Where all we’ve been and what we’ve done so far since beginning our full-time RV traveling lifestyle! I’ll link to blog posts with more stories of our experiences from here as I write them too.
Date | Where | What |
2018 | – | – |
Friday, June 1 | Redondo Beach, CA | D’s last day of work, cleaning house for new roommate |
Saturday, June 2 | Lomita, CA | Yard sale! First night slept in RV |
Sunday, June 3 | Lomita, CA | Donating yard sale remains to Goodwill |
Monday, June 4 | Lomita, CA | More downsizing to fit in RV |
Tuesday, June 5 | Lomita, CA | More downsizing |
Wednesday, June 6 | Lomita, CA | Donating, cleaning, had people over to the RV |
Thursday, June 7 | Lomita, CA | More travel prep |
Friday, June 8 | Western in LA | Cop told us we had to relocate where we were parking the RV |
Saturday, June 9 | Western in LA | Bday Party for our friend’s daughter turning one! |
Sunday, June 10 | Western in LA | I got my nails done with a friend, more downsizing |
Monday, June 11 | Drove to E. CA | Stayed in a Casino parking lot |
Tuesday, June 12 | Drove to Phoenix, AZ | stayed overnight in Autozone parking lot because check engine light |
Wednesday, June 13 | Drove to Tucson, AZ | More RV repair work, dinner with Emalie & Charles |
Thursday, June 14 | Tucson, AZ | Dog park with Lincoln, parked overnight there |
Friday, June 15 | Drove to Santa Fe, NM | Dinner and drinks with friends from CA who met us there |
Saturday, June 16 | Santa Fe, NM | Meow Wolf and breweries |
Sunday, June 17 | Santa Fe, NM | Lavender Festival |
Monday, June 18 | Drove | from Santa Fe to ABQ |
Tuesday, June 19 | Albuqerque, NM | Dinner and ice cream with Tyler, stayed in Walmart parking lot |
Wednesday, June 20 | Albuqerque, NM | Hiked petroglyphs with Lincoln |
Thursday, June 21 | Drove to Roswell, NM | Did Indian Pueblo Cultural Museum then drove to RV park |
Friday, June 22 | Carlsbad Caverns | Did UFO Museum in Roswell then drove to explore Carlsbad Caverns, then drove to just outside of Lubbock for overnight free park |
Saturday, June 23 | Lubbock, TX | Did Prairie Dog Town then Ranching Museum and Bahama Bucks before driving to McKinney for French Dip dinner with my parents! |
Sunday, June 24 | McKinney, TX | Pool day and pizza with friends |
Monday, June 25 | McKinney, TX | Mom & I organized our RV pantry, then Reid & I made NM hot chicken for dinner |
Tuesday, June 26 | McKinney, TX | More organizing, fridge and cabinets, queso and margs happy hour(s) with Caitlin |
Wednesday, June 27 | McKinney, TX | RV Cleaning day, Whataburger lunch, dinner with Tretchen and saw their house in the country |
Thursday, June 28 | Drove to Lafayette, LA | Did inventory of Greyhound shipped boxes then drove to overnight at Atchafalaya Welcome Center |
Friday, June 29 | Drove to Ft. Walton, FL | Left RV in Hammond, LA then brought Lincoln and spent night with Jenna |
Saturday, June 30 | Orange Beach, AL | Garcia Beach Trip, picked up Stanton at PNS on way to house |
Sunday, July 1 | Orange Beach, AL | Garcia Beach Trip |
Monday, July 2 | Orange Beach, AL | Garcia Beach Trip |
Tuesday, July 3 | Orange Beach, AL | Garcia Beach Trip |
Wednesday, July 4 | Orange Beach, AL | Garcia Beach Trip, Wienerfest! |
Thursday, July 5 | Orange Beach, AL | Garcia Beach Trip, deep sea fishing |
Friday, July 6 | Orange Beach, AL | Garcia Beach Trip |
Saturday, July 7 | Ono Island, FL | moved over to Maggi & Lee’s house, deep sea fishing |
Sunday, July 8 | Ono Island, FL | Maggi & Lee’s house |
Monday, July 9 | Ono to Ft Walton to NOLA | Left the beach, lunch and got Lincoln from Jenna, drove back to get RV in Hammond, then drove to RV park in NOLA |
Tuesday, July 10 | NOLA | Picked up AM + UE, Chophouse |
Wednesday, July 11 | NOLA | Gulf Games |
Thursday, July 12 | NOLA | Gulf Games |
Friday, July 13 | NOLA | Gulf Games |
Saturday, July 14 | NOLA | Gulf Games |
Sunday, July 15 | Drove to Hammond, LA | Dropped AM&UE at airport, went to Franklin Ave Baptist Church, then drove to Camping World in Hammond, LA |
Monday, July 16 | Hammond, LA | Made Disney’s Brown Derby Chopped Cobb Salad for lunch, and also had it for dinner while parked for free at Camping World |
