The differences between free to luxury camping are the amenities. Think basic room with four walls and a bed for your free camping–a Motel 6. While in a Grand Hotel, say the Waldorf Astoria NY, NY, there are still 4 walls and a bed but vastly different amenities. Often called disbursement camping, free camping on…
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How to Find the Best Free Camping
Free camping is abundant! Often called disbursement camping many of our public lands offer camping off the beaten path for free. Defined by the USDA Forest Service as: dispersed camping is the term used for camping anywhere in the National Forest OUTSIDE of a designated campground. Dispersed camping means no services; such as trash removal,…
How to Winterize Your Vintage Travel Trailer
Closing up the Vintage Travel Trailer for the winter hits me hard every year. Summers last a millisecond in Colorado. Winter arrives in late October hanging around sometimes through April. Forgetting to Winterize your Vintage Travel Trailer in this harsh climate is a big mistake! (Be sure to click here for gifts for the vintage camper lover…
Best Gifts for Vintage Camper Lovers
I fell in love with vintage campers 5 years ago. The 1968 Sorrento Scotty luxury model made me a vintage camper lover, I even carried a picture of it in my purse for a while! lots of windows! Great lines and small enough to back-country camp. Well, finding one was another story. Hard to find and…
How to Find Your Best Glamping Vacation
When did glamping vacations start? A well thought out idea like nomadic comfort must have come from a woman. In fact, the Queen of Sheba is reported to have brought all her riches with her to show off to Solomon. I imagine her tents were filled with rugs, and couches and pillows of silk. Before…
Before Buying A Vintage Travel Trailer As a Family Project
Sunset Magazine published an article a House Crush on Wheels with a 1968 Serro Scotty Vintage Travel Trailer in it. I was in love. I started searching online for one. What a big wake up call! $800-$1800 for just a shell! Shell means the trailer is striped inside of all appliances often all the wood…
Honey, I called a Tow Truck-Family Travel
Family Travel has its trying moments. With a heat index of over 100 degrees Amarillo Texas is no place to get stuck without AC. The boys an I decided to just tough it out until we got to my folks house in Tyler, Texas. The poor old truck had other ideas. A Warning Sign I…
Worried About Ghosts?
Elijah, noticing the name of Ghost Ranch Education and Retreat Center was a little worried about ghosts. My biggest fear in traveling with my children happened yesterday. Camping on Ghost Ranch, NM we just enjoyed dinner and an evening swim followed by a trip to the children’s area of Ghost Ranch’s always open library. Darkness…
7 Tips to Mouse Proof Your Camper
Those little devils! I live in bear country. Colorado campers worry about black bears dumping over their coolers or poking their noses in tents not mice! Seriously, “A Feed Bear is a Dead Bear” is posted on national forest trash cans in my northwestern area. A mouse proof camper is not a big concern with 9…
Joyous Summer Travel Adventure!
Time escapes us all! This summer the boys and I are on a journey to capture time. We set an ambitious travel plan, Colorado to Georgia in 6 weeks. Hauling a 1971 travel trailer down through the Southwest into Texas is the first leg of the trip. This journey is about transitions, changes and new…
