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…
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…
While passing through Springfield, Missouri on our three-month Route 66 road trip, we made time to visit the Springfield Botanical Gardens. Located within Nathanael Greene/Close Memorial Park, this beautiful collection of themed gardens is one of the best free things to do in Springfield, Missouri. Whether you’re interested in flowers,…
After nearly two months of following Route 66 from the Chicago area to the Pacific Ocean, we finally reached Los Angeles. This stop marked the western end of our three-month Route 66 adventure that would eventually take us all the way back home to Chicagoland again. Los Angeles is one…
Joshua Tree National Park was one of the side trips we added while driving Route 66, and it ended up being one of my favorite stops of the entire journey. I’ll admit that part of the appeal was simply that I got to spend a few days wandering around a…
Kingman, Arizona ended up being one of the most unexpectedly memorable stops of our nearly three months traveling Route 66 as full-time RVers. What originally started as a planned stop along historic Route 66 quickly turned into multiple visits thanks to truck repairs, which honestly gave us the chance to…
We spent part of our Route 66 trip based just outside of Flagstaff, using it as a home base to explore both Flagstaff and nearby Sedona. While we were in the area for most of the week, our time was actually pretty low-key, we stayed in Munds Park, worked during…
Stretching across the Kentucky–Tennessee border between Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley, Land Between the Lakes is one of those places that’s packed with outdoor adventure but still somehow feels a little under the radar. With 170,000 acres to explore, it’s easy to fill a few days here, or even longer…
This stretch of our anniversary trip along Route 66 took us through a part of Arizona that’s easy to overlook, but really shouldn’t be. Between Albuquerque and Flagstaff, we slowed down to explore a few classic stops along Route 66 Arizona, spending time in both Holbrook and Winslow. This area…
After a week exploring the quirky roadside stops and art-filled stretches of Amarillo, we made our way west to Albuquerque, one of the most iconic cities along Route 66 and a stop we had been looking forward to on this trip. Sitting right in the middle of our journey (with…