It’s no secret that RVers have a real-life love affair with the pressure cooker or instant pot. The reason for this is because it is multifunctional and does what so many other different appliances do. It saves space and cooks food quickly but my favorite feature by far is that it cooks using electricity, not propane! This is great for …
11 Books That Will Change Your Money Mindset Forever
This post contains affiliate links. Budgeting and money management skills are a big part of our lives. It is something we are extremely passionate about. In fact, our biggest goal for 2019 is to get out of credit card debt (thanks to a rough few years prior to hitting the road, but more about that later). This will allow us …
Everything You Need to Know About Staying at KOA Campgrounds
KOA Kampgrounds KOA stands for Kampgrounds of America. It’s a company that was started in 1962 in Billings, Montana. Since then it has become a nationally recognized franchise of campgrounds that mostly specializes in RVs but also has tent camping sites and cabins. There are three different types of KOA campgrounds and there are over 500 locations in the country. …
10 Reasons Why South Dakota Should Be On Your Family’s Bucket List
When we first got married Reid would always talk about how he dreamed of bringing his family to South Dakota one day. South Dakota?? Why on earth would anyone want to visit South Dakota I wondered? Let’s talk about traveling to Italy, France, and even New York, but South Dakota? I knew Mount Rushmore was a huge family travel destination …
55 Legit Ways to Make Money Living on the Road and Travel Full-time!
Looking to book an Airbnb? Click here to get $30 off your first stay! Traveling full-time with our family has been a long time dream in the making. It wasn’t too many years ago we were both working 9 to 5 jobs. Full-time travel seemed like a faraway pipe dream. By far the number one question we get asked when …
West Rock Wakeboard Park in Rockford, IL
One thing is for sure, we are a water-loving family. I grew up going the lake and Hilarye quickly fell in love with the water as we dated. We wanted to share our love of wakeboarding with our kids and get them some wakeboard lessons. However, being in an RV we’re not currently boat owners. We had never even considered cable wakeboarding …
Can You Ride in a 5th Wheel?
Every time we get in the truck to drive on a travel day our oldest daughter begs to ride in the 5th wheel. We’ve mostly just shrugged off her request and told her that it is unsafe and illegal. Of course, being the feisty eight-year-old she is, she challenged how we knew such laws. My wife and I looked at each …
Get Outdoors This Summer With American Girl
With the help of American Girl, we surprised the girls with MaryEllen’s Airstream Travel Trailer, the new American Girl Camper. They were so excited to have their AG dolls experience a little of what they get to do on the road and have a place of their own in the American Girl Airstream. Summer is one of my favorite times …
10 Things You’ll Learn Traveling Full-time in an RV
When the idea came to me that instead of buying a bigger house we were going to downsize to an RV and travel full-time, I was excited, scared, and clueless. Quickly, I began a furious year-long research about full-time traveling. That was followed by a planning phase that included purging most of our belongings, reading blogs by other families that …
Turkey Hill Experience in Lancaster County
When I heard about Turkey Hill Experience in Lancaster County, I knew it would be a must for our family to visit. Since we homeschool, we are naturally drawn to educational experiences for our kids. On top of that, we love to attend factory tours and watch how things are made. We knew we would be visiting Hershey Experience and …