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RV Life Diaries Part 5: A Month in Daytona Beach, Florida

While we were in Tennessee we ended up right along the storm path that was going around the Texas heat dome, so to escape severe storms every day, we decided to drive down to Daytona Beach, Florida to visit family for a while. Spontaneous Decision to Drive Down to Florida This was kind of a spontaneous decision, but a much needed break! We were being hit by all these severe storms day after day as they followed a jet stream around the Texas heat dome. The path we planned to travel through Illinois and into Wisconsin and Minnesota was also…

Post published:November 13, 2023
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RV Life Diaries Part 4: Douglas Lake, Tennessee

After our time spent in the Asheville area, we continued to move west. We took I-40 through the Great Smoky Mountains to get to our next campground in Tennessee. The outer Knoxville area is a beautiful place to stay with plenty of sites and activities. We found a real gem of a campground near Sevierville right on Lake Douglas, so we had a nice peaceful area to come back to after exploring. Driving Through the Great Smokys and Tennessee Our drive was relatively uneventful (which is good!) over to our campground. We took the interstate just north of the Great…

Post published:October 17, 2023
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RV Life Diaries Part 3: Asheville, North Carolina

After a few days of travel, we finally made it down to our first destination: Raleigh, North Carolina! Raleigh is quite the pleasant area to visit, We stayed in some beautiful campgrounds and got to explore the city and surrounding suburbs for a couple weeks. To read about our trip down check out RV Diaries Pt 1: Drive Down to Raleigh Harvest Host Stays on the Way to Asheville We took it slow getting there and only drove about fifty to a hundred miles a day in the mornings before work. So it took us a few days to get…

Post published:September 18, 2023
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RV Life Diaries Pt 2: Raleigh, North Carolina

After a few days of travel, we finally made it down to our first destination: Raleigh, North Carolina! Raleigh is quite the pleasant area to visit, We stayed in some beautiful campgrounds and got to explore the city and surrounding suburbs for a couple weeks. To read about our trip down check out RV Diaries Pt 1: Drive Down to Raleigh Exploring Raleigh For a couple of people from New York, Raleigh feels more like a densely populated area than an actual city. There's nothing wrong with that, it just doesn't have the same vibe as say New York City.…

Post published:August 14, 2023
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RV Life Diaries Part 1: Driving Down to Raleigh

In May of this year we hit the road with the intentions of traveling to see the country and find a place to settle down. We started our journey with driving down to Raleigh, North Carolina. Moving into the RV We completely moved our of our apartment a few days before we were ready to get on the road. Seeing our apartment empty and spending our first night in the RV was when it really started feeling real. We had spent months working on renovating the RV nonstop and seeing all that work come to fruition was tremendously rewarding. I…

Post published:August 7, 2023
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