Travel Days

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A travel day is hitch-up to arrival with nothing cut out, which is why these are the videos people tell us they actually learn from.

320 miles from the Smokies to South Carolina. A run to Louisville with no reservation and a 10-foot bridge that had smashed RVs in its Google Maps photos. A crossing of the Mackinac Bridge. The day we forgot the stairs were down, and the day parking tested the marriage.

The mistakes stay in. They are the reason the videos are worth watching.

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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When Your RV Campsite Goes Wrong | Rookie mistake?

Published on Jul 18, 2026

We reserved a pull-through site in Wisconsin and still couldn't get our 40-foot Brinkley into it. A campground regular named Joe showed us a trick we'd never considered, and then the week ended with our first Harvest Hosts stay at an actual Western saloon.

Campground Reviews

We Paid $74 to Stay at Love's RV Stop (Here's What We Found)

Published on Jul 11, 2026

Love's RV Stops promise full hookups and real sites at a truck stop price of about $74 a night. We stayed in one with our Brinkley Model Z 3515 to find out what you actually get.

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No Reservation, A Killer Bridge & A VERY Tight Campground (RV Travel Day to Louisville)

Published on Jul 4, 2026

A two-day run from South Carolina to Louisville with no reservation, a 10-foot bridge with smashed RVs on its Google Maps photos, and the tightest campground we've ever squeezed our Brinkley into.

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We Forgot Our Stairs Were Down… AGAIN (Windy Travel Day + Easy Beef Stew)

Published on Jun 15, 2026

A "chill" two-hour hop from Tampa to Orlando turned into bent banana trees, a flying chair, a wind-speed research session, and the same embarrassing mistake we swore we'd never repeat. At least dinner was good.

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We Spent an ENTIRE Day Driving - Here's the Reality

Published on May 8, 2026

320 miles from the Smoky Mountains to South Carolina, hitch-up to after-dark arrival, with every stop in between. This is the travel day nobody puts in the highlight reel.

Destinations

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.

Destinations

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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RV Travel Day: When Parking Drama Tests Your Marriage

Published on Feb 11, 2026

Our first travel day after months parked: a to-do list that kept growing, a crossing of the Mackinac Bridge, and a Walmart parking job that turned into a marriage exercise.

RV Life

We're Leaving Serenity Behind | Here's Why

Published on Nov 6, 2025

We put the Brinkley into storage mode, flew out of Chicago to Brazil for Fabiola's graduation, and gave you the full tour of our other home, electric shower and all.

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Why Roadside Assistance Can FAIL You When You Need It Most

Published on Oct 1, 2025

Fifteen minutes into a three-hour travel day, our trailer lights and brakes started cutting out. What roadside assistance actually did for us, what it couldn't, and how we limped to Wisconsin before dark.

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RV Life Isn't Always Glamorous: Mud, Mishaps & Unexpected Moments

Published on Aug 16, 2025

A Cracker Barrel overnight where a truck nearly boxed us in, our first fuel stop with the RV hitched, a campsite made of mud, and a parking-lot haircut. This is the unfiltered week.

RV Life

Are We TOO Heavy? We Weighed Our RV at a CAT Scale, Here's the Results

Published on Jul 25, 2025

Our first Cracker Barrel overnight, the actual numbers from our CAT scale weigh-in, some math about water weight, and an insect invasion that hitched a ride from the last campground.

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We Tried to Weigh Our RV and Everything Went Wrong!

Published on Jul 18, 2025

After two months parked, we hit the road to weigh the rig at a CAT scale. Stuck chocks, a hitching refresher, and a parking lot on a hill that lifted our wheels clean off the ground.

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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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RV Newbie Mistakes You Won't Believe

Published on Mar 1, 2025

Our very first RV travel day: 300 miles, broken dishes, a dead end, a tiny state park dump station, and one stop sign that never saw us coming. Every mistake, unedited.