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Our Holiday Trip: A Ton of Fun, and one Little Doh!


Well we’re back from our big holiday two week trip to San Diego. We are back to our every day routine of work and school and all the other activities of every day life.
The trip was a whirlwind of activity. We had multi-day trips to the San Diego Wild Animal Park, Sea World, the San [...]

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The Big Holiday Trip: On the Road in Economy Class


Tomorrow we take-off for the longest (by distance and time) of our family RV trips this year. We are going to San Diego for two weeks. My wife is off work and the kids are off school, so we are going for it. I will have to do a little work during the trip, but [...]

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Thanksgiving dinner on the beach


So we always go to the Pismo Beach area every year for the long Thanksgiving weekend. This has been the second year with our trailer. Before that we rented a house. And before that we rented an RV and spent the weekend before Thanksgiving at a Pismo RV park (we couldn’t get a reservation for [...]

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A Trip to the Pinnacles National Monument


With a couple of days off in the middle of the week for Veterans Day, we decided to take a short trip to the Pinnacles National Monument for some hiking, cave exploration and family fun time.
Pinnacles is a funny place. Driving up highway 25, the area seems unremarkable with a lot of farm and ranch land. Even when [...]

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CA State Parks Rally this weekend – Over 100 Parks Could Close


These are trying time for all of us as we weather the economic downturn.
California has been hit extra hard.  The State is trying to cut its budget deficit where ever it can and it has turn its red pen to the state park system. There is a proposal to close up to 100 of the [...]

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Wrights Lake: It was a beautiful week


Well we just got back from Wrights Lake and boy did we have a good time.
If you don’t know where it is, Wrights Lake is located 30 minutes South of Lake Tahoe in the Eldorado National Forrest. The lake looks up at the majestic rocky peaks of the Sierra Nevada and Desolation Wilderness.
We left [...]

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RV Travel News on July 22, 2009


RV rolls over steep cliff as RVer walks dog
July 15, 2009 – Luckily no one was hurt – except the RV (picture included).
Always use the park brake!

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RV Travel News on July 15, 2009


The Pit Falls of Trying To Get RV Technical Advice
July 13, 2009 – This is a good article on where to go when you have questions about your RV. What I usually do is first try to find the answer in the RV manual, then the equipment manual and then try an online forum.

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RV Travel News on July 13, 2009


Finding Family and Child Friendly US Beaches
July 8, 2009
- Good article on family friendly beaches throughout the US. On the west coast they mention Coronado beach in San Diego and Capitola beach in Santa Cruz. Both great beaches.

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CA Camping: Calaveras Big Trees State Park- June 19 – 21, 2009


My family and I spend the long weekend (from 6/19- 21/09) at Calavaeras Big Trees Stat Park. It is located 10 minutes above Arnold, CA in the Southern Sierra Nevada.  Below is the account of our stay and some tips on how to make your stay there more enjoyable.
Getting to the Campground – No Wide [...]

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