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Historic Lighthouses on the Oregon Coast

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Cape Arago Light  near Sunset Bay State Park. (Julianne G. Crane) Each year thousands of RVers travel the Oregon Coastal Highway to view and photograph iconic...

Explore a different national treasure during ‘National Park Week’ April 20-28

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Each April, during National Park Week, the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America's national parks, celebrates America's treasures. Time to start planning for National Park...

St Patrick’s Day Celebrations in Sunbelt

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Lexington, Ky., St. Patrick's Parade and Irish Festival American communities have been celebrating St. Patrick’s Day for more than 280 years. The first St. Pat's...

Covered Bridges of Cottage Grove, Oregon

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RVer Malia Lane (2015) reads about Chambers Bridge history (Julianne G. Crane) In tribute to longtime RV writer Malia Lane, who passed on Feb. 11, 2019,...

‘Southern Arizona’s Cultural Oasis’ — Tucson

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Tucson, considered Southern Arizona's Cultural Oasis, offers countless fun and low-cost cultural activities that entice thousands of visitors. The City's vibrant artistic mix includes exceptional museums,...

Fulton Mansion on Aransas Bay in Texas open during Hurricane Harvey restoration

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Fulton Mansion in Rockport, Texas (Julianne G. Crane) This article was first posted in February 2017, prior to Hurricane Harvey that same summer. This...

Family RV Short Stops across the South open year-round

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Alabama's Barber Motorsports Museum 1,600 motorcycles on display at the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum In Birmingham, Ala., each year upwards of a quarter million people...

RV Holiday in Colonial Williamsburg

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Holiday season at Colonial Williamsburg (ColonialWilliamsburg.com) If you want beauty and flair this Holiday Season, one delightful place for the RV family to visit is...

Texas Renaissance Festival is fun RV short stop

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For Winter Texans -- those RV Snowbirds migrating to the Gulf Coast -- the Texas Renaissance Festival, northwest of Houston, is a great RV...

Autumn-Winter historic scenic train rides

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There’s something magical about riding trains.  Why not plan a few hours from your RV journeys to experience the autumn color from a historic...

Explosion of art exhibits in Snowbird Country

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RVing Snowbirds may leave their chilly hometowns in the winter, but they don't leave behind their thirst for culture and art. Lucky for...

Oktoberfests abound for RVing snowbirds

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Wurstfest in New Braunfels, Texas - Nov. 2-11, 2018 (Wursfest) The world's biggest Oktoberfest takes place in Munich, Germany.  Only about two-percent of the crowd...

Meander historic, scenic Natchez Trace

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If you're in a hurry to get to your snowbird location in the South this fall, the  Natchez Trace Parkway is not the RV...

Louisville Slugger Museum – Hit with the Kids

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Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory (Source: Website) The Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory is all about celebrating the extraordinary role of the Louisville Slugger bat...

House on the Rock astounding, fun Wisconsin family attraction

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The House on the Rock is an astounding and unique destination with something for everyone in the family. This "eccentric architectural and entertainment attraction"...

Connecticut’s Gillette Castle State Park is a great family RV Short Stop

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Outside Gillette Castle (Source: Visit Connecticut) One attraction to put on your must-see list of RV Short Stops when you're touring New England is Connecticut's...

Discover Redmond, and Bend, Ore.’s Deschuts River Walk

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If you plan on traveling through Central Oregon, east of the Cascades, and want to stay a few extra days in the region, one place...

Oregon’s Collier Memorial Park Logging Museum records rugged lifestyle

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Oregon's  Collier Memorial State Park is said to have the state's finest Logging Museum. The Park also features a relocated pioneer village; great state campground with...

Cheese Trails … what a yummy way to RV

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What better way to spend your summer vacation ... or retirement ... than to eat your way across America. Here are seven great Cheese...

Dean Creek Elk Viewing Area Wetland Enhancement near Reedsport, Ore.

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Dean Creek Elk Viewing Area. (Julianne G. Crane) Jimmy and I are lucky enough to spend many months each year in Oregon State.  Our very...

Harmony Inn in Pennsylvania is said to provide a haunting historic experience

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Harmony Inn, Harmony, Pa. (Julianne G. Crane) Located in rolling hills of western Pennsylvania, the historic Harmony Inn entices visitors with 30-some craft brews and...

Stop by McJerry’s Route 66 Gallery in Chandler, Oklahoma

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Jerry McClanahan, author and artist. Anything that combines seeing America, RVing and art, I love, love, love. That's what 'EZ66 Guide for Travelers' by Jerry McClanahan...

Arizona’s Kartchner Caverns’ Star Party

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Kartchner Caverns State Park near Benson, Arizona, is one amazing adventure -- below and above ground. For solar viewing during the day and "celestial amazement...

Basque Museum … Boise, Idaho

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Basque Center in Boise, Idaho. Basque Museum & Cultural Center is the only museum in the United States dedicated to preserve, promote, and perpetuate Basque...

New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum

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  New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces. (NMFRHM) If you are a history buff and traveling along the I-10 east-west route between...

Free things to do around Perry, Georgia

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Old Downtown in Perry, Georgia (City of Perry, Georgia) The Family Motor Coach Association returns to Perry, Georgia, March 15 -18 for the group’s 97th...

