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Fighting Trailer Sway

If you have driven a trailer of any size you know first hand what trailer sway is about, if you have not, it is something…

Exploring New Orleans

New Orleans makes a strong impression. Its history, architecture, and culture are all unique and powerful. It is a city that was shaped by its…

Travel Blogging Basics

When we decided to set out on our adventure one of our first thoughts was, "let's do a travel blog and make some money!" This…

Cartersville KOA: Cartersville Georgia

Cartersville was our first stopover coming into Georgia. It tended towards being unremarkable as KOAs go, but the price is decent enough to recommend it.…

Local News, Politics, and Travel Choices

One of the things I find interesting to do while traveling is to watch the local newscasts in the places we stay. Typically, I don't care…

Leeds RV Park: Leeds, UT

Leeds RV Park is closest to what I had imagined RV parks to be like prior to our actual experience with RV parks. It is a…

What Type of RV to Buy: Part 3

In What Type of RV to Buy: Part 2 we did some self-reflection on what you needs and desires are. Here we put that into…

What Type of RV to Buy: Part 2

In What Type of RV to Buy: Part 1 of this series we discussed the huge range of RVs currently on the market. Now we…

Twin Oaks RV Park: Elko, Georgia

Twin Oaks RV Park is a genuine bargain, especially if you happen to be a Passport America member. For just $20 a night, we loved…

The Best Sink Strainer for your Airstream (or any other kitchen)

Sometimes you start using a product and think, "Why the heck don't they all work like this?" For those of you who have not had…

Lake City RV Resort: Lake City, FL

Lake City RV resort doesn't quite live up to the "resort" part of its name, but it is a very cozy little RV park that…

What Type of RV to Buy: Part 1

When you decide to get an RV for a full-time lifestyle like ours, or just for going on vacation, the options can be overwhelming. Ultimately,…

Thousand Trails Orlando RV Resort

Thousand Trails, Orlando is only the second time we've been able to book a free stay with tour Thousand Trails membership. While it was a…

Upper Antelope Canyon

Antelope Canyon lies in the great Navajo Nation wherein meanders down from the hills into lake Powell. Antelope Canyon has a few different bits and…

Tampa East RV Resort: Tampa, FL

Tampa East is easily the largest RV park we have ever stayed at. It has three entrances, each with their own clubhouse and pool. It…

Glen Canyon River Trip

While at the Grand Canyon visitors center I'd read that tour guides ran calm water rafting trips from Glen Canyon Dam down the Colorado river…

Adventures in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas

While Dallas is not exactly famed for its tourist destinations, we made a point of it in order to visit family during our travels. By…

Wahweap RV and Campground

Short but sweet well describes our stay at Wahweap RV. The park is inside the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area on the shores of Lake…

Sunshine Travel: Vero Beach, Florida

Sunshine Travel has helped redeem the Encore/Thousand Trails park network. We've had not so great luck with them so far, but this is a very…

Waco Mammoth National Monument

As we rolled into Waco Texas, the only thing I knew of it was the Branch Davidian shootout that took place in there in 1993. It turns…

Why Buy an Airstream?

If you are shopping for a trailer or RV there are lots of options out there. Trail and I decided early one that we would…

Williams, Arizona

While visiting the Grand Canyon we have been parked right in the midst of Williams, Arizona. It is a relatively small town at some 3,00…

Miami Everglades Resort: Miami Florida

Miami Everglades Resort has some of the nicest, on-sight recreation options of any park we have been to. I really liked it here, Trail was…

Grand Canyon Railway RV Park: Williams, AZ

Our latest encampment is at the Grand Canyon Railway RV Park in Williams, Arizona. This park is an offshoot of a local hotel, most famous…

Montezuma Castle, Montezuma Well and Tuzigoot

Arizona is packed with National Monuments, having more than any other state. Everywhere we go in the state there are amazing things to see and…

Upriver RV Resort: Fort Myers, FL

Upriver RV is located on the banks of the Caloosahatchee river in Fort Myers, Florida. The price point is high, as are most parks in southern Florida,…

