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…
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…
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,…
After reaching the end of Route 66 in Los Angeles, it was time to point the truck east and begin the journey back toward our home base in the Chicago suburbs. Rather than retracing our steps as quickly as possible, we used the return trip to revisit a few favorite…
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,…
Pacific, Missouri is one of the most charming stops along Route 66 in Missouri and home to several of our favorite attractions on the Mother Road in Missouri. Located less than an hour from St. Louis, this historic town combines classic Route 66 nostalgia with scenic overlooks, local museums, and…