So much on the go, I thought it was a good idea to put my current bucket list on the table for me to visit, and for me to show and take my family. I have seen a lot, some of which is not on the list anymore. But this list is one of the ones [...]
Gillette, Wyoming is a certified American boom town. It’s 30,000 residents have grown by a whopping 48% in the past decade as this western city has become the nation’s self-declared “energy capital of America,” thanks to its vast quantities of coal, oil and coal bed methane gas. But today, it just grew by thousands more as [...]
With all the solar retrofits and additional batteries being installed on some units, people are looking at their stock Class Bs and wondering if they’re hopelessly outdated. The answer is no – Class Bs have been out there for decades without all these recent innovations, functioning just fine, as long as you know how to [...]
It’s pretty amazing what a few hundred miles can do to the view. That was driven home to us today as we made our way across South Dakota taking in the vast green prairie and its lush grasslands, the wind carved canyons, ravines and hoodoos of the Badlands and the rolling thick pine forests of [...]
One of the sweetest deals I’ve run into in my three years of fulltiming is the New Mexico State Parks annual camping pass. Annual camping pass? Yep, all the camping you want for a flat fee. It’s the only one in the nation that I know about – other states have annual day passes, but [...]
Last night in Iowa, I was complaining abut the gnats. Tonight in South Dakota, it’s the Frankenbugs. The bugs have only gotten bigger as we’ve moved west Honestly, I dont know what they are. Way bigger than a gnat. Some are beetles, or what we used to call June bugs. But there are so many [...]
Some of my favorite travel experiences are about people and their everyday activities. Roadtreking is a life, not limited to four wheels. It’s a philosophy, not limited to an RV. It’s a state of mind, and as my good friend Campskunk tells me, I need to drink the Koolaid…….. Some time ago, I was in Japan, (home [...]
I could kick myself. If I wasn’t so busy swatting gnats, I would. Come to think of it, Jennifer will probably do the kicking herself. That’s because I forgot to set the GPS to “avoid toll roads.” After spending $13.20 on tolls driving the Illinois tollway, US 88, from Chicago to the Iowa line, that’s [...]
Call it the great morel mushroom hunt! After a few days in Rexburg, Idaho and dealing with my very sick pooch at a local vet, are now in Salmon, ID, staying at a stunning little RV park right on the Salmon River, located in the Lemhi Range in the Sawtooth Mountain Region. This is prime [...]
On August 9, 2010 my wife Sharon and I and Fiona the Fearless Kitty got in our 2003 Roadtrek 190 Popular and headed out to… nowhere special. After configuring our campervan for extended boondocking capability with solar panels, an inverter, and extra batteries, we had cut our earthly ties and were embarking on an endless [...]
Want to get away from the commercial campground scene, and tired of the mad crush in the national parks? There are 155 national forests in the US with a combined land area the size of Texas, where it’s not uncommon to have a section or even a whole campground to yourself. The challenge is how [...]
In this edition of “How We Roll,” Jennifer answers a question about budgeting and how much it costs us to take a typical week to 10 day trip. In these days of $4+ fuel, that’s the killer to any budget that involves mileage. Jennifer shares our actual costs and ways we try to save money. [...]
I have been weaving in and out of the incredibly gorgeous Wyoming/Idaho border the last 3 days, working my way up north through the Caribou/Targhee National Forest. I came along Alpine Lake, then into west Yellowstone, north again to Mesa Falls. Spending nights at National Park Campgrounds where the flowers are in full regalia, perfuming [...]
As I write this, the trickling Sunday morning sun is coming up over the horizon, in the beautiful province of Saskatchewan. We are just outside of Saskatoon, a booming town here is the middle of Canada’s huge west. We are getting up, sliding out for a quick churching, and then back to the grind. It [...]
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