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Germany’s Hymer Museum is worth a visit

By Mike Gluth How do you add to a vacation in the Alps after visiting the centuries-old Ettal Abbey (and brewery), touring the Oberammergau...

How well do you know Yosemite National Park?

Courtesy U.S. Department of Interior Waterfalls, towering granite monoliths, deep valleys and ancient giant sequoias – that's Yosemite. On October 1, 1890, Yosemite became a...

More venues for great outdoor photography

By Russ and Tiña De Maris When you're home from your RV adventures, there's nothing like looking back and pondering your travels with pleasure....

Snowbird haunts: Pioche, Nevada

By Bob Difley In Pioche, southeastern Nevada's richest mining town in the 1870s, in order to rise to the top of the pecking order —...

Let National Geographic lead you to 125 wacky attractions

By Julianne G. Crane It is not always just the national parks that are remembered at the end of a long family RV trip. Often...

Snowbird haunts: “Burro” Schmidt’s tunnel

By Bob Difley Editor's note: As summer draws to a close, the RV snowbirds are beginning to think about their winter getaways. Need a little help...

Roadside gimmicks a thing of the past

By Chuck Woodbury A half century ago, before Interstates, businesses along the two-lane highways typically relied on a visual gimmick to attract customers. A sign...

Visit Red Ryder in Pagosa Springs, Colorado

Anyone who grew up in the 1940s or early '50s, especially boys, remembers Red Ryder, the cowboy hero of newspaper comic strips, comics, books,...

NASA dismisses solar eclipse myths

Next Monday, August 21st, the first total solar eclipse will be visible to America since 1918. RVers, campers and outdoor enthusiasts have prepared for...

When did you last see the Milky Way?

By Bob Difley Most security lamps as well as general lighting in campgrounds throw too much light out in all directions, including skyward, effectively canceling...

Seven brutally honest truths about full-time travel

  By Melissa Dohmen Editor's note: Carson Vaughan and Melissa Dohmen are two full-timers formerly from Nebraska. After renovating their 18' travel trailer, "Elsie," they hit...

Alternative locations to view the August eclipse

  By Russ and Tiña De Maris With the August 21 eclipse getting closer, state and national parks in the path of the solar event's totality...