Blogs tagged 'destination'


  • RVing in New York City

    Posted by  J Tower on Thursday, June 18, 2015

    You probably don't think of New York City and camping as things that would go together. Neither did we.

    Three years ago, when we were still planning the trip, one of us asked the other if they thought there were any RV parks close to New York City. A little Googling revealed a place called Liberty Harbor RV Park, which advertises itself as the "closest RV park to New York City". It's in Jersey City, and looks across the Hudson at Manhattan, which is a short 15-minute train- or ferry-ride away.

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  • OUR TOP 5 (OR 7) SO FAR…

    Posted by  Brooke Tower on Wednesday, January 21, 2015

    NATIONAL PARKS*

    1.       Glacier National Park, Montana
    2.       Yellowstone National Park/Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
    3.       Crater Lake National Park, Oregon
    4.       Yosemite National Park, California
    5.       Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Park, California
    6.       Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
    7.       Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico

    *We LOVE the National Park Service, and think they do an incredible job. We haven't been to a park we haven't enjoyed yet. $80 for the NPS park pass for the year h

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  • Rounding a Corner

    Posted by  Brooke Tower on Monday, December 15, 2014

    When we arrived in Arizona a week ago, for the first time we had to change our clocks forward rather than back. Arizona doesn't observe daylight savings time, so at the moment we are living on Mountain Time. It seems kind of strange to say, but it makes me feel closer to home to know that there is only a 2 hour time difference rather than the 3-hour difference we have been keeping in mind since we got to Coeur d' Alene, Idaho in September.

    We have now been on the road for 6 very full months. Hone

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