Destinations

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These are the places worth the drive, plus a few we flew to.

National parks we brought 40 feet of trailer into, including New River Gorge and the Smokies. Michigan, which we keep coming back to for the dunes, the Upper Peninsula and everything between them. Dallas for the food. And Ouro Preto in Brazil, a colonial hill town with its own gold mine, which is not RV travel at all but is very much part of how we live.

Each one covers what it took to get there, not only what it looked like once we arrived.

Travel Days

Our Longest Travel Day Yet: 600 Miles to the Badlands With No Reservation

Published on Aug 21, 2026

Almost 600 miles from Des Moines to The Wall, nine hours in 104 degree heat, no reservation waiting for us, and an RV door that kept popping open on the interstate.

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Arch Rock Hike in Smoky Mountains | Rain, Snake & Last-Minute Campground Change

Published on Apr 24, 2026

Our second national park ever started with our most stressful travel day yet: mountain turns, a first tunnel with the RV, rain, and a last-minute campground switch. Then the Smokies gave us waterfalls, a snake on the trail, and the climb to Arch Rock.

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We Brought Our Big RV to New River Gorge: Here's What Happened

Published on Apr 10, 2026

Our first national park ever, and we brought 40 feet of fifth wheel up steep mountain roads and a gravel campground drive to get there. Overlooks, the Endless Wall Trail, and tacos and tequila to close it out.

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Almost back to our RV - Ouro Preto, Brazil. Palace Tour, Gold Mine, Hills… and Coffee Breaks

Published on Dec 24, 2025

One more Ouro Preto day before we fly back to the rig: hauling suitcases up wet cobblestones, touring a palace with its own gold mine, and learning how colonial Brazil washed, pressed, and policed its gold.

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The Most Beautiful City in Brazil - Hidden Gem Ouro Preto, Baroque Streets & Gold Mine Tour

Published on Dec 3, 2025

A foggy day in Ouro Preto, the UNESCO hill town in Minas Gerais: feijão tropeiro for lunch, a soapstone market, a guided gold mine tour, and a climb to an overlook that was entirely inside a cloud.

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Cliff Jumpers, Blackstone Cookouts & Marking Our Travel Map

Published on Oct 24, 2025

A slow day in Marquette: chicken on the Blackstone, a hike at Presque Isle Park that turned into a cliff-jumping show, another round of trailer light detective work, and finally scratching our first states off the travel map.

Travel Days

Driving a Ford 350 truck for the first time at our Florida Boondocking Campground

Published on Apr 7, 2025

Moving day in the middle of our 15-day boondocking challenge: a failed water stop at Love's, our first CAT scale weigh-in, exotic animals at Safari Wilderness, and Fabiola's first drive in the F-350.

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Exploring the Best of Dallas, Texas: Food, Fun, and Iconic Attractions!

Published on Dec 31, 2024

A week in Dallas: murals in Deep Ellum, manatees downtown, dinosaurs at the Perot, brisket at Terry Black's, and a zoo day that ran long. Here's everything we hit and what we'd repeat.

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Animals, Springs, and a Zip Line We Didn't Plan For in Michigan

Published on Dec 16, 2024

A day in Michigan's Upper Peninsula: a roadside Mystery Spot that talked us onto a zip line, wolves and bears at Garlyn Zoo, and the clearest water in the state at Kitch-iti-kipi.

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The Insanely Beautiful Michigan Sleeping Bear Dunes

Published on Nov 26, 2024

We took on the Dune Climb at Sleeping Bear Dunes to answer one question: can we actually make it all the way to Lake Michigan? Sand, regret, and ice cream followed.

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We Got Hangry in Traverse City Michigan

Published on Nov 3, 2024

Petoskey stones, a Traverse City Airbnb, and the great where-do-we-eat standoff. Day seven of our Michigan trip is the one where the hunger won.

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We Didn't Expect This on Mackinac Island

Published on Oct 18, 2024

No cars, a working 1780s fort with live cannon fire, more fudge shops than we could count, and a hike to Arch Rock. Mackinac Island was not what we pictured.

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This is Why Everyone's Going to Michigan's Upper Peninsula

Published on Sep 11, 2024

Root-beer-colored waterfalls, five miles of bridge, s'mores on a Lake Huron beach, and a late-night gamble on the northern lights. The first episode of our Michigan trip.

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Experience the Ultimate Chicago Adventure at C2E2!

Published on Aug 11, 2024

A comic convention, a dolphin show, a water taxi, and a funhouse that genuinely scared Fabiola. We tried to fit all of Chicago into one day and mostly succeeded.

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The Most Unhinged VIP Experience at Medieval Times

Published on Jun 26, 2024

We ate a whole chicken with our hands, screamed for the yellow knight, and got the VIP treatment at Medieval Times outside Chicago. Zero regrets, some hoarseness.

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Sheraton Suites Chicago O'Hare Review - Chicago Road Trip - PHP TEK 2024

Published on Jun 3, 2024

We moved our Chicago road trip to the Sheraton Suites Chicago O'Hare so Nathan could attend PHP TEK 2024, then spent the week finding out whether one hotel room could hold all the stuff we packed.