One Whole Year! (by Asher)

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Well, after One Whole Year, what can I say about this RV trip? There's definitely some pros and cons.

Pros: We get to see a lot of places and things we've never seen before. We're outside a lot. We get to meet lots of different people.

Cons: It's very tiring. (Yes, even for the kids). The RV's just not that well built. It would have been nice if little things like the cable TV were built right so dad wouldn't have to take stuff apart to fix them! We also forget to do stuff. Hopefully, we won't forget anything anymore. I don't want to have to clean up a gallon of milk off the floor (again) if we forget to lock the fridge (again).

In one year, we've been to a lot of states.


After a year, my favorite National Park has to be Theodore Roosevelt NP in North Dakota. It was really our first out-west park, our first park with badlands, the first time we saw bison, longhorn steer, and prairie dogs, and one of our favorite views: 

Riverview overlook at the North Unit

My favorite RV park was either Laura S Walker state park, or Coastal Georgia RV resort, both of which were in Georgia.

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