Our route took us to Manchester, Burlington, and Stowe, VT. We stayed 2 nights in each location. We stayed in the Green Mountains northeast of Manchester the first 2 nights in Vermont. It was a beautiful campground in the woods where we were very secluded. […]
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Travel Recap: Upstate New York
We spent a week seeing upstate NY starting at Niagra Falls. We explored the overlooks and then rode the Maid of the Mist boat up to the falls. After we went and had lunch at the restaurant Above the Falls. Next we went to Rochester […]
National Park Recap: Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Cuyahoga Valley National Park is an interesting park. It has several areas with quite a few hikes but you have to drive to them. Unfortunately we really only had 1 day to check this place out and it was super rainy all day. We broke […]
National Park Recap: Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
We drove north from Ann Arbor to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to visit Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore and Petoskey on the drive back down. Pop quiz: What do the people there call themselves? A) YooperB) YupperC) YuppieD) Uppity We didn’t get a FCFS spot at Bay Furnace, but luckily found […]
Travel Recap: St Louis, MO and Gateway Arch National Park
It’s been a while since we made a blog post! From Voyaguers National Park we traveled to Iowa, Wisconsin, and Chicago to visit with several of Andrew’s family. We made a day trip from Chicago to Indiana Dunes National Park. I took about 2 pictures […]
National Park Recap: Voyageurs National Park
We stayed 1 night at Woodenfrog State Park on Lake Kabetogema (I’ve been practicing how to say that in person ever since). There are a couple small little hikes around it. We saw a mama deer walking around the campground and she startled and walked […]
National Park Recap: Badlands National Park
Badlands National Park caught us by surprise. Most of South Dakota is rolling hills and prairie, and out of nowhere the Badlands show up in the middle with impressive geologic formations, fossils, and pinnacles. We took a daytrip from Rapid City. Daytime temps were expected […]
National Park Recap: Mount Rushmore National Memorial and Crazy Horse Memorial
Mount Rushmore National Memorial and Crazy Horse Memorial we visited in the same day. We have mixed feelings about Mount Rushmore because of the politics of taking sacred indigenous land and carving white dudes’ faces into it. Mount Rushmore apparently was conceived of, funded, and […]
National Park Recap: Wind Cave National Park
Wind Cave National Park is a very small park with only a few trails. The main attraction is the cave. The visitor center offers a couple different hour to hour and a half long guided tours in the cave. Wind Cave is a dry cave […]
Trailer Upgrade: Dimmer Lights
I get commissions for purchases made through links in this post. We recently noticed several of our OEM dome lights flickering or not coming on right away. We decided to replace the lights in the bunks and over the queen bed, as well as over […]