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2018 in Review: Stats, Photos, Adventures

June 1, 2019 by BrittanyHighland Leave a Comment

Five Years Full-time RVing Review

I’m a wee late publishing this one, but the turn of the year was so crazy and the future so uncertain. All our thoughts were consumed by selling Meriwether, moving into our Jeep Wrangler, and overlanding through the interior of Mexico for 2-3 months.

But we bought another RV home sooner than expected and are now straddling the RV and overland lifestyles. And since 2018 was such an epic year (our favorite year of travel yet), it seems a shame to drop the ball on the annual review…even if it is a few months late.

So here goes. In February 2019, we marked five years of full-time travel. The year 2018 started and ended at our home base of Austin. After speaking at RV Entrepreneur Summit, we embarked on our Western Mountain Loop Trip. It was an unbelievable journey through Arizona, all five national parks in Utah, Yellowstone, Grand Tetons, Glacier, the Dakotas, and more.

In the process, we drastically changed as travelers. We broke out of our comfort zone by dry camping for extended periods of time, driving our RV to a few crazy camping spots, and breaking our travel rhythm a number of times.

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Filed Under: Activities and Sights, Exploring America Tagged With: arizona, idaho, montana, nebraska, new mexico, north dakota, oklahoma, south dakota, texas, utah, washington, wyoming

Meet Me at the Fairgrounds in Coeur d’Alene

September 25, 2018 by BrittanyHighland Leave a Comment

RV Trip to Beautiful Coeur d'Alene

If you haven’t been there, I’d wager you have an inaccurate picture of Idaho in your mind. Potatoes, middle of nowhere, fields…sound familiar?

When we planned our 2016 Grand Loop Trip, Coeur d’Alene was one of our stops. But only because it was too far to go straight from Seattle to Glacier National Park.

When I became pregnant and we had to hurry back to Texas, we didn’t end up staying there. But boy, were we in for a surprise when we drove through on I-90. The city–the whole area–is stunning!

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Filed Under: Activities and Sights, Exploring America, Food We Found Tagged With: coeur d'alene, idaho

Lakeside Dry Camping on the Idaho/Wyoming Border

June 11, 2018 by BrittanyHighland Leave a Comment

Snake River Dry Camping in IdahoIf we don’t spend at least one night within a state’s borders in our RV, then we can’t add it to our state map. That’s our rule. So while we traveled through Idaho in 2016, we didn’t get to claim it as conquered. No matter what it took, that was going to change this year.

It wasn’t much of an inconvenience. We left Jordanelle State Park after work on Friday of Memorial Day weekend and drove a beautiful 227 miles to Indian Creek. This dry camping area in Caribou-Targhee National Forest is free, with a 5-day stay limit.

We chose to get as close to the water–Palisades Reservoir on the Snake River–as we could. The road towards the water has some unpleasant potholes, but the distance isn’t long. We turned off on the last path to the right, and pulled onto the grass just off the road. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Exploring America, RV Dry Camping Tagged With: idaho

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