A few families have asked me about how we are managing the school aspect while on the road. We did entertain, at first, the concept of working remotely with St. Francis of Assisi Catholic School (SFS), our kids’ school to date, but we thought it might be too difficult with our travel schedule. After researching a few options, we came up with Baker Charter Schools … Continue reading School on the road

Monday, January 27th. Talk about an epic day. White Sands National Monument was changed to a National Park in December of 2019. The Monument signs were still outside- what a treat that we got to explore it only months after it becoming a National Park. Once again, our little 4th grader Izzy got us into the park for free. They say a picture is worth … Continue reading Stop 6- Alamogordo, NM – White Sands National Park

We heard about Kartchner Caverns from a family we were chatting with at Disneyland. They told us we had to check out Kartchner with the kiddos, so off we go! Only 3 hours South from Lost Dutchman State Park is Kartchner Caverns State Park. What a gem. The caverns covered the same area over 330 million years ago and deposited layers of sediment that hardened … Continue reading Stop 5- Kartchner Caverns, Benson AZ

1- Shasta/ Whiskeytown, CA 2- Millerton Lake State Park, Fresno, CA 3- Disneyland, Anaheim, CA 4- Lost Dutchman State Park/ Tonto National Park, Apache Junction 5- Kartchner Caverns State Park, Benson, AZ 6- White Sands National Park, Alamogordo, NM 7- Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Whites City, NM 8- McDonald Observatory, Fort Davis, TX 9- Big Bend National Park, Terlingua, TX 10- Sonora, TX 11- Austin, … Continue reading Our route (so far!)

1- Does it have full hookups? (Meaning, do we have unlimited access to water, sewer and power) 2- Is it solar powered?. Generators bad (create pollution- noise and air- quiet and fast charge is so good) 3- Where’s my headlamp? (When needing to go to the public restrooms, looking for something at 3am) 4- Is there WiFi? (So we can do school/work. Or not 😉 … Continue reading 10 Things You might hear from an RV kid traveling the US Updated 2/20/2020

After battling the CA roads which shook the heck out of us, our camper, and poor Riggs, we were thrilled to come up on AZ via I-10 East, which is a wide, smooth, gorgeous and well- maintained freeway. Yahhhsss!! We had to fix our bedroom door and some of the molding as we walked through the camper assessing damage. Our campsite is beautiful and we … Continue reading Stop 4- Lost Dutchman State Park in Apache Junction, AZ

The second full week of January has been spectacular! We arrived in Anaheim on Sunday, Jan 13, checking into the Anaheim RV Park. If you’re going to Disneyland and want to pull your trailer or drive your RV to Anaheim, stay here. Staff are super friendly and they even have a dog walking service! On Monday, we went to Universal Studios. So much fun. Jenn … Continue reading Universal Studios/Disney Land- Stop 3 Continued

Sunday January 12th- We had packed up the camper Saturday evening so we’d be ready to hit the road early- still took us right around 2 hours to get out the door after staying up later than usual. There’s something about the night sky when there’s a full moon- my 4 enchiladas and I just seem to have more energy than usual. Not knowing what … Continue reading Anaheim- Universal Studios Hollywood & Disneyland- Stop 3

Arrived to Millerton Lake after dark and we were all excited to see what the morning view would bring. Ben and Izzy set up all the hammocks, we pulled the bikes off of Big Red (our truck) and set up Imagine Dragon (our RV). Can’t wait to hike and bike and explore the area! Some fun facts about Millerton Lake- it was created in 1944 … Continue reading Millerton Lake State Recreation Area, Fresno & Yosemite National Park – Stop 2

First Stop. Had to fight to find a space (just kidding!) Good thing we had a reservation 😉 Met a fellow RVr, Cindy, who was on her way back from Tucson to Bellevue. She gave Izzy some lemons she had just picked that morning which we gratefully accepted as a good omen and start to our adventures. Weather was chilly and cold. It seemed the … Continue reading Whiskeytown National Recreation Area/Lake Shasta- Stop 1