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Our favorite way to save money while traveling is through reciprocal memberships. These are memberships that you buy from one place and can use at many. Basically you buy an annual membership from a participating museum, zoo, or science center and you can use your membership for free or reduced admission at hundreds of others…
Toy Hauler 5th wheels are the most versatile RVs out there, especially if you want to be off the grid. But that comes at a price, and they are not very cozy and livable. We decided to convert the garage into a bunk room for 3 of our kids! What did we start with? Do…
Prior to April of 2018, our only boondocking experience in the first 20 months of traveling the country in our RV, was 3 nights at a state park in Rhode Island, and one night at a truck stop parking lot in Laramie Wyoming. The weekend spent in George Washington State Park near Providence Rhode Island…
We traveled to Alaska through Canada from Sumas Washington crossing April 29th and crossing back into the lower 48 Augusts 19th, 2018. We quickly learned that a summer in Alaska can be quite spendy. In this post, I am going to cover the top 3 Costs of RVing to Alaska. During our 112 day journey…
We have been on the road since September 2016; attending our first RV Rally in Tallahassee Florida in February 2017 changed our traveling lives. We were there for the Annual Fulltime Families Family Reunion. That event hosted close to 90 RVs, all of which were home to families with kids. We had a great time,…
We packed a lunch and got into the van, not sure what to expect. We had been to many national parks before but this one was different. We were ready for a day of hiking, a picnic and Jr. Ranger badges. That is not what we got. Most people speak highly of Yellowstone National Park,…
Living on the road fulltime in a RV can be as cheap or expensive as you make it. Everyone has different needs, wants and budget constraints, so the cost of living fulltime can vary heavily from person to person. In this article I am going to discuss ways that we save money as a family…
We have 7 members in our traveling family so we have more butts than seats for most pick-up trucks(I know there is always an exception), and we chose to go with a Toy Hauler 5th wheel as our home. That means that we have to (or should) tow our home with a dually truck that…