travel dates: July 2022 After seeing the western side of Glacier National Park, we made our way east still not knowing for sure when the Going to the Sun Road was going to open. Rumors were swirling, but all the rangers we encountered steadfastly refused to verify the rumors. The road ended up opening on […]
Taking the Ferry to Newfoundland (and Getting to the Ferry)
Travel dates: June 2023 If you want the audio version of a lot of this information, I talked ferry on the RV Atlas podcast a few weeks ago, and you can give it a listen here Back in 2019, we took a ferry from Wales to Ireland, and, despite my general aversion to boats (and […]
Hike Inn at Amicalola Falls State Park: A Kidless Weekend
travel dates: September 2023 More than once in the weeks leading up to our stay at the Hike Inn I described the experience to someone: “so you hike five miles through the woods and then you sleep in bunk beds and have a family style dinner with strangers…” only to be met with blank stares […]
A Day in Brooklyn with Kids and Teens: The New York Transit Museum and a Rather Famous Bridge
Travel dates: June, 2022 Milo turned 20 (!) just before we left for this trip, so I guess I should really call this post “A Day in Brooklyn with Kids, Teens, Young Adults, and Middle-aged People.” But I’m not gonna. Anyway. We had a lot of ideas about what to do with our days in New […]
Glacier National Park with Kids and Teens: Western Half Edition
travel dates: July 2022 Several years ago we went to Lassen Volcanic National Park in early July and found massive mounds of snow still blocking park roads and cutting us off from many of the park’s biggest attractions. Some research confirmed that we were exceptionally unlucky; the park websites has records listing the date the […]
A Smoky Stay at Liberty Harbor RV Park in Jersey City: Campground Review
travel dates: June, 2023 Anyone planning an RV trip to New York City will have to confront that age old dilemma: stay close to the city in the expensive parking lot that is Liberty Harbor RV Park–right across the water from Manhattan–or stay at a campground campground and deal with a long commute into the city. A […]
West Glacier KOA Resort: A Fancy Campground Review
travel dates: July, 2022 KOA is fairly stingy about handing out their “resort” designation. KOAs are labeled “journey,” “holiday,” or “resort” based on level of amenities, but, of the more than 500 KOAs, only 17 are currently resorts. We’ve stayed at a couple of different ones and have sometimes felt the resort label was a wee bit […]
Breweries, Breweries, Breweries: In Which We Finally Try Harvest Hosts
We’ve just gotten back from our fabulous Newfoundland trip, and I’m going to kick off writing not about Newfoundland, but about our first foray into the world of staying at Harvest Hosts (that’s my referral link and will get you a 15% off discount): For those not familiar with it, Harvest Hosts is a membership-based program […]
Three Days in Missoula, Montana with Kids and Teens
Travel dates: July, 2022 We love a good college town, and Missoula is an excellent college town. We spent three days there last July, which felt like a good amount of time to see a lot of the city. Missoula offers a great blend of urban and outdoorsy stuff to do, something Montana in general excels at. […]
Jim and Mary’s RV Park in Missoula, MT: Campground Review
travel dates: July, 2022 Jim and Mary’s RV Park! Sounds so friendly, doesn’t it? Don’t you just want to go hang out with Jim and Mary around the campfire? Well, you can’t, because Jim and Mary sold the RV park over 20 years ago. But! The good news is the current owners are also friendly, […]