Boondocking near the Alvord Hot Springs

Boondocking near the Alvord Hot Springs

| Lite / Green RVing, RV Journey 2010-11, RV Life, RV Short Stops
In March 2011 on our return to the Pacific Northwest after spending the winter touring the country, we had just left Zion National Park and were facing an early spring snow system baring down on Oregon and Idaho. When we arrived in eastern Nevada our choices were
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Thanksgiving RV camping tradition on Lake Seminole where Georgia meets Florida

Thanksgiving RV camping tradition on Lake Seminole where Georgia meets Florida

| Lite / Green RVing, RV Journey 2010-11, RV Life, RV People
The past two Thanksgiving holidays for Clinton and Ann Robinson (right) of Grand Ridge Fla., have been week-long campouts with extended family and friends at the U. S. Corps of Engineers’ Eastbank Campground on Lake Seminole in Georgia on the border with Florida
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Bicycled part of the Great Allegheny Passage

Bicycled part of the Great Allegheny Passage

| RV / Camping Destinations, RV Journey 2010-11, RV Journey 2012-13, RV Life, RV People
Yesterday we pedaled a bit of the 141-mile long Great Allegheny Passage rail-trail that stretches between Cumberland, MD, and Homestead, PA (near Pittsburgh). We jumped on the trail at about mile marker 72 in Ohiopyle State Park and bicycled east 11 miles to Confluen
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Pennsylvania's Ohiopyle State Park, returned for more camping, bicycling, autumn color

Pennsylvania’s Ohiopyle State Park, returned for more camping, bicycling, autumn color

| Lite / Green RVing, RV / Camping Destinations, RV Journey 2010-11, RV Journey 2012-13, RV Life
Two years ago, we camped in the Ohiopyle State Park for a couple of days and decided to return and give it another go. We are back in the Kentuck Campground, part of this expansive park located in southwest Pennsylvania that "encompasses approximately 20,500 acres o
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RV Michigan for fabulous fall color

RV Michigan for fabulous fall color

| RV / Camping Destinations, RV Journey 2010-11, RV Life
"The fall color tour season—a time when it’s generally getting too cold for traditional tent camping—is when RV (recreation vehicle) camping really comes into its own," writes Mike Taylor in a recent article posted on Michigan's The Daily News. Mike's article r
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RVers Sue and Chuck Arbuckle of Illinois travel south each winter in their truck camper

RVers Sue and Chuck Arbuckle of Illinois travel south each winter in their truck camper

| Lite / Green RVing, national parks, RV / Camping Destinations, RV Journey 2010-11, RV Life, RV People
We first met Sue and Chuck Arbuckle earlier this year on the Coastal Bend of Texas. At that time we were parked at the Sandollar RV Park in Rockport and traveling in our 1996 8.5-foot Lance camper. It was a delight to see another Lance truck camper pull into the R
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Work camping at SKP Park of the Sierras

Work camping at SKP Park of the Sierras

| RV Journey 2010-11, RV Journey 2011-12, RV Life, RV People
Just finished my first week of work camping at the SKP Park of the Sierras, south of Yosemite National Park.During December, in exchange for Jimmy working 20 hours/ week on the maintenance crew and me working 8 hours/ week on the landscaping and cleaning crews, we are b
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Alaskan Alison Vail writes about 10,000-mile RV trip exploring West with ailing husband

Alaskan Alison Vail writes about 10,000-mile RV trip exploring West with ailing husband

| RV Journey 2010-11, RV Life, RV People, Women RVers
Alison Vail of Gridwood, Alaska, is one of those women who is impressive. The retired elementary school teacher of math and science is, at 60, in her latest career as a fitness trainer. To keep in shape, she goes back country skiing, swims, hikes, bikes, and does yoga,
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Tionesta bicyclists pedal, RV around the Allegheny region in western Pennsylvania

Tionesta bicyclists pedal, RV around the Allegheny region in western Pennsylvania

| Lite / Green RVing, RV / Camping Destinations, RV Journey 2010-11, RV Life, RV People
RVers Ted and Bridgitte Johnson of Tionesta, Pa., are avid bicyclists who have been two-wheeling their way around western Pennsylvania for years. To make it a little more comfortable for trips more than an hour from home, they take along their Coleman tent trailer for o
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Crossing trails with Malia Lane in Austin before she hit the road again

Crossing trails with Malia Lane in Austin before she hit the road again

| Celebrity RVers, RV Journey 2010-11, RV People, Women RVers
While snowbirding on the Coastal Bend of Texas a couple of months ago, I made several trips to Austin in order to visit my sister, Josam Bullock, and touch bases with longtime gal pal Malia Lane. Malia was preparing to get back on the road after being sidetracked in
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