When you stop and think about it, is there really any better way to stay active while camping than biking the back roads of America? Well, in just 27 days we leave for our 1 year trip to all 50 states. And we are certainly going to put that biking across America concept to the […]
Category: Weekly Update
Preparing The Household For Our Year Long Trip
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 itinerary, what clothes to pack, and what meals to prepare, our biggest concern is preparing […]
Writing On The Road – Finding The Best Local Coffee Shops In The U.S.
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 and every day. And many of those days, you can find us writing in a […]
Meal Planning – Share Your Favorite Camping Recipes
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 initial focus was to map our general travel itinerary. We tried to map out the […]
The 5 Things We Will Attempt To Do In Every State! A Travel Challenge
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. And part of the fun leading up to it is getting to think about all […]
Our First Week Long Trip In The Camper! The UCamp 19 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 in the camper, but also an incredible chance to learn from some experienced and veteran […]
And We Have A Winner – The Camper Has A Name!
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 Day Is Getting Closer….The Countdown Continues… As we told you in last week’s Simple Tour […]
Naming Our Teardrop Camper – A Contest To Find The Perfect 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 test runs, we were surprised to find fellow RV owners asking us what we had […]
The Living Simple Tour Schedule – Our State By State Travel Dates!
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 means it is finally time now to begin documenting our entire trip week by week. […]
Our Journey – Day by Day
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 meet, and everything in between. All along the way, from planning to travel – we […]