Things I learned Selling Our House

To head out on our grand adventure we had to sell our house. When I bought it in 2003 it was the first I owned and I…

Fiesta RV Resort: Fiesta Key, FL

Fiesta RV Resort is not only located on Fiesta Key, it takes up the entirety of Fiesta Key. Not shockingly, the views are lovely but the…

The Great Courses: American Religious History

As we drive from place to place Trail and I like to learn about our world by listening to college history lectures from The Great…

Taking Pictures with Hitch’s Camera

Before we set out on our journey I decided I should buy a camera. It was the first camera I've every purchased for myself. I decided…

Dealing With Adversity: Hitch Style

I think everyone faces life's challenges in different ways. I didn't truly understand this until I was married and was able to intimately observe someone…

On Second Thought, Forget The Alamo

Why did we choose to forget the Alamo? Well, it all began with a desire to see The Alamo while we were near San Antonio,…

Raiders of the Lost Airstream

You may recall the time we trapped ourselves in the Airstream. Well, we did it again. This time, I sprung the trap and managed to…

Arizona Elections: A Traveler’s Discovery

As we have been traveling around we happened to be in both Arizona and Nevada while they were holding their presidential primaries. I'm something of…

Becoming a “Truck Person”

Setting out on this adventure I was curious to discover what personal changes I would undergo. Typically while we often hope for one change or…

Orange Blossom KOA: Apopka, FL

At last, we have encountered a KOA park we really liked. Orange Blossom KOA boasts they are the friendliest RV park in Orlando and if…

Great Courses: History of the Supreme Court

Sometimes I feel like I should have gone to law school. I love arguing, I have a talent for reading rules and understanding their implications,…

Casa Grande, Arizona

Casa Grande Arizona is home to the Casa Grande RV Resort and thus was home to us for about three weeks time. We've been waiting…

Three Flags RV Resort: Wildwood, FL

Three Flags RV Resort is our first stay at a Thousand Trails campground. Thousand Trails is a membership camping club where you pay a flat…

Casa Grande RV Resort: Casa Grande, AZ

Nights: 19 RV Park Cost: $597.00 ($32.00/day) Discounts Used: Good Sam 15% off GPS Location: 32.9214051,-111.7570227 Address: 195 W Rodeo Road Casa Grande, AZ 85122…

Visiting Boquillas, Mexico

While at Big Bend National Park I made some noises about wanting to cross over into Mexico at least once just. I also wanted a…

Death and Taxes (Hold the Death)

I've done my own taxes since I was first on my own, I think at the age of 19. In the early day's I was…

A Stone’s Throw RV: Monticello, FL

A Stone's Throw RV park is a small, largely self-serve park located near Tallahassee Florida. We found it to be efficient, clean, and a decent…

Wisdom and Travel

I see wisdom as an understanding of what it means to be a human being. Wisdom helps us navigate our lives, both giving us the…

Sapphire Island Camping & RV Resort: DeFuniak Springs, FL

Sapphire Island Camping and RV Resort has a misleading name. There are no islands anywhere nearby. There are no sapphires nor anything sapphire colored. And…

Hitch vs High Anxiety

Generally, I am a chill dude, not prone to worry or anxiety. In the fight or flight spectrum, I tend strongly towards fighting. Not so…

We Locked Ourselves in Our Airstream

Every RV has its own "special qualities" that you get to know better and better as you travel with it. Everyone can imagine that an…

Indian Point RV Resort: Gautier, Mississippi

There are typical RV parks and resorts, and then there is Indian Point RV Resort which takes eclectic to new heights. It is an RV…

Fast Food Burgers of the West

Prior to our travels Trail and I didn't frequent a lot of fast food joints. Seattle is rich in great restaurants and a healthy income made…

Lakeside RV, Park: Livingston, LA

We parked at Lakeside RV on our way east to Florida, staying 3 nights so we could spend at least one full day in New…