Tuesday, July 17 | Baton Rouge | Pizza and beer with the Chesteens |
Wednesday, July 18 | Baton Rouge (as home base, drove West in LA) | Bayou Teche Brewery flight then got Boudin from two places and saw live music at the Wurst Biergarten |
Thursday, July 19 | Baton Rouge (day trip to Avery Island) | Tabasco Avery Island Tour, made Grillades dinner for Chesteens |
Friday, July 20 | Back to NOLA | Laundry day, left RV in BR and drove to NOLA, dropped Lincoln off at Rover sitter, dinner with the fam then Bourbon Street with Jenna & Tyler |
Saturday, July 21 | NOLA – get on ship | Corbin Cruise |
Sunday, July 22 | Day at Sea | Corbin Cruise |
Monday, July 23 | Cozumel, Mexico | Corbin Cruise |
Tuesday, July 24 | Progreso, Mexico | Corbin Cruise |
Wednesday, July 25 | Day at Sea | Corbin Cruise |
Thursday, July 26 | NOLA – get off ship | Corbin Cruise |
Friday, July 27 | NOLA | Garcia cousin trip |
Saturday, July 28 | NOLA | Garcia cousin trip |
Sunday, July 29 | NOLA | Garcia cousin trip |
Monday, July 30 | Baton Rouge | Local Italian Restaurant lunch, then drove to Alexandria |
Tuesday, July 31 | Alexandria, LA | Laundry, showers, Yoga with Mark & Anita, dinner at their house |
Wednesday, August 1 | Drove to Texarkana | Overnight at church after mirror fell off on highway |
Thursday, August 2 | Hot Springs, AR | Drove into AR once it was clear insurance wasn’t getting back to us anytime soon, called Dad for his bday while hiking in Gulpha Gorge Campgrounds |
Friday, August 3 | Little Rock, AR | Cheese dip lunch then Clinton Presidential Library, then drove to Springdale (just outside of Fayetteville), stayed at Walmart and went out on Dickson street |
Saturday, August 4 | Fayetteville, AR | Hiked Whitaker Point then drove to Mexico, MO |
Sunday, August 5 | Mexico, MO | Queso lunch and family visits with the Dickherbers |
Monday, August 6 | Columbia, MO | Day trip to see Mizzou and get pizza and ice cream concretes w/ the Dickherbers |
Tuesday, August 7 | Mexico, MO | Day of nothing, where we actually accomplished cleaning the RV and brushing Lincoln |
Wednesday, August 8 | Mexico, MO | Laundromat and attempt to fix AC |
Thursday, August 9 | Drove to Kansas City | Jack Stack BBQ dinner |
Friday, August 10 | Kansas City | WWI Museum, Big Rip Brewery flight |
Saturday, August 11 | Kansas City | Q39 BBQ then WWI Museum again |
Sunday, August 12 | Kansas City | Toys & Miniatures Museum, pizza and Boulevard 12-pack |
Monday, August 13 | Drove to St. Louis | Hiked at Graham Cave, tried to use mean man’s dump station along the way |
Tuesday, August 14 | St. Louis, MO | Coffee shop to get computer work done, then Gooey Butter Cake and coffee at Russell’s |
Wednesday, August 15 | St. Louis, MO | Reid worked on the AC most of the day, then took me on a date night to get St. Louis-style pizza and saw some live music at a whiskey bar |
Thursday, August 16 | St. Louis, MO | Budweiser Brewery Tour |
Friday, August 17 | St. Louis, MO | Holocaust Museum before driving to Rend Lake, IL |
Saturday, August 18 | Rend Lake, IL | Explored Shawnee National Forest with doing the Little Grand Canyon Hike |
Sunday, August 19 | Drove to Lincoln Lake State Park, IN | Took Lincoln on a walk around the lake and our drone out for a spin |
Monday, August 20 | Drove to Louisville, KY | Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial in the morning before driving, and got Bojangles for dinner after parking at Walmart |
Tuesday, August 21 | Louisville, KY | Laundry day, dealing with re-routing our deliveries that got returned after General Delivery to USPS didn’t work thru Amazon |
Wednesday, August 22 | Louisville, KY | Kentucky Derby Museum and Churchill Downs tour, KY Hot Brown for lunch, Bulleit Bourbon distillery tour to kick off our own Bourbon trail! |
Thursday, August 23 | Lousville, KY | Finished KY Derby Museum exhibits I didn’t get to yesterday while Reid took our car to get tire patched and oil changed, then Jim Beam distillery tour and tasting, Outback for dinner date with giftcards we had |
Friday, August 24 | Lexington, KY | Tour Wild Turkey and Woodford Reserve to complete our Bourbon Trail |