Sometimes that first night on the road can be epic. This photo is from the first night of a three-week, 4400 mile road trip. It had been a long day of packing, and of course we hit the road two hours later than we'd planned. Pulled into this rest stop after 8 solid hours of driving. It was virtually empty. Just us, and an 18-wheeler. The sky was boiling as we pulled in... I took the dog for a quick walk just as the wind gusts started to kick up. I turned around...

A few months ago we purchased our first RV, going from a tent to a 2005 Pace Arrow. So far it has been a learning experience for us and we are loving it. The first issue we had to deal with was fitting it into our driveway. Drive has a big slope to it and I did not like parking it on such a steep angle. We have since removed the roof on half of our carport and now I can back it onto a flat surface. Still some work left to do as I want to extend the parking pad an extra 10’ which require adding a...