RVer, dreamer Jimmy Smith’s latest post
Traveling from the Pacific Northwest, through Montana and eastern Utah, extended-time RVer and full-time dreamer Jimmy Smith reflects on the elusive ‘present moment.’ Click…
USFS Box Elder Campground north of Ogden, Utah
We left Spokane, Wash., on our annual southern migration the same day the huge rain storm was boiling up the Front Range of the…
RV Care-A-Vanners working on 25 years building homes with Habitat for Humanity
The hugely successful Habitat for Humanity volunteer program known as RV Care-A-Vanners is approaching 25 years of building homes to help reach Habitat’s goal…
Pop-up truck camper, Part # 5 — ‘Information, manufacturers’
Pop-up truck campers offer RVers the opportunity to travel down that road less traveled, to camp where you want to camp, and have just about everything you need…
Pop-up truck campers, Part # 4 — ‘Ease of exploring remote areas of America with the kids’
In addition to Baby Boomers, younger families are taking to the freedom and flexibility of access to remote locations offered by the downsized pop-up…
Pop-up truck campers, Part # 3 — ‘To go where the big RVs fear to tread’
Wilderness campers Ron and Donna Tuskind of Denver, Colo., were attracted to the pop-up truck camper’s simplicity of design. “We’re minimalists,” said Ron Tuskind….
Pop-up truck campers, Part # 2 — ‘Solo RVers like lightweight, ease of handling’
For solo RVers, two top selling points of the pop-up truck camper include the compact size and low-profile streamlined design. The rugged 2012 8-foot…
Pop-up truck campers, Part # 1 — ‘Perfect backcountry recreation vehicles’
In the early 1950s, a modified low-profile truck camper started appearing on the Alcan Highway. This hard-sided recreation vehicle by Alaskan Campers was designed…
Chuck Woodbury reports from ‘America’s Largest RV Show’ in Hershey, Pa.
RV Travel.com editor Chuck Woodbury is camped out this weekend at America’s Largest RV Show in Hershey, Pa. Woodbury reports in this week’s free…
Roof top tents give economic camping options
I have long been a fan of roof top tents. Maybe it is a throw back to my adolescent days of climbing into my backyard tree…