Creating Family Connections One RV Adventure at a Time
As emails from you fellow campers have started to arrive in our inbox on a more regular basis, Kristin and I thought it was time to start a new section here at The Touring Camper: Camper Conversations. So if you have questions, send us an email, and when we reply if we think your question is something other readers would be interested in, we may post our response over on the blog as well. First
One of our family’s favorite destinations in recent years was our trip to Charleston, S.C., in March 2014. Charleston has so many fun experiences to offer families, whether you have preschoolers, teenagers, or anything in between! Planning your visit to Charleston: Before we even arrived in Charleston we were impressed with the city because of the fantastic planning website the tourism office has created: When you check
UPDATE: While I still love the Good Sam Trip Planner tool, which I highlight below, I recently learned an important lesson. DO NOT LET YOUR MEMBERSHIP EXPIRE! I did and I lost all of my saved trips. I had to completely re-plot our West trip in the program once I renewed our membership. Kind of a pain–and a lot of wasted time. So if you
Starting with the 2015-2016 school year, if you have a fourth grader at home, your family qualifies for a free, one-year pass to the national parks and other federal lands. The offer is part of a new initiative, Every Kid in a Park, aimed at getting children back outside and introducing them to the natural beauty and history of our country. According to statistics the
We have now returned from our Disney adventure at the Fort Wilderness campground! Next week we will post pictures and a full recap of our experience at the campground. Before we left I did a lot of Pinterest scrolling to determine what sorts of things I needed to bring into the Disney park. I found a lot of good suggestions, many of which I have
We’re gearing up for our family’s first trip to Disney World and I wanted to find little autograph books the kids could use to collect the signatures of the Disney characters we meet. (This is something I remember doing as a kid!) I’ve been told the official autograph books at Disney are pricey, but a few searches online didn’t turn up any “cheap” options either.
In my last post about our future west trip, I shared about how I use Good Sam Trip Planner. In that post I mentioned that I created a series of documents that assisted me in the trip planning process. They include a spreadsheet, calendar, and important info document. Spreadsheet: When I started the planning process I created a spreadsheet that had days 1-60 in the
If you have been following our posts, you already know that we like to travel and tour–in glamping fashion, albeit. However, one of my favorite activities to do while camping and touring is driving back roads. If I can get from Point A to Point B without getting on a highway, that is an awesome trip. And if the roads are dirt or gravel, all
On New Year’s we announced some really big plans for 2015. This is the first in a series of posts that will give you insight into how I began planning our massive West trip. Before our South Carolina and Georgia trip in early 2014 we had purchased a Good Sam membership. We purchased it for the benefit of the emergency roadside assistance, but later I discovered
For many families making their rounds of the Utah 5 National Parks, a visit to Bryce Canyon is a highly anticipated stop. With its sweeping vistas and spectacular hikes, Bryce offers something for everyone. But with most of the camping options concentrated immediately around Bryce, families that want to escape the crowds and explore Bryce…
For many families planning a trip to the Utah region, their itineraries often center on hitting the high points of iconic stops like Grand Canyon, Zion, Bryce, and Arches. Several lesser-known parks are also worth the stop, though, and for families looking for ways to escape the crowds, Cedar Breaks National Monument should be on…
