Creating Family Connections One RV Adventure at a Time
We’re posting early this week because we are gearing up for our final camping trip of the season and to celebrate we’ve teamed up with Camp Casual to host a sweet giveaway! If you haven’t yet heard about or seen the cool Camp Casual product line, then you are in for a treat! The folks over at Camp Casual are “dedicated to bringing re-imagined retro inspired items
Souvenirs can be such a fun way to mark your memories of camping and travel. But I don’t like to have lots of clutter in my house–which means more things to collect dust, and I hate to dust–so our family has found a few creative ways to document our camping and travel adventures. Here’s a roundup of our favorite ideas: One of the first things
If you’re new to camping, you may have discovered that campers and RVers throw around a lot of terms like boondocking, dump station, etc., that may leave your head reeling in confusion. So I thought for this installment of “Camper in Training” it might be good to share a little bit about the different types of campgrounds, campsites, and lingo that you might hear used in
Our adventure out West last year took us to a number of national parks—Yellowstone, Devil’s Tower, the Badlands, Mt. Rushmore, and Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Although our visits varied—hiking here, a ranger program there, and kiddos working to complete Junior Ranger badges—there was one thing we did at every national park: We stamped our NPS passports. If you don’t already have your own passport to the national parks,
The advent of a new year always seems like an ideal time to set new goals and make plans for the coming months. This quote from C.S. Lewis has served as great inspiration as we ponder and plan: “You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” Aside from our family’s goals and plans for 2016, Kristin and I have also been
Whether you are on the road, traveling and camping, or spending time gathered together with family and friends, we wish you a very Happy Thanksgiving!
We were strolling through the bookstore the other day and came across this fun Field & Stream Camping Guide. We picked up a few copies for the campers in our life and then we added another to the stack so we could send a copy to one of you. This guide offers lots of tips and techniques for roughing it–from recipes to wilderness survival. This is not a glampers
Earlier this year I wrote a guest post for MoneySavingMom.com (A Glamper’s Guide to Budget Camping) and one of the readers left a comment about free camping that is available (in certain states) for families who foster and/or adopt. I was curious how many states offered this benefit to fostering or adopting families so I did a little research. So far I have found that only two states give some
Jarrett and I celebrated our 11th year of marriage this past week. This time last year we were wrapping up a week-long camping trip sans kiddos and working to get things ready to officially launch TheTouringCamper.com. One year later here we still are! We’ve got a lot planned for the coming months–and we are super excited about some of the new content ideas we have generated. In the meantime,
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…