Lucy the Margate Elephant lives on

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Lucy The Elephant and Lucy's Beach Grille from the Atlantic Ocean (LucyTheElephant.org) (This item was first posted in April 2011.  It was updated Jan. 31,...

Historic Savannah is a Snowbird’s perfect RV Short Stop

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Historic Savannah, Georgia's First City, is (almost) a year-round RV destination because of its culture, amazing architecture and ghosts. And, in between the often unpredictable...

Plains, Ga: Pres. Jimmy Carter’s hometown; plus Americus, Koinonia Farm

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Downtown Plains, Georgia "Located in Southwest Georgia among the pine trees, peanut fields, magnolias, and gnats is Plains, Ga," hometown of James Earl "Jimmy" Carter,...

Fort Davis National Historic Site and the Davis Mountains State Park Campground

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Fort Davis National Historic Site's Officers Row in southwest Texas. (NPS.gov) One of the biggest surprises to this snowbird was the Davis Mountains in Southwest...

Fun, low-cost winter activities for RV Snowbirds in Tucson area

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Warm days, magnificent sunsets and free natural beauty surrounding Tucson, Arizona. There are also numerous fun and low-cost Tucson activities entice tens of thousands...

Afternoon Cream Tea in Florence, Oregon

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Lovejoy's Restaurant & Tearoom, Florence, Ore. (Julianne G. Crane) Recently Jimmy and I were attending an RV Rally in Florence, Oregon, with longtime RV friends...

Ketchikan offers history, shopping, kayaking all within easy reach of Alaska Ferry dock.

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Ketchikan, Alaska, harbor. (Julianne G. Crane) Ketchikan, the southeastern most city in Alaska, is located in the midst of "the Tongass National Forest, a 17-million...

Stroll Sitka, Alaska, “Paris of the Pacific”

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Sitka Sound from Castle Hill. (Julianne G. Crane) Sitka, Alaska, is a beautiful quaint small seaside city. Like most southeast Alaska communities, part of its...

An afternoon in historic downtown Juneau

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It's getting toward the end of the RV travel season in Alaska; however, many visitors still crowd the streets of Juneau's historic district. (RVers...

Cottage Grove historic district’s public murals near I-5 in western Oregon

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'Buster Keaton' mural (Howard Tharpe, 2002) in Cottage Grove's Historic District. Large-scale public paintings are "the people's art works." Everyday ordinary traveling families don't...

LeMay – America’s Car Museum in Tacoma

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The popular 1966 Mustang at the LeMay America's Car Museum in Tacoma, Wa. LeMay America's Car Museum (ACM), is a sprawling four-story, 165,000 sq.-ft. facility...

Need a break on I-40, pull off when you see the ‘World’s Largest Spinach Can’

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I-40 is an incredible interstate ... it cuts through the south-central portion of the United States and is the fastest route from the...

Bluegrass, VW buses head for Chantilly Farm in Blue Ridge Mountains near Floyd, Virginia

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Chantilly Farm's performance stage near Floyd, Va. (Chantilly Farm) Whenever traveling through the Blue Ridge Mountain area, Floyd, Virginia, is at the top of our...

Summer festivals in Oxford County, Ontario

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For RVers making their way to Canada's Maritime Provinces this summer, consider going through Oxford County in the southwest section of Ontario. It is...

National Parks’ ‘free entrance days’ offer hundreds of family RV Short Stops

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National Park Week weekend April 22–23 is the perfect time for a family outing to one of the National Parks and Monuments to take advantage...

Animal Adventure Park – Home to ‘April the Giraffe’ & others

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By Julianne G. Crane 'April the Giraffe' and her new born calf, Tajiri, are huge YouTube stars. April and her suitor, Oliver,  captured the hearts, imaginations...

USS Lexington, Corpus Christi, Texas

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RVer Jimmy Smith walks the beach by USS Lexington  (Julianne G. Crane) The USS Lexington aircraft carrier rests majestically next to the North Beach of...

Brazos Bend State Park’s gators, trails

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Brazos Bend State Park is less than an hour from downtown Houston and is one of America's top state parks, according to National Geographic...

Lutes Casino in Historic Downtown Yuma

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If you want to gamble, this is not THAT kind of Casino. Lutes Casino Restaurant is a fun historic destination in Old Town Yuma...

Meandering through Napa Valley

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Miles of vineyards along Hwy 128/29 in Napa Valley (Julianne G. Crane) If you occasionally prefer the slow lane, rather than speeding along on the...

Wildlife Safari near I-5 in southern Oregon year-round family RV Short Stop

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Cars meander through the 600-acres of the Wildlife Safari (Julianne G. Crane) I'm not a big fan of zoos.  In a perfect world all living...

Battery Point Light – Crescent City, Calif.

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Battery Point Light, (LighthouseFriends.com) The Battery Point Light may not be the most dramatic or breath-taking lighthouse on the Pacific Northwest coast; it is, however,...

Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash’s Hideaway Farm, open to public in Tennessee

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The Man in Black's Hideaway Farm in Bon Aqua, Tenn. (Storytellers Museum)  Country legend Johnny Cash once called his 107-acre farm in Bon Aqua, Tenn.,...

Charleston, Ore. – a working fishing village

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Charleston Marina is the heart of "a working fishing village."  (Julianne G. Crane) Summer is the perfect time to explore small fishing communities along Oregon's...
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