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How to Travel Like a Local

People have said to me, “You sure do travel a lot!” And my response is, “I know, I wish I could do it more!”

One of my favorite things about traveling around with a travel trailer is that it’s like your own little condo on wheels. You can hitch up, travel to a new town, and have your own little home away from home while exploring a new place. It’s my favorite way to travel!

We recently returned from a long weekend trip to Louisville, Ky. We wanted to go see the Clemson Tigers take on the University of Louisville Cardinals, and used the road trip as a way to check Kentucky off of our camper map of states we’ve visited so far. (Nine down, 41 to go!).

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We’re all new campers here (so come on in!)

The Family Glampers

Truth telling time: I did not grow up camping. Nor did my husband. Sure we each went on the occasional camp outs with our respective families when we were growing up, and I spent most summers attending summer camps in the mountains of North Carolina, where you’d camp out at least once.

But I didn’t grow up camping every weekend.

 

Many years into our marriage, and well after we had kids, my husband and I realized how much we liked hiking together. Again, we’d both had some limited experience hiking as kids (with families, with camp), so when our kids got old enough when we could start trekking up hills again, we went for it. We’re lucky we live in the foothills of the North Carolina mountains, so a great hike is just a short drive away.

But camping was a totally new ball game for us. So why did we decide to take the plunge? We started off tent camping with friends, and found we really enjoyed it – the campfires, the s’mores, being outside, listening to music, being away from our electronic devices. But then the rain came.  Continue reading “We’re all new campers here (so come on in!)”