From Class C to Fifth Wheel: How Boondocking Has Changed For Us

Currently located at Pilot Knob BLM LTVA in Winterhaven, CA, just west of Yuma, AZ: Greetings once again from the desert Southwest! At the moment, it's 5:40 AM, and I'm sitting at my dining table listening to the wind whistle through all the little nooks and crannies on the rig, while enjoying a cup of …

On The Road Again, Day 5: Campbell TX to North Little Rock AR

Currently at the Downtown Riverside RV Park in North Little Rock, Arkansas. We are traveling back to my hometown of Tupelo, Mississippi to spend some time with family for Thanksgiving. I’ll be doing a short update each day of our drive this week. Yay, we finally made it out of Texas!! This will be a …

On The Road Again, Day 3: Loraine to Mingus/Gordon

Currently at the Cactus Rose RV Park in Mingus, near Gordon, Texas. We are traveling back to my hometown of Tupelo, Mississippi to spend some time with family for Thanksgiving. I’ll be doing a short update each day of our drive this week. This will be a super-short update because I'm having to type it …

Goodbye to the Forest, Hello New Mexico

Currently at Bluewater Lake State Park near Prewitt, New Mexico: The time finally came to say goodbye to our summertime forest home in the Coconino National Forest near Flagstaff, Arizona. Altogether, we spent sixty-six days in that location, and we were both rather sad to leave it behind. But some things had changed since we …

Forest Boondocking, Moving to Williams, Watching the Weather

In our last regular blog post, we had just arrived at our boondocking spot on Forest Road 237 in the Coconino National Forest just southwest of Flagstaff. The day we arrived (Monday, April 29) was rainy and cool, and we even had hail on our first night there. The next day was overcast but didn't …

Expense Report – February 2019 – Full-time RV Living

It's time once again for our monthly expense report where we share the costs associated with our full-time RV life. We live in a 24' Thor Chateau 22E Class C RV with our two cats, Maggie and Molly. We do not have a sticks-and-bricks home base, but travel wherever the weather takes us as we …

Our First RV Rally – Sevierville, TN

Greetings from the River Plantation RV Park in Sevierville, Tennessee, at the gateway to the Great Smoky Mountains. Andy and I have been here since early Monday afternoon, attending the RV-Dreams Fall Educational Rally. So far it has been a wonderful experience, giving us the perfect opportunity to learn more about the fulltime RV lifestyle …

Wall Doxey – Return of the Ants

We made our second trip to Wall Doxey State Park over the Labor Day weekend, and despite an "antsy" start, we enjoyed the weekend immensely. We left home after I finished work on Friday afternoon, pulling out from home just after 5PM, and arriving at our campsite a little after 6PM. This time we were …

New Video – RV Camping at Wall Doxey

I finally got my video published from our last camping trip to Wall Doxey. I'm just starting to learn how to use the GoPro, and how to edit videos into a coherent story, so I'm not totally satisfied with the quality of this one. I wound up buying a new laptop that has enough processing …

Our First Camping Trip in Lizzy | Tishomingo SP

Our first outing in Lizzy has been a rousing success! We spent the past weekend at Tishomingo State Park in the northeast corner of Mississippi, about an hour from our home in Tupelo. It's a place of scenic beauty, although the facilities are beginning to show the effects of budget cutbacks in the state's financial …