After our escapades in Texas it was nice to keep it simple and relatively unchallenging at our next stop. We decided to spend the night and part of the next day at Grants KOA right off the 40 Interstate. This was a no-frills location, but at least they had power! After pulling in and dealing…
Stop 22 – Amarillo Walmart – Any Port in a Storm
After escaping the beautiful but cold Copper Breaks State Park we started to realize just how impactful this ice storm was. The first thing we wanted to do when we hit the road was fill up our propane tank. Unfortunately the nearest fuel company selling propane had just closed, but no biggie, we figured we’d…
Stop 21 – Copper Breaks State Park, Texas – Ice Ice Baby!
I have no doubt that soon we’ll be pining away for those hot muggy conditions we were just complaining about. -Me, in the last post More prophetic words have rarely been written. The interwebs informed us that it would be cold when we’d get to Copper Breaks, and that it would most likely rain…
Stop 20 – Hog Wild in Canton, Texas
After spending nearly 3 weeks between Florida and Louisiana, we were definitely ready for some cooler weather, and that’s just what we got as we drove into Texas. We went from muggy mid-80s to downright refreshing high 50s. Our stop for the weekend was the Canton KOA, a newly remodeled RV resort in East Texas…
Stop 19 – Shreveport, Louisiana
One day you’re taking conference calls in a comfy chair swing right on the bayou, the next day you’re taking those same calls on a wire chair in a RV parking lot in Shreveport, Louisiana. Such is life on the road in a RV adventure. This stop was just a quick overnighter on the way…
Stop 18 – On the Bayou
The only thing missing as we pulled into the “Cajun Retreat” (Prairiville, Louisiana) was Creedence Clearwater Revival’s Born on the Bayou blasting from the stereo (but I did make sure to play it in my mind). This was the first HipCamp stay for us on our cross country adventure, so we weren’t quite sure what…
Stop 17 – Slidell I-10 Rest Area and Visitor’s Center – Louisiana
One day you’re waking up mere feet from gulf waters on Florida’s Pan Handle, another day you’re waking up in a (nice) rest stop along the I-10. Such is life on the road. After a fairly long haul that saw us touch 4 states in one day (Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana), we found ourselves…
Stop 16 Port St. Joe – Florida Pan Handle
We had a quick but nice overnight stay at Presnell’s RV Park and Marina in Port St. Joe. Perhaps the best $10 we’ve spent on this trip was to upgrade our spot to waterfront. Somehow we got lucky, with no prior planning we managed to pull into our spot, which was feet away from the…
Stop 15 – On the Road Again – Venice and Nokomis
After a relaxing and stationary (nearly) two weeks in Sunny Isles Beach we decided to ease back into RV life with a relatively nearby (only 3.5 hours away) two night stay at the Royal Coachman RV Resort in Nokomis, on the West Coast of Florida. This stop was also near Venice, which is where my…
Stop 14 – (Mostly) Sunny Isles Beach
If we felt like we needed a goal, or some other purpose for our trip, this was it. My parents moved from California to Sunny Isles Beach about 10 years ago and since then we’ve tried to see each other at least twice a year. Usually they’d fly out around Thanksgiving and we’d fly out…