Livin’ The Life

Campground Spotlight Sparks Marina RV Park, Sparks, Nevada As guests pull into Sparks Marina RV Park, just a mile off Interstate 80 in Sparks, Nevada, they make a sweeping right-hand turn,…

Travel The Space Place Every kid who has watched a rocket launch into space or stared at the moon with wonder has had the same dream: to walk in the…

Holiday Celebrate The Season Silver Dollar City, a popular theme park in Branson, Missouri, celebrates An Old Time Christmas through December 30, 2020. During this festive event, streets come alive…

Nature Beauty In The Forest Travelers in search of scenic solitude may want to explore Tombigbee National Forest, a 67,000-acre expanse in northeastern Mississippi. Named for the Tombigbee River, a…

Campground Spotlight The Great Outdoors RV Resort, Franklin, North Carolina Mike and Polly Gamblin, owners of The Great Outdoors RV Resort, say guests often cite three qualities that make the…

Camping Staying With Harvest Hosts If you enjoy RV adventures off the beaten path, and you love bucolic settings, Harvest Hosts might be for you. The Harvest Hosts membership camping…

Campground Spotlight Pechanga RV Resort, Temecula, California Pechanga RV Resort, about an hour north of San Diego, was one of many RV campgrounds that closed in the spring in an…

Exploring All Aboard! This resource traces the journey of the first transcontinental railroad and brings railroad history to life in a fun and engaging way. “Children of all ages are…

Campground Spotlight Matagorda Bay Nature And RV Park Almost smack dab between the Texas Gulf Coast cities of Corpus Christi and Galveston lies the small town of Matagorda. And approximately…

App File Hiking Trails What you need to know to help you keep on trekkin’. AllTrails: Users can search a database of more than 100,000 hiking, biking, backpacking, and running…

Campground Spotlight Thunder Bay Resort, Hillman, Michigan Nature is weird. Case in point: the high-pitched squeals, whistles, and squawks that bull elk emit each autumn, calling for a mate. It’s…

Campground Spotlight Rock Crusher Canyon RV Park, C12471 Crystal River, Florida Near the beautiful Gulf Coast of Florida is Rock Crusher Canyon RV Resort, which is just down the road…

Campground Spotlight Flag City RV Resort Lodi, California With so many people RVing today, campsites sometimes are in short supply. Add to that, for California at least, difficulties caused by…

Campground Spotlight Vista Del Sol RV Resort, Bullhead City, Arizona Bullhead City, Arizona, has a wide-open view of the sun — a “Vista Del Sol” in Spanish. Large RV sites,…

Campground Spotlight Western-Style Family Camping At Circle CG Farm Campground Picture a campground with a regular ribs cookoff, hayrides, and live country-western performances at its own music venue. The property…

Campground Spotlight Buckeye Lake KOA, Buckeye Lake, Ohio October 2019 It’s been 50 years since Buckeye Lake/Columbus East KOA opened, and this past July, the anniversary was commemorated with a…

Campground Spotlight Meteor Crater RV Park Winslow, Arizona Daniel Moreau Barringer was born in North Carolina in 1860 and was a well-educated man. Geology especially intrigued him. He deduced that…

Travel Bruneau Dunes State Park, Mountain Home, Idaho Everybody finds a reason to keep looking up at Bruneau Dunes State Park. First, check out the sand dunes. The tallest stands…

App File Dump Stations That was a fantastic weekend of camping, wasn’t it? And now that your RV’s holding tanks are full, you know what to do, but do you…

App File Free Overnight Parking Many places allow RVers to stay a night, gratis. Just remember: If you plan to park in a store’s lot, common courtesy, as well as…

Campground Spotlight Rincon Country West RV Resort, Tucson, Arizona The RV park that won the 2018 Mega Park of the Year Award from the National Association of RV Parks and…

Campground Spotlight Flamingo Lake RV Resort, Jacksonville, Florida, C12323 With the increasing demand for RV campsites, what’s a campground to do? Add more sites, of course. Ken Lloyd, assistant manager…

Campground Spotlight Downtown Riverside RV Park, North Little Rock, Arkansas Downtown Riverside RV Park is owned by the city of North Little Rock, Arkansas, and managed by the town’s convention…

Campground Spotlight Clabough’s Campground, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee Something tasty and exciting takes place each March at Clabough’s Campground in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee: the Pigeon Forge Chuck Wagon Cookoff. On Saturday…

Events Florida Fun In January Festivals, fairs, and more fill the Sunshine State’s calendar this month. Here’s a sampling author Charity De Souza compiled for www.tripstodiscover.com. Visit the website for…

Holiday Pigeon Forge Winterfest More than five million lights have transformed Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, into a winter wonderland for the 29th annual Winterfest celebration, now through mid-February 2019. Located in…

Nature These Turkeys Can Fly! “As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!” —Arthur Carlson, WKRP general manager, “WKRP in Cincinnati” Those big-chested Thanksgiving turkeys specially bred for…

Pets Pet Protection Although many of us enjoy having our furry friends sit with us or roam free during travel, a sudden stop could send them flying. Whether you own…

Campground Spotlight Expanding Florida Campground Welcomes Winter Rallies RVing and Florida and winter — they go together. So much that most Florida campgrounds can’t keep up with the demand. Among…

Natural Night By the time August arrives in North America, many of us feel cheated. What happened to our long summer days? We sigh as we turn outside lights on…

Nature A Nature Scavenger Hunt Children and adults alike love the excitement of a nature scavenger hunt. You never know what you’ll find! To play, first decide how a winner…

Adventure  Ziplining From A to Z How about flying through the air in a treetop canopy or above other stunning scenery while safely tethered? Ziplining is an increasingly popular sport…

Pets Dog-Hitching System Fido might love roaming all over the RV campground, but you know that’s not feasible. Knot-a-Hitch, from Ruffwear, keeps him close by while still allowing a measure…