Finally seeing the EPIC Northern Lights show in person
Having lived in Seattle the past nine years, I know all too well the distinct rage of seeing a geo-storm happening and then looking up the forecast only for it to be…
Driving the self guided auto tour at Gettysburg, PA
While camped up at Thousand Trails Gettysburg Farm, we decided to head over to where the battle of Gettysburg took place. There is a National Military Park there and it has a…
Spending two nights at Dixon Lake Recreation Area just outside Escondido, California
After leaving Seattle and being on the road for over a week, our first multi-night stay was at Dixon Lake Recreation Area, just outside of San Diego, California. We had two sets…
Searching for pie & aliens in New Mexico!
After leaving Arizona, we continued on our journey to Florida by entering New Mexico. Our first stop was Pie Town which as the name implies is famous for its pie! Pie Town…
Seeing the gigantic redwoods in person at Redwoods National Park
To me, when you think “national park” Redwoods is one of the most iconic. I’ve always wanted to visit, even before I moved to the States. Finally on our December road trip…
Hiking to the most Northwestern point of the Continental United States: Cape Flattery
After setting out on our journey to Tampa, our first stop was at Cape Flattery. Well technically it was the second as we got a late start and ended up spending the…
Our first boondocking experience in our LTV Unity didn’t go as planned
After leaving our Thousand Trails Oceano campsite we continued south and into Oregon across the Astoria bridge. If you’ve ever seen The Goonies then you would recognize this bridge. It’s much longer…
Our first Thousand Trails Campsite: Ocean City, Washington
When we bought our Leisure Travel Van in October, it came with a complimentary 1 year membership to Thousand Trails. Thousand Trails is a membership program that has something like 80 campgrounds…