Local News, Politics, and Travel Choices
One of the things I find interesting to do while traveling is to watch the local newscasts in the places we stay. Typically, I don't care…
Zion National Park: Weeping Rock & Timber Overlook Trail
The Weeping Rock, Zion National Park Main Canyon The verdant gardens of Weeping Rock are exquisitely beautiful. In the early morning and without another soul…
Leeds RV Park: Leeds, UT
Leeds RV Park is closest to what I had imagined RV parks to be like prior to our actual experience with RV parks. It is a…
What Type of RV to Buy: Part 3
In What Type of RV to Buy: Part 2 we did some self-reflection on what you needs and desires are. Here we put that into…
What Type of RV to Buy: Part 2
In What Type of RV to Buy: Part 1 of this series we discussed the huge range of RVs currently on the market. Now we…
Twin Oaks RV Park: Elko, Georgia
Twin Oaks RV Park is a genuine bargain, especially if you happen to be a Passport America member. For just $20 a night, we loved…
Zion National Park: Riverwalk Trail
Zion National Park is pretty popular and received some 3.6 million visitors alone last year. Not as much as Grand Canyon's 5.2 million visitors, but…
Lake City RV Resort: Lake City, FL
Lake City RV resort doesn't quite live up to the "resort" part of its name, but it is a very cozy little RV park that…
What Type of RV to Buy: Part 1
When you decide to get an RV for a full-time lifestyle like ours, or just for going on vacation, the options can be overwhelming. Ultimately,…
Thousand Trails Orlando RV Resort
Thousand Trails, Orlando is only the second time we've been able to book a free stay with tour Thousand Trails membership. While it was a…
Upper Antelope Canyon
Antelope Canyon lies in the great Navajo Nation wherein meanders down from the hills into lake Powell. Antelope Canyon has a few different bits and…
Glen Canyon River Trip
While at the Grand Canyon visitors center I'd read that tour guides ran calm water rafting trips from Glen Canyon Dam down the Colorado river…
Tampa East RV Resort: Tampa, FL
Tampa East is easily the largest RV park we have ever stayed at. It has three entrances, each with their own clubhouse and pool. It…
Wahweap RV and Campground
Short but sweet well describes our stay at Wahweap RV. The park is inside the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area on the shores of Lake…
Adventures in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas
While Dallas is not exactly famed for its tourist destinations, we made a point of it in order to visit family during our travels. By…
Sunshine Travel: Vero Beach, Florida
Sunshine Travel has helped redeem the Encore/Thousand Trails park network. We've had not so great luck with them so far, but this is a very…
Waco Mammoth National Monument
As we rolled into Waco Texas, the only thing I knew of it was the Branch Davidian shootout that took place in there in 1993. It turns…
Grand Canyon: Hermit’s Rest to Bright Angel
The best way to see the Grand Canyon without punishing yourself on a heart-bursting in-and-out hike of the canyon is to hike the Rim Trail.…
Why Buy an Airstream?
