One of my favorite parts about summer is cooking some of our meals outside! There’s nothing quite like walking around the campground and taking in all the incredible smells coming from the grills at various campsites. RVs can heat up quickly during the summer, especially if you’re doing any cooking indoors. There are tons of…
We may not be native Texans, but we sure got to Texas as quick as we could! Before we moved to Texas in 2015 I had never heard of Big Bend National Park. It’s one of those parks that’s so underrated and isn’t on most travelers radar, partially due to its obscure location. We jumped…
While Big Bend National park is extremely remote, there are definitely certain trails that receive more traffic than others (looking at you Lost Mine and Santa Elena). If you’re looking for something truly remote and isolated from the rest of the park, you may consider hiking the Mesa de Anguila trail. This Big Bend hike…
The Rio Grande is one of the focal points in Big Bend National Park. In fact, the river forms the border between the United States and Mexico and is what gives Texas its unique shape. The bend in the Rio Grande is actually where Big Bend National Park gets its name from! Texas on the…
Big Bend National Park offers a variety of landscapes to hike. Mountains, rivers, and even desert hikes are abundant here. While it’s easy to get caught up in the stunning vistas the mountains provide or the canyons that can be seen from miles away, many of the desert hikes get easily over looked. To get…
Santa Elena Canyon is one of the most iconic natural features in Big Bend National Park. It’s one thing you surely don’t want to miss if you pay Big Bend a visit! The canyon walls soar 1,500 feet above the Rio Grande making this a view visitors won’t soon forget. Table of Contents This post…
Grapevine Hills Trail, also known as Balanced Rock in Big Bend National Park is my favorite desert hike in the entire park! It’s a short and sweet family-friendly hike that kids and adults of all ages will love. Most of the hike is relatively flat with a short rock scramble at the last section of…
Looking for the best hikes Big Bend National Parks has to offer? Look no further than the South Rim! It’s grueling, inspiring, and breath-taking all at the same time. This hike sort of straddles the border between day hike and backpacking trail at 12.6 miles. In fact, there are several backcountry campsites along the trail…
Big Bend National Park offers some of the best hiking! With deserts, mountains, canyons and forests, there are a variety of hiking options to choose from. The Chisos Basin, located centrally in the park, has some of the best hiking in the park (in my opinion). If you’re planning to do lots of exploring in…
Remote, wild, rugged, vast. Way out in Far West Texas lies Big Bend National Park. Here, the weather-beaten desert surrounds the mountain range that towers above. Rivers carve their way through canyons and the night sky is as black as coal illuminated by thousands of stars. Views from Mesa de Anguila in Big Bend National…
When we decided to move into our RV and live in it full-time, we knew we’d have to downsize significantly. That alone can be a huge undertaking, but once you’ve downsized to the items you’ll be bringing along with you, you have to get moved in and figure out the best ways to organize everything. …
It’s crazy to think that we’ve been living full-time in our fifth wheel for over a year and a half now! There are certain items you know you need for RVing- sewer hoses, water hoses, you get the point! What I want to share with you today is 13 must have products for RV Living…
2021 is going to be the year we see more people than ever hit the road for their first RV trip. The RV industry is booming! In a year where many businesses were struggling, RV manufacturers and suppliers saw historic production numbers. Americans have flocked to RVs as a safe way to travel and vacation despite…
Experiencing a storm in an RV or trailer can be a truly terrifying situation. In 2020 alone, we found ourselves potentially in the path of a tornado on 4 separate occasions. However, staying prepared and keeping calm can save your life during a storm. Philip and I grew up in the midwest and are not…
Having an RV fridge is a little bit different than having a regular residential style refrigerator. RV fridges are NOT frost free like residential ones so as moisture gets into the freezer things tend to get a bit icy. The back wall of our freezer gets a thick layer of ice that we have to…
Aside from a small storage unit filled with some sentimental items, everything we own is inside our 40 foot fifth wheel. Just because our home has wheels and can move doesn’t mean we don’t worry about it getting broken into or things getting stolen. Now, we’ve never had a problem with this, but we have…
Since 2020 is coming to a close, we wanted to look back at this years adventures – good and bad. If you missed Part 1, check it out here to get up to speed. We’re going to just jump right back in where we left off. June 6, we made our way back to Indiana,…
2020 has definitely been one for the books for many reasons! For us, the end of this year marks our first year of traveling full-time in our fifth wheel. We moved out of our apartment and into our RV during the summer of 2019. We stayed stationary those first several months as we adjusted and…
The holidays are right around the corner which makes it the perfect time to team up with some of my favorite bloggers and friends for another week filled with holiday recipes and DIY craft ideas! I don’t know about you, but this time of year brings out my inner child. I love curling up in…
Are you looking for gift ideas for the RVer in your life this holiday season?? Check out the list of 30+ gifts we’ve compiled. As full-time RVers, we have to be conscious of collecting things or too much stuff we don’t need. This can make it difficult for family or friends who are wanting to…
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the nation’s most visited national park. The park is home to a diverse group of plants and animals, boasts over 800 miles of hiking trails, 2,900 miles of streams, and more than 90 historic structures preserved by the park. The Smokies really have something for everyone to do from…
Over the past couple years we’ve started doing things to celebrate our birthdays instead of doing gifts. We’ve never been big into gifts anyways but living in a 40 ft. fifth wheel definitely makes us think twice about what we buy and bring into our home. Clutter is not our friend 🙅🏻♀️ Plus, I tend…
This pumpkin cheesecake roll, a personal fall favorite of mine, is made with pumpkin cake with an irresistible cream cheese filling.
Plants bring natural beauty to our homes. They can transform a room into an area that Not only are plants beautiful to look at, they also improve our health and purify the air around us. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Hannah Lee Shields (@simplyhannahlee) on Aug 3, 2020 at 3:46pm PDT…
Okay, this is your warning. This post might make you hungry and you may start craving chocolate after reading. Alright, now that that is out of the way let’s get to talking about the “sweetest place on Earth” … Hershey, Pennsylvania! This sweet little town, once known as Derry Church was hand-picked by Milton Hershey…
Ohiopyle State Park boasts over 100 miles of hiking trails in the Laurel Highlands region of Pennsylvania. The draw for many outdoor enthusiasts is the 14 miles of the Youghiogheny River that provides some of the best white water rafting in the Eastern US. In fact, Ohiopyle or “Ohiopehelle” is believed to be derived from…
After months of using a portable washer and a spin dryer (wrings out excess water and then you hang dry) and/or taking our laundry to the campground laundry room we decided to get a Splendide vented washer/dryer combo (the 2100XC to be exact). Our toy hauler came equipped with washer hookups but, unless we wanted…
Saturday morning we reluctantly pulled our RV out of Lighthouse point, the screams, laughter, and coasters growing quieter as we drove onward. We spent the entire week at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. Cedar Point is an amusement park that is located on a Lake Erie peninsula. It makes it feel as if the park…
Hey friends! I was recently sent the Insink 4-1 to test out and review. The Insink was created by stay at home dad, Tonis. He developed the Insink after realizing how much work and time goes into running a household. The Insink was created in order to help you be more efficient, work smarter, save…
Hey there! Today I just wanted to say thank you for stopping in and share a bit about our story with you! A question we get asked a lot is: Why would you want to live in an RV? To answer this question, let’s rewind a couple years. I can’t pinpoint exactly when or how…
We visited Dry Tortugas National Park in February 2020. It’s a very unique park and a trip that you definitely won’t want to miss out on. The park is located about 70 miles west of Key West and is a vitamin sea lovers paradise. The park consists of 7 small islands and is surrounded by…
