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    Spooky Season 2024

    September 29, 2024 - By Jen

    For the last 3 years I’ve challenged myself to do something Halloween or fall themed every day of October and document it on my personal Instagram. Now that we’re full-time RVers, our spooky season will be spent on the road! I’ll be documenting Spooky Season 2024 on the blog and…

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    Full Time RVing in -10 Degrees: RV Winter Tips & Tricks

    September 24, 2024 - By Jen

    The timing of moving out of the park house into the camper wasn’t the best weather-wise, and it was a little rushed on getting the camper ready. So we decided to winter over in the RV at Josh’s dad’s house. This meant our first winter in the RV was in…

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    5 Free Downloadable Camping & RV Themed Pumpkin Carving Stencils

    September 17, 2024 - By Jen

    It’s no secret that we love spooky season, and now that we’re living full time in the RV we’ll be experiencing Spooky Season on the road! I decided I needed more RV and camping themed pumpkin carving stencils to go with our new life- so I made some! And, of…

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    Cheeseheads for a Month: August 2024 Recap & Reflections

    September 4, 2024 - By Jen

    Welcome to another monthly recap! I skipped writing June and July recaps because they were mostly spent either at home preparing for Croatia, in Croatia, or at home recovering from Croatia. But August was almost fully spent back on the road! We spent the month exploring Wisconsin and packed in…

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    From One End of the State to Another: May 2024 Recap & Reflections

    June 6, 2024 - By Jen

    May has come and gone, so it’s time to recap and reflect on our second month on the road- well, kind of, because we only spent part of May on the road.  Here’s May on the map! Where We Stayed in May We started the month of May at Fort…

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    Our First Month on the Road: April 2024 Recap & Reflections

    May 9, 2024 - By Jen

    After 6 months of full-time stationary RV life, we’ve now finished up our first full month actually traveling! We left home base on March 31 and spent all of April in southern Illinois. We thought it’d be fun to put together an overview of the month including where we stayed,…

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    How Much Does Full-Time RV Life Cost? Our Full First Month Budget Breakdown

    May 3, 2024 - By Jen

    One of the things we see most commonly asked about full-time RV life is how much does it cost. Maybe it’s because we’ve both spent the majority of our careers working in government where our salaries were public information, but we don’t feel as taboo talking about money as a…

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    Gift Ideas for RV Moms: Mother’s Day 2024 Gift Guide

    April 19, 2024 - By Jen

    Whether she’s a full-time traveler or a weekend warrior, we’ve put together gift ideas for moms who RV. We found compact rv-friendly gift ideas for capturing travel memories, for the crafty mom on the road, experience gifts for the mom with small rigs, self-care ideas, and gifts to enhance her…

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    Do you Really Need all that Stuff? Downsizing Tips for Starting RV Life

    March 25, 2024 - By Jen

    When Josh left his previous job and we had to move out of our park ranger house, we had 60 days to go from a 2 story, 2 bedroom house with garage to a 30 foot travel trailer. Which meant a LOT of downsizing for starting RV life. We had…

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    Betsey’s Big Adventure: 4 Ways We’ve Traveled with a Cat

    March 25, 2024 - By Jen

    Our cat, Betsey, has been travelling with us since we started taking weekend RV trips in 2020. We strongly believe in animals being secured in vehicles- both for our safety and theirs. Over the years we’ve experimented with a variety of cat travel systems. Every animal has a different personality,…

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We toured one of the 2025 Forest River No Boundari We toured one of the 2025 Forest River No Boundaries travel trailers at the Chicago RV Show earlier this year. We're not big fans of Forest River's construction, but I just love the design on this one!
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We dared to explore Tennessee’s most haunted aba We dared to explore Tennessee’s most haunted abandoned dam… and found whiskey at the end. 👻🥃
Just outside Chattanooga, we toured the historic (and seriously eerie) @damwhiskeyco, complete with haunted tunnels and ghost stories, then hit the distillery for a Dam good tasting.

Highlights from our visit:
🕯️ Full haunted history tour (yes, we went in the tunnels)
🏚️ Exploring 3 floors of the abandoned dam powerhouse
🥃 Whiskey tasting (so smooth!)
🐐 Pet goats + live music at the marina
📸 Epic views of Lake Nickajack

Read the full recap, tour tips, and what we really thought of the whiskey on the blog!

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When we visited Roanoke, VA last year, we looked a When we visited Roanoke, VA last year, we looked at camping at Dixie Caverns, but ended up at Explore Park in Roanoke instead. We still made it out to the caves for a tour, though! We're big cave fans, and even though this was just a simple walking tour (we like to crawl and get dirty!), it was a really great tour. The guide had so many fun stories for the different formations they've named over the years and it was a great way to spend a saturday.
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We had a zoo-per day at @zooknoxville when we visi We had a zoo-per day at @zooknoxville when we visited last fall! 🐾

Read all about it and tips for visiting at the link in our bio!
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Last year we visited Roanoke, Virginia and literal Last year we visited Roanoke, Virginia and literally everyone we met asked us if we had visited the Roanoke Star on Mill Mountain- and we did! This is the largest manmade star and was fun to see up close, plus Mill Mountain has a nature center, wildflower garden, and plenty of trails.
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