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6 Quick Tips for Planning Weekend Trips

6 Quick Tips for Planning Weekend Trips

How to plan your Weekend RV/Camping Trips so that they actually happen.🙂 In our family, we want weekend RV trips to occur frequently. But this takes some planning and some intention. Weekends away do not magically appear (nor does the budget to pay for campsites, or time to pack). I have discovered there are specific…

Creating Vacation Harmony: Enjoying Moments Together

Creating Vacation Harmony: Enjoying Moments Together

RV travel and family vacations are very tricky to navigate.  There is a very wide mix of expectations and decisions to be made. The ways that we see the definitions of words like “fun”, “rest”, “activity”, and “food” can totally change what the trip looks like.  What may be working at home totally flips on…

Leaving for a Trip is Hard!

Leaving for a Trip is Hard!

Leaving for a trip is hard. There’s just no way around it. There’s so much to think about, so many things to get done, so many decisions to make and checkboxes to check off. This summer I had the experience of going on a personal retreat. Jim and the kids stayed home and I went…

The Secret to Planning Long RV Trips

The Secret to Planning Long RV Trips

We went on a 3-week trip from Arizona to Utah, Wyoming, and Colorado in the summer of 2021. The goal was to plan a trip without reservations made in advance. We wanted to make plans as the trip progressed so we could relax and have more time for spontaneous activities. It worked! We loved it!…