Day 3, and we have now officially camped in 20 states in the 3.5 years we have owned Amelia’s Make-A-Wish camper and replacement camper! This morning, Amelia woke us all up just after 6 am. This early wake up call worked well as none of us showered last night after our late arrival to our … More Florida Spring Break: Day 3- Kennedy Space Center

Today has been a day! Basically, the entire day has dedicated to driving. We all woke up at about 6:30 am when Amelia got up. We did breakfast and got ourselves ready. We left our campsite in Rocky Mount, NC at about 9 am. Btw- Amelia woke up so happy to be in her camper. … More Florida Spring Break 2024: Day 2

I’ve done what seems like eleven-teen hundred hours of camper road-trip prep over the last 2.5 weeks. (I had completely gutted the camper for winter and moved everything, including mattresses, inside…. Btw- I won’t be doing that again as it’s ALOT of work to get everything back out to the camper, washed, and re-situated). Here … More Florida Spring Break 2024: Day 1

First off, I forgot to get a better photo of our campsite this morning. You’ll have to trust me that it was awesome. Really bummed we got our campsite at KOA randomly upgraded and didn’t get a chance to enjoy it. That KOA would have been fun to hang out at on a hot summer … More Summer of 23 (Day 34) Ohio – Home in Virginia

Happy 10th birthday to miss Amelia! Unfortunately for miss peanut, she had to spend her whole birthday day in the truck on our drive back to Virginia. However, Amelia was quite the happy camper today and was totally content to be in the truck. I put her new Octonauts DVD in and she had been … More Summer of 23 (Day 33): Minnesota – Indianapolis, IN

We officially started our drive back to Virginia today. We didn’t go very far, just over 2 hours to my aunt and uncle’s house in south east Minnesota. We are mooch-dock camping in their driveway. My dad hit level like it’s cool and we left it. It’s still on the trailer hitch, and we didn’t … More Summer of 23 (Day 32): Leaving Minnesota

Today was the last day before we start driving back to Virginia! I can hardly believe that our month long road-trip went by so fast! I got a surprise visitor this morning, my bestie since I was like 2 and in daycare was on her own road-trip home and stopped by the camper quick for … More Summer of 23 (Day 31): Last Day in Litchfield, Minnesota

Big day here. Amelia and I walked around the lake this morning. We met up with one of my high school friends a few minutes in, to walk around the lake with us. Lake Ripley is about 4 miles around. Gorgeous day for it! We went to “A Maze’n Farmyard” in Eden Valley and met … More Summer of 23 (Day 30): Minnesota

We are coming in to the tail end of this summer of 23 adventure! I can hardly believe we left Virginia 29 days ago! Amelia and I have spent every night except one in the camper. There was supposed to be a big storm this last week so we move inside to my in-laws for … More Summer of 23 (Day 29): Lake Ripley Campground, MN

Amelia’s mini bday party from last Tuesday night (July 25th). Sorry, I’m just getting around to posting these. Ironically it’s my mother-in-law’s bday today, HAPPY BIRTHDAY Jamie! Amelia enjoyed her French fry “cake” and her gifts! Clearly the rest of us super enjoyed her “cake” too. Fresh fries are always hard to pass up and … More Summer of 23 (Day 28): Amelia’s (early) 10th birthday party in Minnesota