Tag: hiking


  • Why it’s important to do your research before boondocking

    We watch a lot of YouTube to find tips and advice for truck camper DIY projects, places to go and more. Recently we ran across a video called Best Free Camping in Southeast? We were intrigued because we live in Georgia and dispersed camping is not nearly as easy to find out here as it…

  • Boondock on the wall overlooking Badlands National Park

    Thanksgiving looked a lot different this year for most everyone, including us. That’s why we decided to pack up the truck camper and take our first cross-country journey to see Will’s family for the holiday. We weren’t comfortable flying for fear of taking the coronavirus to his parents, plus the prospect of seeing part of…

  • Fun stops along I-90 in South Dakota, plus pizza

    For Thanksgiving, we drove across the country to visit Will’s family. When we plotted our route in RV Trip Wizard, I added a few classic American and cheesy stops to consider if we had time. We were on a schedule, so we didn’t have much time for any unnecessary stops in either direction on the…

  • This app connects campers to unique places to stay

    If this is your first time to our blog, you may not know that in July 2020 we bought a 2004 Lance 1030 truck camper. We spent the summer preoccupied with renovating it and didn’t even think about the need to plan ahead and book some trips. Around mid-September, we decided we wanted to venture…

  • Five things we learned on our first truck camper trip

    When we first started talking seriously about buying an RV it coincided with an anniversary hike to Tallulah Gorge State Park in Georgia. It was May 2020 in the peak of the coronavirus, so there weren’t a lot of things that were open. We wanted to get out of the house and away from the…