Planning

Amazing State Park Passes that we love to use

State Park Pass for full-time RVers

What State Park Passes do we love using as full-time RV travelers? How did we get them? What is the cost, and what are the benefits? Which ones are the best? This post is updated from the previous July 2023 post. Updated May 2024 South Dakota I also qualify for different state programs. South Dakota

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Oregon State Parks Special Access Pass for all Disabled Veterans

Oregon state parks Special Access Pass

Snippet: Oregon State Parks Special Access Pass is available to any disabled veteran — from any state. This is a great program. Active duty military are also included for this benefit, but in a different way. Thank you, Oregon. This updated article was first published in July 2020. The most significant part of the program

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How to Plan (and Take) an Epic RV Trip Across Canada to Alaska

Majestic Northern Rockies on the Alaska Highway

How to Plan (and Take) an Epic RV Trip across Canada to Alaska. This is going to be part one of a two-part story. The second part will be about how to plan an RV trip through Alaska. We have lots of recommendations about how to plan an RV Trip across Canada to Alaska. I

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Snippet: Who can stay at military campgrounds?

Who can stay at military campgrounds?

Who can stay at military campgrounds? Generally, the answer is all personnel on active duty, most military retirees, some other veterans, and some DOD employees. Who can stay at military campgrounds? Roughly the groups are outlined as follows: Usually, there is a preference for active duty, but the other categories don’t usually establish a pecking

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Chasing 70 degrees

Snippet Chasing 70 degrees

Chasing 70 degrees – I don’t know who coined the term “Chasing 70 degrees,” but it accurately describes where we want to go and when we want to be there. The phrase “chasing 70 degrees” refers to the average temperature. The earliest reference to the phrase I could find was in 2009, more than ten

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