Our Winter RVing Adventure
On March 21, 2017 by Jay McCormickFolks…there are some affiliate links in this post. I will only provide affiliate links to products I’ve used and that I’m happy with. In this post I’ll discuss what we did to survive a month of winter RVing in Park City, Utah. Winter RVing can be a lot of fun with proper planning and a
Our 2016 Recap
On January 1, 2017 by Jay McCormickFollowing is a brief recap of our Epic 2016 adventures that included 111 nights in the RV covering over 10,000 miles visiting 13 states, 13 national parks and monuments, 7 state parks, a national park in Canada, and many other awesome places. During the summer of 2016 we did our first Workamper job at Devils
A Valley and A Giant
On June 14, 2016 by Jay McCormick“The power of imagination makes us infinite.” – John Muir A Valley… The day had finally come to see one of the most popular national parks. Reim and I were still suffering the effects of the cold we caught along with the fatigue of traveling so many miles over so few days. But, we
Getting to “The Yosemite”
On May 28, 2016 by Jay McCormick“Let’s go!” The anticipation for Epic Trip 2016 became almost too much to bear. So, I decided to “stage” the RV and set up at Spring Creek Park in Tomball. I organized, cleaned, unpacked, and organized some more. We were ready to roll! Then rain, rain, and more rain and we had little choice, but to
How We Planned A 3 Month RV Adventure
On April 18, 2016 by Jay McCormickWe Have To Be Where When? There are 3 “hard” dates that we had to consider when planning our 3 month Epic Trip 2016. First, the final day of our kids’ homeschool academy is May 19th. The second date, June 13th, is the start of our KOA workamper assignment. The final date, August 23rd, marks the start
Epic Trip 2016 – The Plan
On March 17, 2016 by Jay McCormickThe planning phase for Epic Trip 2016 is essentially complete. There could be a tweak here and there, but the unknown is what makes it exciting. Departing late May and returning late August and includes our first work kamper adventure at Devils Tower KOA (excited about this!!!). We’ll visit 14 states including 8 states we haven’t
Bunkhouse Privacy Curtains
On March 16, 2016 by Jay McCormickSince our kids continually tell us that they are “almost teenagers” (they’re 11 and 9) we decided to do them a huge favor and implement some privacy for each of their respective areas in the bunkhouse. Our true motivation for doing this mod was to cover and control the perpetual “pre-teen” chaos and clutter. Plus,
Air Force One & Sideswiped
On March 12, 2016 by Jay McCormickAfter spending a night at Bastrop State Park we headed out to Jellystone Park Wine Country near Fredericksburg. As we approached the highway 71 exit near Austin’s Bergstrom Airport the police had the road in both directions shut down. I figured there was a major accident. Then we heard the rumble of a jet approaching
Go-Day
On March 7, 2016 by Jay McCormickI’m sitting on my patio in suburbia drinking a yuppie beer looking at a starless sky and listening to sirens nearby and asking myself why the hell do we do this. We’ve been doing a lot of this kind of thinking lately (for the past couple of years actually). We escaped the cookie cutter life
Enchanted Rock, Frozen Toes!
On January 24, 2016 by Jay McCormickThis past weekend was Luke’s first scout camping trip since crossing over to Boy Scouts in December. A week later and I’m still trying to regain the feeling in all extremities. While I love tent camping I thoroughly missed our RV for this adventure. So here is the short version of the trip. We departed