Here in Georgia, most people spent New Year’s Eve watching Georgia and Ohio State battle it out in the Peach Bowl. As a proud UGA alum, I…forgot the game was happening and did what I usually do on NYE: spent the evening making lists of travel memories with my family. No regrets, though I hear […]
Santa Fe Skies Campground Review: Candidate for Best Campground Ever
It didn’t take us long to figure out how they settled on the name Santa Fe Skies for this campground. Owing to (again!) some itinerary shuffling, we spent more than a week at Santa Fe Skies, which gave us plenty of time to enjoy its spacious, scenic campsites, quirky public art, large clubhouse with patio, […]
Cadillac Ranch: A Stormy Night in Amarillo
When you find yourself with one night in Amarillo, Texas, at a campground right next door to Cadillac Ranch, with a nasty looking storm headed your way, there’s really only one thing to do: make a very quick trip to Cadillac Ranch and take a million pictures with the dramatic lighting, then spend a couple […]
A Review of the FMCA Campground near Cincinnati, OH
It’s finally here! The very last post about our summer 2021 trip! Don’t worry; I’m still behind, as I have a couple of winter/spring trips to blog about, too, before I turn my attention fully to summer of 2022. But I can see the possibility of actually being all caught up glimmering in the far distance ahead […]
Stephens Park near Hot Springs National Park: A Campground Review
The area around Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas is blessed with many well-reviewed campgrounds, from fancy resorts to state parks…so I don’t quite remember how we ended up at perhaps the tiniest of them all: little Stephens Park with all of nine campsites, right on the shore of Lake Hamilton. It’s a gem, though, […]
Two Days in Cincinnati with Kids and Teens: In which we become the World’s Biggest William Howard Taft Fans
travel dates: July 2021 Despite fond childhood memories of watching WKRP in Cincinnati in syndication, I had never spent any time in Cincinnati aside from passing through on the interstate. So when we found ourselves passing through again on our way home from Detroit, we decided to stop for a couple of days and see […]
Visiting Hot Springs National Park with Kids and Teens
travel dates: June, 2022 What Hot Springs National Park lacks in wide open spaces and scenic beauty, it makes up for in really hot water. Just kidding, Hot Springs: you are so much more than just hot water! Hot Springs is an unusual National Park, though, with its urban setting and focus on human history over natural […]
A Belated Visit (Lots of Visits, Really) to the Henry Ford near Detroit, MI
travel dates: July, 2021 Flashback! November, 2019. It is Black Friday. I get the brilliant idea that maybe there are some good deals out there that we can use on our summer, 2020 trip to Michigan. I do some sleuthing and find a great sale on memberships to the Henry Ford museum in Dearborn, Michigan! […]
Tom Sawyer’s RV Park in West Memphis: A Campground Review
We had been itching to stay at Tom Sawyer’s RV Park in West Memphis, Arkansas (just across the river from Memphis, TN) for a long time. We had, in fact, booked two stays there in the past, both of which had to be canceled for assorted reasons. You have to call to book, and apparently […]
A Day on Detroit’s Belle Isle
travel dates July, 2022 I talked about our time in Detroit on the RV Atlas podcast awhile back. Give it a listen here. There’s something about islands. I just like them. (But not boats, as I’ve mentioned before. An unfortunate pairing). So when I learned about Detroit’s Belle Isle, a 982 acre public park with […]