Read it first here! Our second stay at Las Vegas Bay Campground was turning out much different than expected, and we found ourselves trying to keep up with an ever-growing pile of problems. 1. When we got to

The Blitz West, Part 4: Truck Issues on Our Way Out of Texas

The Blitz West, Part 4: Truck Issues on Our Way Out of Texas

Catch up on our blitz west posts here: Part 1, when we had to drive through downpours and flooded roads Part 2, when we saw whether or not the rumors were true about I-10 in Texas Part 3, when we decided to detour ourselves very, very far south The