Question: We are seriously considering getting a 15 passenger van and trailer and hitting the road for months at a time. We have 5 kids including an infant. So what do you recommend? How many …
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How Do Full-Time RVers Get Mail?

People are always asking how we get our mail, and while we sometimes say “Pony Express,” that doesn’t happen very often. The truth is we use a virtual mailbox service for letters. (Scroll down to …
Continue readingMoving Day–Stowing and Going {Video}

We generally don’t stay in the same place for more than 3-4 days at a time. That means we pack up our mini-mansion, hook it to the Bagabus, and head on down the road. Rumbling …
Continue readingHow We Camp in Church Parking Lots {Video}

If you’ve met us in person, seen us in concert, or chatted with us at a church, you know that we’re, uh, “unique” in the RVing world. We dry camp occasionally, and we hit RV parks …
Continue readingZuni Village in Kingman, Arizona {RV Park Review}

Sunny Kingman, Arizona, is just across the border from Nevada and the Hoover Dam. If you visit and need a place to stay, look for Zuni Village RV Park. When you’re in town on the …
Continue readingScraaaaaaaaaape…ugh.

You’ve seen this image waaaaaayyyyy too often on The Travel Bags, haven’t you? Yes, another issue befell us on the east coast. This time a severely sloped driveway into a church bent our jack 90 …
Continue readingThe Flat

We didn’t have much luck with weather in Florida. At one RV park we were assigned a site on the grass instead of the concrete slabs most parks have. That night it downpoured. You’ve heard …
Continue readingThe Water Heater Saga

When we parked in Wisconsin over the winter holidays, Steve winterized the trailer for six weeks. The old beauty was soon frozen under snow and ice in an early, cold, snowy midwest winter. When January …
Continue readingOur New-To-Us Digs

While we were in southern Wisconsin we took a couple trips to look at used trailers. The first required a four-hour drive to Iowa, and turned out to be a major disappointment. While the trailer …
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