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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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Just the sounds of moving our house from New Hamps Just the sounds of moving our house from New Hampshire to Maine. Packing up, securing everything, hitching up, and hitting the road. No talking, just travel day sounds.

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I have to admit, I don't really like Walmart. But I have to admit, I don't really like Walmart. But as full-time RVers, who spend a lot of time in small towns, we've gotten used to shopping there. So when we visited Bentonville, AR and saw that there was a Walmart Museum, we had to check it out. And it actually turned out to be a pretty fun little museum.

The Walmart Museum is housed in Walton's 5 & 10, the original Bentonville store where Sam Walton started building what would eventually become Walmart. Inside you'll find old products and advertisements, memorabilia, Sam Walton's pickup truck and office, and some genuinely weird and fun pieces of Walmart history.

It's also completely free, which makes it an especially easy stop if you're exploring Bentonville.

The museum definitely tells Walmart's version of its own history, which is worth keeping in mind as you walk through it, but even if you're not a Walmart person, I think there's enough interesting history and nostalgia here to make it worth an hour or so.

I've got more photos, history, and details about visiting in the full post, but in the meantime, save this for your next trip to Bentonville. Because yes, there really is a Walmart museum.

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Another travel day, another new state! Today we’re Another travel day, another new state! Today we’re moving our house on wheels 160 miles from Woodford, Vermont, to Tamworth, New Hampshire. If you’re new here, we’re Josh and Jen, and we’ve been living full-time in our 30-foot travel trailer for almost three years, along with our cat Betsey and our snake Orin.

This fall we’re spending a lot of time exploring New England and the Northwest, and both Vermont and New Hampshire were completely new states for us. By the time we finish this trip, we’ll each have visited 44 states, which feels pretty wild considering this all started with us deciding to move into a travel trailer full time.

Travel days aren't always the most exciting part of RV life, but moving our entire house 160 miles definitely makes for an interesting day.

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One of the Best FREE Things to Do at Niagara Falls One of the Best FREE Things to Do at Niagara Falls

If you're visiting Niagara Falls, don't skip the Niagara Power Vista Visitor Center! It's completely free and is a surprisingly fun way to learn about the massive amount of energy and power being generated by the Niagara River.

The visitor center has tons of interactive exhibits and games where you can learn how hydroelectric power works, experiment with electricity, and explore the history of Niagara's role in power generation. And even if you're not particularly interested in energy, there's a great scenic overlook where you can look out over the Niagara River and the surrounding area.

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We spent a week last year at Kentucky Dam Village We spent a week last year at Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park while exploring Land Between the Lakes and Paducah, and I think this is one of those campgrounds where the location is really the selling point.

The campground isn't fancy, but it was quiet, our site was huge, and we had everything we needed. Plus, being right on Kentucky Lake meant there was plenty to do without going far. We spent most of our time out exploring, so having an affordable campground that worked as a home base was exactly what we were looking for.

And at $30–$35 a night for an electric and water site, it's a pretty good deal compared to a lot of the campgrounds we've stayed at.

I've got all the details on the campground, what our site was like, the amenities, prices, and what there is to do around the park in the full post: 🔗 in bio!

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