And Montana makes 50
Posted by Stan Yes, Sierra was happy to be entering Montana — even if the sun made it hard for her to smile. Montana became the 46th state we’ve visited on our journey, and was quickly followed by No. 47, Wyoming. But the real reason to post this photo is that Sierra has now been [...]
Books, Books and More Books
Posted by Daria The one thing we brought the most of—more even than clothes or food—was books. We have three cabinets filled with books. One contains Sierra’s schoolbooks. The second is filled with travel books that pertain to this leg of the trip (Corrales to New Jersey). The third contains travel books on Europe, Leg [...]
Stuff We Brought
Posted by Daria and Sierra How do you pack for a 15-month trip? So far, it seems that we brought way too many clothes—except for Sierra, who has no fleece or sweatshirt and, until we went to REI in Seattle, had no hat. We looked at fleeces in Whistler but decided to try to find [...]
RV Park Reviews
Posted by Daria When we’re trying to figure out where to stay, I often look at the website RV Park Reviews to see what people have to say. The reviews are anonymous and mostly seem honest. Some people have different priorities than we do, such as needing a lot of room for slideouts and long [...]
Random Advice for Those Living in an RV
Posted by Daria 1. Learn to sleep with earplugs. Road noise travels far and a lot of RV parks are near interstate highways. 2. Don’t pack more perishables than you can eat before parking the RV dry for a few days. Pork chops for breakfast, yum! 3. Try not to think about the fact that [...]
Gas prices expected to peak in June
The New York Times reports the government says it expects gasoline prices to peak at a national average of $3.73 a gallon in June. Although one point of our trip is to go slow, there are days when it’s necessary to log some miles. Like in Canada and Alaska. In June, of course.