We spent a week camping at Angostura Recreation Area near Hot Springs, South Dakota, during a month-long trip through the state. After spending time exploring the Badlands and Rapid City, Angostura was a great home base for seeing more of western South Dakota and slowing down a little along the…
Driving into Fayetteville, West Virginia, I noticed a sign proclaiming it the “Coolest Small Town.” Of course, I had to wonder: did they just decide that themselves? Did someone else bestow that honor? What did it mean, and why was it on their road sign? It turns out Fayetteville was…
After spending a couple of months at home base, we were ready to get back on the road, and Ohio ended up being a pretty easy place to ease back into our full-time RV routine. We spent a week camping in Stow and exploring Cuyahoga Valley National Park, with a…
Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park ended up being a great home base for a week of exploring western Kentucky. We stayed here while visiting Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, spending our days exploring the area and also making time for one of our favorite Kentucky cities, Paducah.…
As full-time RVers, we end up visiting a lot of Walmarts. I was never a regular Walmart shopper before we started living on the road, but when you spend a lot of time in small towns, Walmart is often the only grocery store around, or at least the only affordable…
Thorncrown Chapel has been on my architecture bucket list ever since I first saw photos of it online. There are plenty of beautiful buildings in the world, but something about this one immediately caught my attention. A glass chapel tucked into the Ozark woods, surrounded by trees and stone, sounded…
Eureka Springs, Arkansas, had been on our list for a while, so when we found ourselves camping nearby in November, we decided it was finally time to spend a week exploring the area. Visiting in November meant we were there during the off season, which definitely affected what we were…
One of the questions we get asked the most after spending more than three months traveling Route 66 is, “What was your favorite part?” Josh never hesitates with his answer: the diners. Sure, the roadside attractions, quirky museums, and historic landmarks are what draw most people to the Mother Road,…
Located about 15 miles southeast of Roswell, Bottomless Lakes State Park is one of the most unique places to go camping in New Mexico. Instead of a single lake, the park is made up of a chain of eight lakes that are actually deep sinkholes, ranging from 17 to 90…
We spent more than three months exploring every corner of Route 66 for its 100th anniversary, and we’d do it all over again. As full-time RVers, though, we couldn’t simply take a three-month vacation. We left our home base in the Chicago suburbs in late February, balancing work, everyday life,…