How To RV Overnight at Trucks Stops: 6 Do’s and Don’ts

There is an etiquette to staying overnight at a Truck Stop. Yes, truck stops that welcome over-night travelers can be found on most major highways, but don’t get in a jam by assuming you and your RV are automatically welcome.

This is Part 5 of the 6-part series “Cheap and Free RV Camping You Will Love!”

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RV Overnight at Cracker Barrel

RV Overnight at Cracker Barrel and Walmart!

You can RV almost all the way across the country and never pay a thing

by staying overnight at a Cracker Barrel or Walmart.

This is Part 4 of the 6-part series “Cheap and Free RV Camping You Will Love!”

Living in an RV allows you to camp in amazing, beautiful places but sometimes you just need a safe place to stop for the night along the way. That’s when staying overnight at Cracker Barrel and Walmart works like a gem. Keep reading, and I’ll tell you how. Keep On Reading!

RV Travel Review: The Wyoming Territorial Prison

I was driving through Laramie, Wyoming last summer and stopped at a gas-station to fill-up and get a snack when I noticed the black-and-white face of Butch Cassidy gazing at me steadily from beneath the rim of his bowler hat. As I looked around, I saw the same face, decorating the front of t-shirts, shot glasses and magnets up and down each aisle. As I stared, the attendant called out, “that’s Butch Cassidy. He escaped from every prison they ever put him in,” he said, “’cept one.” That one was the Wyoming Territorial PrisonContinue reading “RV Travel Review: The Wyoming Territorial Prison”

Harvest Hosts Spotlight: Kraay’s Market & Garden

Nestled near the rolling hills of Sun Valley Idaho is a farm pulsing with life. The scent of rich, organic soil fills the air, lush produce of every kind unfurls and stretches towards the Western sun and happy, autumn-colored animals roam underfoot. Just beyond a teepee and flower garden sits a fairy-tale house with Arabian horses trotting nearby.  As if all of this weren’t idyllic enough, out walk wonderful Larry and Sherry Kraay, the purveyors of Kraay’s Market & Garden. Continue reading “Harvest Hosts Spotlight: Kraay’s Market & Garden”

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Camp Free with Harvest Hosts!

Camp Free with Harvest Hosts!

This is Part 3 of the 6-part series “Cheap and Free RV Camping You Will Love!”

Get off the beaten track and drive towards a unique camping experience with Harvest Hosts 

All over the United States, Canada, Alaska and the Baja, there is a special opportunity for you to visit farms, wineries, museums & other attractions — then camp for the night. Continue reading “Camp Free with Harvest Hosts!”

Fall Colors on The Highway of Legends

Magical Fall Colors on The Highway of Legends

I stayed huddled in my camper for six days as raindrops tittered melodically on the roof, competing with a rarely used furnace. Colorado had become chilly more quickly than I’d hoped, dashing my plans to embark on a fall-color drive through Ouray, Telluride and Aspen. Continue reading “Fall Colors on The Highway of Legends”

RV Boondocking Definition

RV Boondocking Might Change Your Life

 

You may have never heard the word Boondocking before, but if you’re looking for a way to escape the corporate grind and live your creative dream, this may be the word that changes your life.

My life is kick-ass. No kidding. It’s a life I always fantasized about but thought could never happen…until I found Boondocking. It’s the not-so-secret sauce that allows me to live the life I always wanted. Continue reading “RV Boondocking Might Change Your Life”

Robin’s Story 2: If You Had Two Years to Live Would You Keep That Job?

 

*This is Part 2. If you haven’t read “Why I Chose The RV Life”, please scroll down. Thanks!

 

I was sitting at a bar when I got the news. “They found some spots on my pancreas,” my sister said into the phone, “and a few more on my liver.”

I asked what it meant, but I already knew: it was cancer. Continue reading “Robin’s Story 2: If You Had Two Years to Live Would You Keep That Job?”