Creating Family Connections One RV Adventure at a Time
Spring has sprung, and I know many of you in the North are counting down the weekends until you can pull those sleepy campers from their long winter’s rest and hit the road again. As you get ready for the camping season by organizing the camper and loading things back in, here’s some important information to keep in mind so you don’t inadvertently overload your
Although it’s currently 64 degrees outside here in Western PA, earlier this week we had a cold snap and the temperatures dipped into the freezing zone. So Jarrett found himself winterizing the camper in the dark … and rain. It certainly wasn’t ideal, but definitely better than risking frozen pipes. Since many of you have been working to winterize your own campers, we thought you
Ever since we started towing about six years ago with the GMC Savana, Jarrett has had a love/hate relationship with our tow mirrors. While some tow vehicles offer the option of adding an extra tow package with special extended mirrors, this was not available for our van. That left us looking for an after-market solution–which turned out to be harder than we had initially expected.
Whenever we get home from a camping trip, we like to unload and then spend a little bit of time cleaning the camper so she’s all ready to go the next time. While I’m usually in charge of the inside, Jarrett tackles the outside. Typically he uses an all-purpose cleaner from Charlie’s. But recently 303 Products sent us a box of samples to try out
When we bought our camper secondhand, it came with a few “extras.” Things like splattered spaghetti sauce on the ceiling. Squished cookie crumbs under bunk mattresses. A sofa that dipped. And a queen mattress with a small canyon in the middle. So we scrubbed off the sauce stains, sucked up the cookie crumbs, swapped out the sofa, and slapped down a mattress pad. And it
Note: As a Kids to Parks Day Ambassador, Northside USA provided shoes for my family to review. However, all opinions expressed are my own. Read on to find out how you could win a pair of Northside shoes for your family! We’re just a few weeks away from taking our first camping trip of the summer season–and to say the whole family is excited would be a bit
The Christmas countdown has begun here at our house. How are you all doing with Christmas preparations? We still have lots of presents to wrap, packages to mail, cookies to bake, cards to send, and crafts to complete. So in the midst of all the holiday craziness, we thought it would be fun to take a little break and have another giveaway for our awesome readers! Many
For my birthday two years ago, Jarrett took a vintage-style map wall sticker and created a pinnable map for us to display in our living room and track our camping adventures. As the holidays approach, this simple, affordable, DIY idea would make a perfect gift for the adventurer in your life. Note: This post contains affiliate links. If you click on them and make a purchase,
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
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…
