When planning a trip, particularly one with reservations made in advance, I include what I label as “buffer days”. I try to have one of those per week of travel. Today was one of those, and we chose to go and do additional hikes in Cuyahoga N.P. We started off with the Beaver Marsh,… Continue reading Cuyahoga National Park, day 2
Category: 2025 summer RV trip – Northwestern USA
Planning, scenic route and bad luck
Any trip requires various phase of planning. The final phase is always route planning to our next destination. While the program I use chooses a route for me, and I use its estimates for the higher level planning, the night before we move on, I like to consider what my actual options are. Within an… Continue reading Planning, scenic route and bad luck
Cuyahoga National Park, OH
Today, we visit our first National Park during this trip. This one is very different from other National Parks we have visited, because it is set in an urban environment. It feels weird to be driving through residential neighborhoods to go from one trailhead to another. We started off at the visitor center, where we… Continue reading Cuyahoga National Park, OH
Internet while RVing
Internet access on the road is a challenge. Campgrounds in National and state parks typically offer none. Even commercial campgrounds like KOA who do offer “free internet” usually warn that it is only suitable for reading emails and browsing the internet and specifically warn that it is not suitable for video chats or watching movies. … Continue reading Internet while RVing
A new adventure begins
We are usually off-season travelers. Planning a trip during the summer is a whole other level of complexity because even back on February, when I started planning this trip, some campgrounds were not available for the dates we wanted (at Yellowstone N.P., some timed entry passed were sold out (road to the sun in Glacier… Continue reading A new adventure begins