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We stayed at Lake Thunderbird in June 2025, the first stop of our Wild West Loop road trip. A lakeside first night that turned a pass-through stop into a weekend Lake Thunderbird State Park was the very first stop on our 2025 summer loop north from Texas, about 400...
Leg one of our RV trip north: a rainy birthday weekend in Norman, OK, with a history audio tour, downtown shops, great pizza, and a surprise tire bulge.
Much like our fall vacation, spring break called us for another Texas RV Trip. We had to get some work done down there, and it was a nice opportunity to visit family over Easter. With the easter weekend ahead, we headed out of town, braking down our drive into 3 short...
While we hope to one day travel the country at a leisurely pace, right now our typical Long Distance RV Trip is short and sweet. Since getting the RV we've been lucky enough to use it on longer business trips that require us to a go a long distance relatively fast....
Living in the Mid-West, the winters tend to be long! By the time March rolled around we were aching for a few warmer days. Driven purely by the search for warm weather, we discovered Reelfoot Lake State Park in Tiptonville, TN. Aching for Warmer Temperatures...
As the moon prepares to cast its shadow across the Earth, creating a breathtaking solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, the anticipation builds among astronomy enthusiasts and adventurers alike. This celestial event presents a unique opportunity for RV travelers to combine...
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...
We stayed at Johnny Appleseed Campground in September 2023 for a long weekend exploring Fort Wayne, back in our weekend-camping days with our first travel trailer. A city campground with a famous neighbor The Johnny Appleseed Campground in Fort Wayne, Indiana, is a...
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...
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