Posts Tagged family camping
A Trip to the Snow and Sierra Summit
Posted by Family RV in Family Camping, Family Togetherness, Skiing, Winter Camping on February 20th, 2010
With the President’s holiday (and the kids being out of school for the entire week!) we decided to go up to the snow for the long weekend Friday through Monday.
We didn’t want to go to Lake Tahoe and deal with the crowds and the attitudes we have experienced there. So we decided to go up to [...]
The Big Holiday Trip: On the Road in Economy Class
Posted by Family RV in California camping, Family Camping, Family RV Fun, Traveling with Kids on December 19th, 2009
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 [...]
Thanksgiving dinner on the beach
Posted by Family RV in California camping, Family Camping, Family RV Fun, Traveling with Kids on December 5th, 2009
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 [...]
CA Camping: Coyote Lake Harvey Bear Ranch County Park
Posted by Family RV in California camping, Family Camping, RV Camping, Western USA RV Parks on July 20th, 2009
We spent the weekend at a local county park that was a surprisingly great place to RV.
We wanted to go somewhere close to save on gas. So we settled on Coyote Lake Harvey Bear Ranch County Park. It is a park in the foothills above Gilroy, CA and managed by the Santa Clara County.
We weren’t [...]
CA Camping: Calaveras Big Trees State Park- June 19 – 21, 2009
Posted by Family RV in California camping, Family Camping, Family RV Fun, RV Camping, Traveling with Kids, Western USA RV Parks on July 9th, 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 [...]
California Camping in Danger by State Budget
Posted by Family RV in California camping, Family Camping, RV Camping, Western USA RV Parks on June 3rd, 2009
You may have heard of the budget problems with the state of California (my home-sweet-home). It seems we are $20 billion in the red.
Well the governor is proposing some prettry draconian measures with the State Park system. He wants to close up to 220 state parks with over 50 in Northern California alone.
This could mean [...]
Thoughts Before Going On a Family RV Travel Trip
Posted by Family RV in Family Camping, RV Camping, Traveling with Kids on May 21st, 2009
You are itching to go and your RV is gassed-up and ready to roll. You’ve reserved and you’re excited to experience the new campground you read so much about in the travel directory. Your ready for the open road.
This is all fine and good but – what about the kids. You know they aren’t going [...]
Family RV Camping: There is Nothing Like It
Posted by Family RV in Family Camping, Traveling with Kids on May 14th, 2009
This is a great video that demonstrates how special family RV camping is.
KCRA a Sacramento TV station interviews RV blogger Brad Herzog about his (and his wife and two boys’) summer adventures RVing throughout the United Sates. Watching this video I had a few pangs of jealousy as he talked about their travels throughout the [...]
