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It always takes us a day or two to get the lay of the land when we arrive in a new location. I find that I can do all the research in the world, but we don't really get a good feel for a place until we drive around a bit and chat with the locals and other guests at...
Planning a trip to Cape Cod? We spent a magical week there this summer and can't wait to return. Here is our list of suggestions for where to stay, what to eat, and how to have tons of family fun. Where to Stay A great campground at a great price with...
We spend so much time in our RV, you might think we had the whole organization thing down. Actually, this couldn't be further from the truth. Let me explain how this works. The whole time we are on vacation I take note of all of the things that are out of order and...
Isn’t it great when you can look back and laugh at an epic camping fail? We have all had those trips that did not go exactly as planned, and ours was four years ago on a chilly weekend at Camp Taylor in the Skylands Region of New Jersey. Our family was still new to...
It is probably no surprise to our readers that people tell us their camping stories. What might surprise you is how many people have that one epic RV trip stored away in their childhood memories. I'm not talking about people who grew up traveling from campground to...
Max and Theo turned five this past week, and Wes turned one last month, so we have been celebrating some pretty big milestones around here. Sometimes it takes my breathe away thinking about how my life has been transformed by these three boys. After Max and Theo were...
Let me start by saying that there has been a whole lot of trial and error in the road food department over the last 5 years. We took our first 12-hour road trip when the twins were 3 months old. Since then we have spent well over 100 nights in our RV. So although we...
Vacationing with kids is awesome. Getting to that vacation with everyone's sanity and goodwill intact can be the really tricky part. The planning and packing and loading is enough to stop most people from venturing onto the open road with their children. And then...
Jeremy and I realized recently that a certain scenario keeps repeating itself. Friends of ours will express interest in coming along with us on a trip. If they are not interested in tent camping, we enthusiastically recommend cabins as a great way to experience a...
About a month ago we headed south on the Parkway to destroy some White House subs and attend the Atlantic City RV show. It was freezing cold outside--so the combo of classic roadfood and indoor motorhome window shopping made for a great day. We strolled up and down...
