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The Tracks & Trails Team has years of on-the-road experience with RV vacations and trip planning. We are travel enthusiasts and passionate planners. We love to share our knowledge, expertise, and occasional mishaps to help you better prepare and get excited for your own RV travel experiences.
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Are you thinking about planning a family RV adventure? Whether you’re thinking about going for a summer vacation or a weekend getaway, taking your family on an RV trip can be a lot of fun. Here are ten great things about a family RV adventure: 1. Enjoying the great outdoors. If your family enjoys spending […]
Getting your RV organized is very important. When you’re living in a smaller space and traveling on the road, you need to be sure you are packed efficiently, that everything is in its place, and that it’s strapped down so it doesn’t bounce around while on the road. When you’re properly organized, you have the […]
As you step into your RV for the first time, you might be overwhelmed by what there is to learn, like how you are going to drive it and where on earth you are going to store all of your clothes, groceries and souvenirs that you pick up along the way over the course of […]
A week or so ago, we talked about cooking in your RV. Sure, there’s limited counter and storage space, but it’s still a snap to make pasta, pancakes, even hot dogs and kabobs, inside your RV. You can even zap TV dinners in the microwave if you’re short on time and energy at the end […]
Traveling by RV is a lot of fun, especially when exploring our National Parks. However, it’s not as easy to run out for a teaspoon of paprika or a quarter cup of heavy cream when on the road, so you’ll want to think ahead about grocery shopping and cooking your meals for a week or […]
I’ll be honest, the thought of driving an RV kind of scares me. I mean, I’m intrigued, and I know my kids would be totally into it, but there are some things that make me nervous (yup, hook-ups). So, I took my most pressing questions to the Grand Pooh-Bah at Tracks & Trails, Dan Wulfman, […]
If your future includes an RV vacation to Canada, you need to be aware of some factors that could have an impact on your travel. When you enter Canada, you must have proof of citizenship and identity (A valid U.S. passport, passport card, or Nexus card). If you don’t have these documents, you can show a […]
If you have traveled through the west in the past few years, most likely you have noticed the rusty-colored, dead trees that cover the hillsides – the result of pine beetle infestations. At a recent Future Forests Summit encouraging news was heard – scientists are confident that these beetle-infected forests throughout the west will regenerate. […]
Here’s a statistic that may surprise you: Grandparents now account for one-third of all leisure travelers. Wow. Trip Advisor’s annual family travel survey reported that family travel rose 6 percent in 2011, and 38 percent of families planned multigenerational trips. Today’s baby-boomer grandparents do things differently than our parents and grandparents did. Not only do […]
Not long ago I read about a ranger from Grand Canyon National Park, Lisa Hendy, who was named the recipient of the 2011 Harry Yount National Park Ranger Award. This award is the highest honor bestowed on a park ranger, but as I read about this ranger’s skills, I was amazed: “She’s fought structural and […]
