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Preparing The Household For Our Year Long Trip

livesimplenow 3 Comments Weekly Update Garden, House, Plan, Yard

When anyone asks us what our biggest challenge so far has been while planning our one year journey across the United States, the answer is easy: preparing the household. Although we are still trying to figure out our exact travel […]

23 Jul

livesimplenow 9 Comments Weekly Update coffee house, coffee shops, hip coffee houses, little coffee shops, neighborhood coffee shop

Whenever and wherever we travel, Mary and I have always loved writing and working in local coffee shops. Between creating articles for our home, garden and recipe websites, or working on a book, we write for a few hours each […]

Meal Planning – Share Your Favorite Camping Recipes

09 Jul

livesimplenow 25 Comments Weekly Update Camping, Food, Meal Planning

Now that we have the travel dates set for each state, it is time to start planning all the details of our one-year journey across the country, including Meal Planning. When we first decided to take on this adventure, our […]

02 Jul

livesimplenow 11 Comments Weekly Update the 50 state challenge, travel challenge, travelling tips and hints, what to do in every state

There is nothing like adding a little travel challenge to our 50 state tour, and that is exactly what we did this past week! Each week that goes by, we get a little closer to that September 9th launch date. […]

26 Jun

livesimplenow 3 Comments Weekly Update Nucamp, TAB400, UCamp Teardrop Rally

We had a big week, and a great extended test of our skills attending NuCamp’s UCamp 19 Teardrop Rally this month in Sugarcreek, Ohio. The Trip Countdown Clock… Not only was it our first week-long test of our camping skills […]

Camping With An Instant Pot – Meal Preparation Made Easy

03 Jun

livesimplenow 0 Comment Uncategorized Camping, Cooking, Instant Pot

As we plan our year long adventure across the country one of the things that we have considered is camping with an Instant Pot. We use our 6 quart Instant Pot Pressure Cooker several times a week when we are […]

20 May

livesimplenow 2 Comments Weekly Update name the camper

It’s official, the camper has a name! I have to say, we were a bit overwhelmed with all of the great suggestions, comments and emails sent in over the last week to help us name our nuCamp TAB400 Camper. Launch […]

Naming Our Teardrop Camper – A Contest To Find The Perfect Name!

14 May

livesimplenow 46 Comments Weekly Update camper names, naming our camper, teardrop camper name

We need your help naming our teardrop camper! It didn’t take us long to figure out that nearly every long-time RV owner names their camper. As we ventured out over the last few weeks for a couple of camping trip […]

25 Apr

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The Travel Schedule Welcome to our very first weekly article for our Living Simple Teardrop Camper Tour of the United States! We are planning to head out September 9th and visit every state within a one year period. And that […]

17 Feb

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This is where we will share the stories of our trip – from start to finish! For those who sign up to follow, we will a single weekly update via email – showcasing the places we go, the people we […]

Living Simple Tour

Preparing The Household For Our Year Long Trip

Writing On The Road – Finding The Best Local Coffee Shops In The U.S.

Meal Planning – Share Your Favorite Camping Recipes

The 5 Things We Will Attempt To Do In Every State! A Travel Challenge

Our First Week Long Trip In The Camper! The UCamp 19 Teardrop Rally

Camping With An Instant Pot – Meal Preparation Made Easy

And We Have A Winner – The Camper Has A Name!

Naming Our Teardrop Camper – A Contest To Find The Perfect Name!

The Living Simple Tour Schedule – Our State By State Travel Dates!

Our Journey – Day by Day