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
Rockin’ good times
Last year I saw a fun idea on Pinterest that I decided our family was going to embrace this camping season: rock collecting. Wait, wait. Before you roll your eyes and move on, this isn’t just rock collecting. It’s memories collecting, too. At each of the campgrounds we visited this season, we picked up a rock representative of the area we camped. We have a
Why Christmas ornaments make the best souvenirs
Every year when we put up the Christmas tree, Jarrett and I find ourselves doing a lot of reminiscing. Many of the ornaments tucked into tissue paper in the Christmas bin we have picked up on our numerous camping and touring adventures. It’s a tradition we started 10 years ago on our honeymoon to the Great Smoky Mountains, where we picked up a little black