After rolling in to Amarillo at 2am local time we evaluated our planned overnight stop, Loves gas station*, but they didn’t seem to have any good RV spots and we didn’t want to compete with the truckers for their spots. Fortunately the TA Travel Center across the street had flat and plentiful parking for RVs…
Stop 5 – Trinidad Lake State Park, Colorado
I’m typing this up three hours after we’ve left Trinidad Lake State park after staying there for two night. It’s hard to believe but we’ve now been on the road for over a week. Between driving, work, school, setting up/breaking down the RV, and enjoying the locations we’re finding ourselves in – time is really…
Stop 4 – On the Creek in Mancos, Colorado
While it would have been nice to stay a bit longer, this was mostly a quick overnight stop over. We rolled into the Riverwood RV Resort at about 10pm local time and we were scheduled to leave about 3pm, after the boys were done with school and Lana and I were done with meetings. Riverwood…
Stop 3 – Lake Powell and Horseshoe Bend
Even after arriving directly from the Grand Canyon, the scenery in and around Lake Powell was amazing in it’s own unique way. Unfortunately even though this was also a two night stop for us, it fell during the week so we didn’t have much of an opportunity to explore the surrounding area. Due to Covid…
Stop 2 – The Aptly Named Grand Canyon
After one of the longer stretches of driving on our itinerary we pulled into Trailer Park Village, located within the borders of the national park itself. It was well after dark when we arrived but this was scheduled as a two night stop for us so we’d have the full next day to explore. Our…
Stop 1 – Flying J in Glamorous Barstow California
After what seemed like months of planning and preparation (in reality it was just one month) embarkation day had finally arrived. Of course we ended up leaving three hours later then we planned, such is life. For our first overnight stay on our big trip we decided to cancel our reservation at the KOA in…
What Did We Just Do?
And a little bit of context as to why this blog exists Much to my surprise, we bought an RV. Keep in mind that this is coming from someone who has been researching* RVs off and on for several years, and even planned ahead for this highly unlikely event (at least that was my thinking…
Practice Run 2 – Beating the Heat at Collins Lake
Once again we got lucky with a last minute reservation, this one for a lake front camp site (# 216). We pulled the RV in backwards and were just a short rocky walk down to the lake. It felt like we were the only ones there as there were no one in the lake at…
Practice Run 1 – Our First RV Adventure – Half Moon Bay
Not wanting to waste any time, we (I) decided to head out on the road for our first RV trip only a couple of days after we brought it home. We somehow lucked out getting a last minute spot at the Half Moon Bay RV Park. We had a great time there and learned a…