We first heard about Joseph – the cute artsy town tucked away in the Wallowa Mountains – from someone I (Leigh) work for that lives in Portland. We looked into it and seemed to be a place we woul...
After a great stop in Bend, we continued north toward Mount Hood. Mount Hood is 11,250 feet in elevation, and its snow capped peak can be seen for most of the drive from Bend. After the high temper...
After visiting Crater Lake National Park on Saturday, we continued north on Highway 97 toward Bend on Sunday. On the way, we stopped for lunch at the Diamond Lake Junction Cafe. It’s kind of a hole...
We completely ran out of water in Mount Shasta, so we left a little earlier in the day than we originally planned. Around 10am on Thursday, we packed up and started our trek to Oregon. Kl-Mo-Ya Ca...
From Lassen National Park, we planned to head north and camp at Fowler’s Campground near McCloud, CA. We also planned to stop at Burney Falls on the way. Unfortunately, neither of these plans worke...
After a great week at Lake Tahoe for the Fourth of July, we made our way to Lassen Volcanic National Park. Honey Lake Rest Area Lassen is a 3-4 hour drive from Lake Tahoe. Therefore, we split up...
I spent a summer in Lake Tahoe when I was in college and I came back several years ago to ski. However, Austin has never been so I am really excited for him to see it! Fly over on the Fourth of Jul...
I spent a summer in Lake Tahoe when I was in college and I came back several years ago to ski. However, Austin has never been so I am really excited for him to see it! Fly over on the Fourth of Jul...
We originally planned to do a one night backpacking trip on the Pohono Trail for our first weekend in Yosemite Valley. After Leigh’s surgery, we were back and forth about whether or not backpacking...
Mammoth Lakes is pretty awesome. It’s a good thing we like it so much because it ended up being our longest stay yet. Where In California is Mammoth Lakes? Mammoth Lakes is located off of beautif...
We have camping/backpacking reservations in June for Kings Canyon, Sequoia, and Yosemite National Parks. With all that to look forward to, we didn’t know what to do between San Francisco and the pa...
We stayed in Monterey for almost two weeks while we waited out the pandemic. In fact, there is so much uncertainty right now that we almost stayed longer. We had reservations for a weekend at Pinna...
It was time to leave Malibu and our gorgeous views to head up the coast. Our moving day comes right as California’s governor has ordered the whole state to stay home in the peak of COVID-19. It’s g...
We left the Elks lodge in Ontario to head to Malibu as Coronavirus concerns were really getting wild. The RV needed both gas and an oil change before we could hit the road. We rode by Costco right...
After our awesome time in Oceanside, we headed a short distance up the coast to Doheny State Beach in San Clemente, CA. San Clemente has been on the map for a long time because when we were in Sout...
After our awesome time in Oceanside, we headed a short distance up the coast to Doheny State Beach in San Clemente, CA. San Clemente has been on the map for a long time because when we were in Sout...
After our great stop in Ramona, we looked forward to our next destination, Temecula. We got a taste of Southern California wine in Ramona, but Temecula is probably the biggest wine destination in t...
Ramona is a random place to make the travel itinerary, but they have several wineries that are Harvest Host members so we headed there from San Diego. Ironically, we didn’t even stay at a Harvest H...
After a whole month away, we flew back to San Diego to the RV. We had a lot of fun visiting with family and friends (and an awesome vacation), but we are really looking forward to being back home...
Just like the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta was something I’ve always wanted to do, so was the Grand Canyon. Austin has been several times, but somehow I never have! I always viewed it as something...
We first heard about a new BLM (Bureau of Land Management) campground in Farmington when we were in Texas and it has been on our radar since. It seemed like a perfect stop between Durango and Albu...
There’s just something we love about Colorado and it seems like you can literally feel it as you cross the state border. This crossing was no exception! We love the mountain views, the weather an...
After leaving Zion, we headed to Lake Powell. It was so much fun because our friends traveled with us in the RV! We arrived at Lone Rock Beach and Kelly and I took the Jeep to find a spot for the...
Due to bad internet at our awesome spot in Boulder, we got to the Bryce Canyon area a little earlier than we anticipated. This was totally fine though! We managed to find a great boondocking spot...
After a week in Torrey we were excited to hit the road to Boulder! Our stationary month in Moab confirmed that we really like being on the move. We thought we would go to a popular boondocking sp...
After our great visit with Chase and Brooke, we stopped for a few days at Chief Hosa Campground in Golden. We originally planned to spend a few more days boondocking in the Winter Park area. Howeve...
We left Grand Isle and headed to a Harvest Host Brewery – Bayou Teche. We love Harvest Hosts for a lot of reasons, but one is the opportunity to meet people who live in various areas. Bayou Teche...
After our super fun Utah State Park stay, we headed to Torrey, UT where we will be visiting Capitol Reef National Park. We picked out an awesome BLM spot to boondock our first night. We had so mu...
After a month in one spot we were more than ready to hit the road! We didn’t have far to go, but it was amazing going somewhere new. Dead Horse Point State Park is about an hour away from Moab an...
After a quick but super fun two night stay at Black Canyon NP, we packed up to head to Moab. Utah is a new state for the RV and we are going to be spending a lot of time there! We are staying in...
When we looked at our route from Salida to Moab, we realized that we would drive by Black Canyon of the Gunnison NP. Low and behold, a cancellation popped for the exact dates we would be passing t...
After we left Great Sand Dunes, we started making our way toward Denver for a concert at Red Rocks! We have tickets to a show at Red Rocks at the end of the month and are checking in to a campgrou...
After our wonderful weekend of off-the-grid rv’ing, we headed back to civilization in Fort Collins. The city has a lot of breweries so we were excited to check them out. We lucked out on a cancel...
As I mentioned in the last post, we didn’t know where we were going to go next. We decided on the Dillon Lake area which includes Frisco and Breckenridge as well. Austin has been here before (he...
After we left Great Sand Dunes, we started making our way toward Denver for a concert at Red Rocks! We have tickets to a show at Red Rocks at the end of the month and are checking in to a campgrou...
We left New Mexico earlier than anticipated due to the crazy snow. A lot of people love New Mexico, but that wasn’t our experience. We are going back in a few months – hopefully New Mexico will w...
Santa Fe is somewhere neither one of us have ever been so we are excited about visiting! After a week of boondocking 🙌 and a week in the super small Roswell, NM, we were really looking forward to...
Sometimes we end up going to random spots simply because of where they are located. Bottomless Lakes State Park is one of these spots. Our plan is to head to Santa Fe from Carlsbad, NM. However,...
We’ve been excited to get out west for lots of reasons, but one is the BLM (Bureau of Land Management) land that allows free camping. You are boondocking (which means you have no hookups), but tha...
After Mobile, we drove to the Biloxi area and spent one night at Shepard State Park right across the border. The park was kind of run down, but it was in one of the better locations we have visited...
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