Popular summer RV Short Stop: LeMay America’s Car Museum near the Puget Sound
byLeMay America’s Car Museum, is a sprawling four-story, 165,000-square-foot facility near the Tacoma Dome south of Seattle. It is a perfect family outing if…
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World’s Largest Spinach Can, a day hike, ice cream = fun RV Short Stop near I-40 on a hot summer’s day
byYears ago–back in the early ’90s when I was living in Ft. Smith, Ark., helping organize a Women Build house for the local Habitat…
39+ million travelers on road Memorial Day weekend
byMore than 39.3 million Americans are expected to travel this Memorial Day weekend, according to the American Automobile Association. Of those traveling 50 miles…
Bluegrass fans, RVers head for Blue Ridge Mountains
byWhether it is the hills calling me home, pink dogwoods in bloom, or the hypnotic blinking of fireflies–I’ll be forever drawn to the Appalachian…
Yippee — National ‘Kids to Parks Day’ (May 20) celebrates family outdoor fun
byThe 7th annual National Kids to Parks Day is set for Saturday, May 20, the week before the official start of summer. Hundreds of special…
RV camping, fun family summer activities in Oxford County, Ontario, Canada
byCanada’s Maritime Provinces are a top regional destination on many RVers’ bucket list for the summer and autumn. These Canadian provinces of Prince Edward…
Weekends (4/15-16 & 4/22-23) of National Park Week = No gate charge, camping fees still apply
byNational Park Week weekends, April 15–16 and 22–23, are the perfect times to take your family to one of the National Parks and advantage of …
April the Giraffe’s home in New York State is fascinating family RV Short Stop
byYes, I’m an “April” groupie. Thank goodness I have unlimited internet streaming. I’ve been watching April’s live cam on YouTube since mid-March and became…
Washington State Parks getting ready for summer, family RV camping, canoeing, fishing
byBack in 2011, because of steep reductions in general tax support for parks and other recreation lands and facilities operated by the state, the…
RV birder families–it’s time for Audubon’s annual Christmas Bird Count
byAbout 35 years ago, one of the first news stories I covered for a television station in Omaha, Neb., was the Annual Audubon Christmas…