We include these travel logs to assist our visitors & followers in their own planning of epic travels. We ALSO include at the top our most recent plans so that our friends and RV family can see where we are going to be traveling to next!
We would love to hear from you if you are in our area or decide to come stay at one of the campgrounds we plan to be at! ** just remember, RV=’s being flexible so from time to time our plans must/will change- so always reach out to us directly via an email to ensure of our upcoming plans!
This winter (Oct 6, 2025-March 27, 2026) we will be camp hosting in southwestern Georgia. However, we do have a few long weekend and one week long trip planned for during this time to FL, AL, MS and LA so please stop back and visit this page once the archived trips are published below!
Our PAST Travels…may help your FUTURE planning! Feel free to email us with any questions or need for more detailed info!
2025 Part #2- Eastbound from Indiana to VT to GA: This segment takes us from Elkhart, Indiana where we participated in the annual Silver Avion Fellowship Rally, then east & southward into OH, NY, NY, NJ, VA, & GA. Check it out! We will often list what site we had, amenities, things to do in the area in our listings. Along this route we stayed at private campgrounds, FAM Military CGs, Harvest Hosts, State Park Campgrounds and Thousand Trail parks. We provide lots of details, tips and info in our link so check it out!
(7-14-25 TO 12-31-25)
2025 Part #1- “Northbound”=Texas to North Dakota!
Stops included several Thousand Trails Campgrounds in Texas over the winter months, Hot Springs NP in Arkansas (where we had to move to higher ground to avoid a flood!), Ozarks National Scenic Riverway/Big Springs (NPs), Laura Ingalls Wilder Homestead in Missouri, a quick Harvest Host stay at a Cider Mill in KS, then on to NE (getting our Oregon Trail fix again!) including Scotts Bluff and Chimney Rock, Wind Cave NP & Custer State Park in SD and ending at the Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Cottonwood NPS Campground in Medora, ND. 137 nights. This was our first trip ever to ND but it will not be our last!
TRIP DETAILS LINK!
(1/15/25-6/1/25)
2024 “South & Texas bound”: Glacier NP, Montana to Newport, Washington, to Oregon, Idaho (Including stops along the historic Oregon trail!), Las Vegas,Nevada, Grand Canyon NP, to Benson,Arizona (month of NOV) then toNew Mexico and finally to Texas for December/year’s end, 180 nights
(July 26, 2024-Dec 31, 2024)
2024- “Northbound: Caves, Mountains, Hot Springs & Majesty”: Benson, Arizona to Great Sands NP, Carlsbad Caverns NP, White Sands NP, New Mexico to Gunnison, Colorado to Arches & Canyonlands NP’s in Utah to Grand Tetons & Yellowstone NPs, in Idaho/Wyoming and our Escapee “Escapade Rally” in Rock Springs, Wyoming to Glacier National Park in Montana. 103 nights
(April 15 to July 26, 2024)
2023-OUR EPIC ALASKA ADVENTURE! our RV full-timing starts!
Due to the magnitude and length of this trip (over 16K miles and 308 nights of travel!), it is broken into Segments. Each segment has its own travel details link. For a complete overview of our AK adventure also read our blog post!
Segment 1: Queensbury, NY to SD to Banff & Jasper in Alberta Province to beginning of the ALCAN (Dawson Creek, BC) to Peace Island Park, BC -32 nights (5/1/23-6/2/23)
Segment 2: Taylor, BC to Fairbanks, AK, Includes Liard Hot Springs, The Yukon Territory & Dawson City, Top of the World Highway, and Chicken, AK. 26 nights (6/2-6/28/23)
Segment 3: Fairbanks, AK to Cultus Lake, BC, 75 nights (most of all the AK stops are featured here in this segment!) (6/27-9/10/23)
Segment 4: Cultus Lake, BC to Benson, AZ. Our Pacific Northwest Journey includes Leavenworth, WA, Oregon Coast, northern CA including the Redwoods to Palm Springs, CA to AZ! 175 nights* Note- we pulled into Benson Escapee Saguaro park on *November 15 and stayed thru the winter months. (total segment leg 9/7-4/15/24)
OUR PART TIME RV TRAVELS WITH OUR AVIONS! (note; we only started using RVTripWizard and its planning tools in 2021 so this where the trips begin on our blog. We have been RVing since 2007 and historical tent camping since 1990.
2022 ANNUAL SILVER AVION FELLOWSHIP RALLY, INDIANA– NY to Elkhart, Indiana for the Silver Avion Fellowship Rally, 9 nights (7/14-7/23/22)
2022- ESCAPADE RALLY, Lebanon, TN + GREAT SMOKY NP AND BLUE RIDGE/SHENANDOAH NP, OHIO AMISH COUNTRY & MAMMOTH CAVE NP IN KY: 27 nights (6/2/22-6/29/22) This was our 2nd trip thru the Shenandoah and Great Smoky NP’s.
2022 CUMBERLAND BAY STATE PARK, PLATTSBURG, NY. Nice weeklong stay with grandkids! on Lake Champlain, beautiful views, ferry to VT and more! 14 nights (8/8-8/22/22). This was our third time staying at this park during the summer months. It is a great park! Limited lakefront mostly dry sites-book early!
2021- Shenandoah NP & Great Smoky NP, Ft. Belvior, VA to Helen, GA (Part 1 is just NY to Fort Belvior FAM Camp, VA near Washington, DC.)
Photo is of Bandits Roost in NC-COE Campground-fabulous!
Whole trip was 14 nights (5/31-6/14)
PT 1- TRIP DETAILS LINK, GETTING TO VIRGINIA! NY to PA to Fort Belvior, VA
PT 2 MAIN TRIP–TRIP DETAILS LINK
Below are just some random fav photos taken during our travels in various years. ENJOY!
ThePewterPalace Our Love Affair with Avions 