If you are shopping for a trailer or RV there are lots of options out there. Trail and I decided early one that we would…
Williams, Arizona
While visiting the Grand Canyon we have been parked right in the midst of Williams, Arizona. It is a relatively small town at some 3,00…
Grand Canyon Railway RV Park: Williams, AZ
Our latest encampment is at the Grand Canyon Railway RV Park in Williams, Arizona. This park is an offshoot of a local hotel, most famous…
Miami Everglades Resort: Miami Florida
Miami Everglades Resort has some of the nicest, on-sight recreation options of any park we have been to. I really liked it here, Trail was…
Sunset Crater Volcano and Wupatki National Monuments
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument is one of three national monuments near Flagstaff Arizona. We alternated our site-seeing between the…
Montezuma Castle, Montezuma Well and Tuzigoot
Arizona is packed with National Monuments, having more than any other state. Everywhere we go in the state there are amazing things to see and…
Navigating Grand Canyon National Park
Visiting Grand Canyon National Park on the South Rim required a lot more planning than I had originally expected, but this is why I planned…
Upriver RV Resort: Fort Myers, FL
Upriver RV is located on the banks of the Caloosahatchee river in Fort Myers, Florida. The price point is high, as are most parks in southern Florida,…
The Great Courses: American Religious History
As we drive from place to place Trail and I like to learn about our world by listening to college history lectures from The Great…
Fiesta RV Resort: Fiesta Key, FL
Fiesta RV Resort is not only located on Fiesta Key, it takes up the entirety of Fiesta Key. Not shockingly, the views are lovely but the…
Taking Pictures with Hitch’s Camera
Before we set out on our journey I decided I should buy a camera. It was the first camera I've every purchased for myself. I decided…
Dealing With Adversity: Hitch Style
I think everyone faces life's challenges in different ways. I didn't truly understand this until I was married and was able to intimately observe someone…
On Second Thought, Forget The Alamo
Why did we choose to forget the Alamo? Well, it all began with a desire to see The Alamo while we were near San Antonio,…
Raiders of the Lost Airstream
You may recall the time we trapped ourselves in the Airstream. Well, we did it again. This time, I sprung the trap and managed to…
Arizona Elections: A Traveler’s Discovery
As we have been traveling around we happened to be in both Arizona and Nevada while they were holding their presidential primaries. I'm something of…
Becoming a “Truck Person”
Setting out on this adventure I was curious to discover what personal changes I would undergo. Typically while we often hope for one change or…
Orange Blossom KOA: Apopka, FL
At last, we have encountered a KOA park we really liked. Orange Blossom KOA boasts they are the friendliest RV park in Orlando and if…
Great Courses: History of the Supreme Court
Sometimes I feel like I should have gone to law school. I love arguing, I have a talent for reading rules and understanding their implications,…
Casa Grande, Arizona
Casa Grande Arizona is home to the Casa Grande RV Resort and thus was home to us for about three weeks time. We've been waiting…
Three Flags RV Resort: Wildwood, FL
Three Flags RV Resort is our first stay at a Thousand Trails campground. Thousand Trails is a membership camping club where you pay a flat…
Death and Taxes (Hold the Death)
I've done my own taxes since I was first on my own, I think at the age of 19. In the early day's I was…
Visiting Boquillas, Mexico
While at Big Bend National Park I made some noises about wanting to cross over into Mexico at least once just. I also wanted a…
A Stone’s Throw RV: Monticello, FL
A Stone's Throw RV park is a small, largely self-serve park located near Tallahassee Florida. We found it to be efficient, clean, and a decent…
Wisdom and Travel
I see wisdom as an understanding of what it means to be a human being. Wisdom helps us navigate our lives, both giving us the…
Hitch vs High Anxiety
Generally, I am a chill dude, not prone to worry or anxiety. In the fight or flight spectrum, I tend strongly towards fighting. Not so…
Sapphire Island Camping & RV Resort: DeFuniak Springs, FL
Sapphire Island Camping and RV Resort has a misleading name. There are no islands anywhere nearby. There are no sapphires nor anything sapphire colored. And…
Indian Point RV Resort: Gautier, Mississippi
There are typical RV parks and resorts, and then there is Indian Point RV Resort which takes eclectic to new heights. It is an RV…
Lakeside RV, Park: Livingston, LA
We parked at Lakeside RV on our way east to Florida, staying 3 nights so we could spend at least one full day in New…
Fernbrook RV Park: Longview, TX
We only stayed a brief time at this clean and modern RV park in north-east Texas on our way east. Grim weather dogged us while…
The Vineyard Campground and Cabins: Grapevine, Texas
We chose to stay at Vineyard Campground because of its location. We wanted to visit family in Dallas and this campground was close to everyone…
Traveling the US, Politics, and Safety
2016 / 2017 has been an interesting year for politics in the US. Trail and I tend to run in liberal circles. We come from…
I-35 RV Park and Resort: Waco, Texas
On our way to Dallas, we stopped over at the aptly named I-35 RV Park and Resort in Waco Texas. Wako didn't exactly have a…
