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12 ways to support your favorite campground

By Gail Marsh Do you have a favorite campground? Maybe it’s a state or national park. Or maybe it’s an RV park close to home...

Live at the lake this summer: Umatilla National Forest recruiting camp hosts

Jimmy Buffett waxed poetic about “Stars on the Water.” Although the “parrot head” pleaser was singing about Louisiana, here’s an Oregon job where you’ll...

Too-smart bear that kept campground closed captured

We wrote earlier about the bear that outsmarted Utah rangers and kept a campground closed for weeks. That smart bear wasn’t smart enough. The...

Bear outsmarts rangers to force closure of Utah camping area

Who says bears are dumb? One in Utah may have read “The Big Honey Hunt” and taken to heart a classic quote: “When a bear...

Williamson River Campground: Awesome, unexpected Oregon National Forest RVing

I am terrible about planning trips in advance and rarely plan more than one or two nights ahead. Therefore, I knew I had only...

Helpful guide to National Forest Camping is a winner

For many campers — and that includes those in RVs — camping in a U.S. National Forest campground is the way to go. As...

7 tips for finding FREE National Forest camping spots

By Cheri Sicard Robin from Creativity RV is one of my very favorite RV vloggers and in the video below she shares everything she knows...

Springtime RVing in the Los Padres National Forest: The hills are alive!

When it comes to the topic of RVing in the Los Padres National Forest, springtime is undoubtedly the best time of year to do...

At last, a guidebook to National Forest campgrounds debuts

This guidebook is badly needed. Ever since Coleman quit publishing its excellent directory of U.S. National Forest campgrounds in 2003, there has not been...

Get free, but valuable, RV info from the Forest Service

  By Bob Difley Summer is almost here, and boondockers will soon be looking for campsites in the national forests. These tips may help make your...

Keeping cool while boondocking

  Here's a question from a reader of RVtravel.com about boondocking.  Hi Bob, We are planning a cross-country trip this summer and would like to boondock along...

Is it boondocking, dry-camping or blacktop boondocking?

  Here's a question from a reader of RVtravel.com about boondocking.  Hi, Bob, I'm confused. I've heard the terms boondocking, dry-camping, blacktop boondocking, and others. Do they all...