Following our first shakedown trip to Mounds State Park in Anderson, Indiana, it was time to start enjoying our new travel trailer. The very next weekend, we made sure we were packed up and ready to roll as soon as M came home from school. We had our sights set on...
We are pretty new to the RV life in America but did spend a little over a decade exploring Europe in the past. We've always been budget conscious travelers and that hasn't changed when we switched from staying in hotels to our own home on wheels. We recently shared a...
The Johnny Appleseed Campground in Fort Wayne, Indiana, is a nice little city-run campground. It is a nicely treed campground with 37 campsites, a conveniently located dump station, laundry facilities, and a community dog park nearby. The Campground is part of the...
The last stop on our recent fall vacation trip to East Texas was Memphis, TN. We had reserved a campsite at Tom Sawyer RV Park, nestled on the shores of the mighty Mississippi River. The park's setting is very picturesque, but do be warned, there are A LOT of...
For fall break we embarked on our first, unforgettable long distance RV journey from Indianapolis to East Texas. Our trip was filled with unexpected twists, incredible meals, and breathtaking sights. Here is a rundown of our stops along the way and an insight into...
With a three-day weekend coming up, late September was a great opportunity to visit Indiana's 2nd largest city: Fort Wayne. We've been in the Midwest for over 4 years now and have not made it up to that area yet. M had an early release day from school on Thursday and...
We picked up our brand new Forrest River 264DBH on Monday, Labor Day, and couldn't wait to take her out for a spin. So by the very next weekend, we had thrown together a trip that would allow us to hit the road that first Friday afternoon after we brought the RV home....
We can hardly believe it but we have been Midwesterners for more than a year now – and it may come as a surprise but we absolutely love it here. We have experienced large cities, suburbs, rural towns, and many things in between that Indiana has to offer and...
Are you a fan of natural history and science museums? Since Mackenzie was small, we have enjoyed visiting these types of museums as a family. And when we heard that the Houston Museum of Natural Science was part of the Houston CityPass, we had to go check it out...
Lake Livingston State Park, about an hour north of Houston, Texas, is a wooded oasis that is the perfect place to escape to when you feel like the world is getting to be too much. On the edge of Lake Livingston, one of the largest lakes in the state of Texas, this...
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