When we planned our Memorial Day weekend we picked the Smith and Morehouse campground knowing that it was disconnected. What a better way to spend the weekend then to relax with family and without outside distractions. In the weeks leading up to our departure, Ashley was ask to come to a surprise party for one of her best friends in Texas. She couldn’t miss this opportunity and we decided that while she was in Texas we would all still go camping. The…
Spring Camping can be a bit hit or miss. Many of the campgrounds in our area are not open yet and most mountain locations are still quite cold (and have snow). This, however, is a good time of year to head south. Two years ago we visited Arches National Park and I thought it might be fun to go back to that same area and visit Canyonlands National Park. We generally try to stay in the National Parks that we…
When we told Lily that we were doing a “Date Camp” in mid March she immediately ask “why don’t you want your daughter to come?” So it was only fair for us to do an early spring camping trip with her and we decided to head up to the Mountain Valley RV Resort in Heber, Utah. Lily has come to know that private campgrounds have things like pools and she was very excited when we told her where we were…
Usually around February we start to get a bit antsy and really start to figure out a way to get out of dodge for a weekend. The easy thing for us is a weekend in Vegas. As we started talking about going, neither one of us were terribly excited. This caused us to start considering other options. It wasn’t long and we were discussing several camping options and decided to head down to Zions National Park for a couples weekend…
In January, I attended the Outdoor Retailers Winter Market show here in Salt Lake City on behalf of the RVFTA Podcast Network. My task was to identify several items that were unique or would be great for people ,traveling and vacationing in RVs. First off, the show was huge and basically everything outdoors related was there. So the real trick was not getting caught up in the latest jacket or boot technology (by the way be sure to check out…