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The RV Documents We Never Thought About Packing
There is a familiar ritual that happens before almost every camping trip. We load the refrigerator. We check the pantry. Clothes find their way into drawers and closets. Chairs go into storage compartments. Tools get tucked away. Someone remembers the coffee. Hopefully, someone remembers the coffee maker. Whether we are… Read More ⇢
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Street Corn Pasta Salad: One More Taste of Summer
There is something about Labor Day weekend that feels like summer is asking us not to put the camping chairs away just yet. Technically, summer still has a few weeks left. The calendar says autumn doesn’t arrive until later in September. But Labor Day has always seemed to draw an… Read More ⇢
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Natchez Trace Parkway: 444 Miles Just Added to Our Bucket List
One of our subscribers recently sent us a video. Nothing unusual about that. People who follow the Cooper Shortcut Camping Journey occasionally send us places they think we might enjoy, and we are always interested in seeing where somebody else has traveled. Then we watched this one. Natchez Trace Parkway.… Read More ⇢
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Little Sable Point Lighthouse, a Beach Wedding and the History Down the Road
Sometimes we travel hundreds of miles looking for a story. Other times, we are invited to a wedding and discover one waiting for us. Last weekend, Vicky and I had the opportunity to attend the wedding of our great-niece Taylor and Evan along the Lake Michigan shoreline near Mears, Michigan.… Read More ⇢
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What an RV Factory Tour Taught Us About Buying Our Next RV
Fall is getting close, which means another RV show season is right around the corner. For us, that has always been something to look forward to. We enjoy walking the aisles and aisles of new RVs, stepping inside floorplans we have never seen before, talking with factory representatives and catching… Read More ⇢
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Grandma Cooper Knew a Bargain When She Saw One
I remember Grandma Cooper and Mom going to garage sales to buy things for a garage sale. You might want to read that sentence again. They went to other people’s garage sales, intentionally bought things they didn’t need, brought them home, and eventually put them in one of our garage… Read More ⇢
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Classic Creamy Pea Salad: An Old-Fashioned Favorite Worth Bringing Back
Some recipes disappear from the picnic table without anyone really noticing. Nobody announces that we have collectively stopped making them. There is no farewell dinner. One summer they are sitting beside the hamburgers and hot dogs, and a few summers later you suddenly realize you haven’t seen that familiar bowl… Read More ⇢
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Five Must-Visit RV Campgrounds in the Southeast: Part Two
A few weeks ago, I shared five campgrounds that stood out to us for reasons that went beyond having a place to park the RV. The article, “America’s Best RV Resort Campgrounds: Five Places That Turn a Stop Into a Story,” took us across the Southwest and reinforced something Vicky… Read More ⇢
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Fayette, Michigan: Where an Iron Town Still Tells Its Story
There are ghost towns where you have to use quite a bit of imagination. You find a foundation hidden beneath the weeds, perhaps an old cemetery tucked among the trees, and a historical marker explaining that hundreds of people once lived where you are standing. Fayette, Michigan isn’t that kind… Read More ⇢
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