This is the entrance ot Mammoth Cave, you can see the water seeping in at the top!

Why did we go RVing to Mammoth Cave, Kentucky?

We went to Mammoth Cave RVing because we wanted an excuse to go to Kentucky and learn about Mammoth Cave

Mammoth Cave is the biggest cave in the world!

There are over 365 miles in the cave.

When I went RVing to Mammoth Cave, I did not realize it was 365 miles long. That is as far as RVing from Cape Cod to Philadelphia!

That’s a really long way…especially if you are RVing.

How Mammoth Cave Was Formed

Caves are like cavities and since rain is slightly acidic, when it rains, the water melts the rocks away.

The rain then forms sink holes. After the rain drips through the sink holes, it then goes to the underground river.

The slightly acidic rain melts rock away (that rain is 1,000 times less acidic than Coca-cola so it’s not too acidic). But over time it eats away at the rock and forms a cave.

The scary entrance to Mammoth Cave!

RVing in Kentucky: Bat Poop & The War of 1812

Did you know that this year is the bicentennial of the war of 1812?

What many people don’t know is that Mammoth Cave was first a place were people made gunpowder  in 1809 it produced 400,000 pounds of salt peter. All this salt peter was used to fire the cannons in the War of 1812.

Salt peter is taken from the poop of bats which is used in gun powder. The cave is so good for getting salt peter because bat poop is in it.

It takes 5-10 lbs to make one pound of salt peter. To get salt peter out of the bat poop on the bottom of the cave, you have to put dirt into a shifter and put water thought it just like coffee.

Then you take out the salt peter and that is used to make gunpowder, this is what they used to do it:

This is where they sifted out the salt peter to make the gunpowder

The gunpowder taken from Mammoth Cave was used to fight the biggest battle of the War of 1812, the Battle of Fort McHenry. This is the same battle that Francis Scott Key wrote The Star Spangled Banner.

The “rockets red glare” was because of the bat poop in the gunpowder!

When we went RVing in Kentucky, we saw how they made gunpowder at Mammoth Cave.

How Bat Poop Saved Our Country!

If the bats hadn’t pooped so much, we would not have had enough gunpowder to win the War of 1812 and we may all be British to this day!

Who would have thought that bat poop could help win the war of 1812?

You learn the darndest things RVing in Kentucky!

Even my brother Eli had fun in Mammoth Cave…

Eli doing a cave dance….300 feet below ground!

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I do not see cannons but they must be close.

These men are not in a friendly mood.

The men in the blue are trying to eliminate the men in the red. 

The men in the red are also trying to eliminate  the men in the blue.

Yesterday, both sides were strategizing how to kill each other and win the battle.

Today they putting those plans into action.  

Each man in this battle wants the other to surrender.

Both the sets of men, red and blue, used to be citizens of the same country.

“War” by Alexander Sorenti-Burns

Full Time RVing to Yorktown, Virginia

The cannon display at Yorktown was cool!

Yorktown was my least favorite battle before I got to learn about it  firsthand by going there when full time RVing.

I thought it was a battle for nothing until I went there myself.

Lots of kids only read about these things in books but because we are full time RVing, my family and I got a tour of the entire battlefield of Yorktown.

We even saw the house where the entire British army surrendered to General George Washington on October 19, 1781.

Why The Battle of Yorktown Was Fought

First, the British Navy and the French Navy fought on the open ocean to stop Cornwallis’ troops from escaping and getting to the ocean.

General Cornwallis, the British commander, wanted to get to the ocean to reinforce his troops after being defeated in the Carolinas and at the Battle of Cowpens. I wrote about this in my last full time RVing post

He needed to get his boss, General Clinton to support him.  General Clinton had a fleet of British ships in New York that Cornwallis needed.

The Americans, led by George Washington, came down from Williamsburg and the north of Virginia.

Cornwallis was trapped, but his army needed more supplies, so he waited for General Clinton to help him. That help never came in spite many requests from Cornwallis.

Sensing they could finally trap the British, the Americans met him in Yorktown and attacked Cornwallis. Both sides dug in and shot cannons at each other.

This is called a siege.

Here you can see how the Americans surrounded the British with the help of the French:

As you can see the British were pretty much surrounded by the Americans and the French!

What We Learned About The Battle of Yorktown Full Time RVing

We learned mostly that George Washington, although he gets most of the credit for winning the Revolution NEVER could have done it without the help of the French.

Washington’s Army once he arrived from Williamsburg, and with a lot of help from the French Army, bombed the British for eight days straight. Their cannons did not let up – that was one cannon blast every 90 seconds for eight whole days!

Wow!!! All that noise would make me crazy.

Then the Americans and French finally charged two of the British out posts, known as Redoubt 9 and 10 by flanking them.

This is a picture of the American storming Redoubt 9

After they took the redoubt,  then the Americans set up their cannons 300 ft away from them and they blasted them with all their fire power (mortars, cannons and guns).

The cannons fired balls, mortars fired exploding bombs. It was really noisy and really bloody.

The Battle of Yorktown was fought in that field right behind us!

They fired on the British non-stop and the barrage seemed endless.

Meanwhile Cornwallis was waiting for his boss to help him.

He had already waited for British reinforcements for over 45 days and was getting impatient and the losses of British soldiers was adding up.

If I had to wait 45 days to get reinforcements while full time RVing, I think I would die!

The British Surrender and We Win!

But Cornwallis couldn’t take it any more.

Finally Cornwallis surrendered and the Americans won.

Thanks to France, and Washington’s persistence we won this battle and our Independence!

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I wasn't so sure about RVing to Cowpens, SC...but I did end up having fun

This blog is about RVing full time…so what does “The Battle of Cowpens” have to do with RVing full time?

When you go RVing full time, you see some pretty interesting things you may never have known about.

That is unless…..your Mom and Dad drag you and your brother to the other side of the Universe RVing full time to places like Cowpens, South Carolina.

Just look at all you’re missing by NOT going to Cowpens….

Cowpens is one interesting place...

While RVing full time as a kid, you end up getting dragged to places nobody has ever heard about…except you and your brother and of course, your history-crazed parents…

RVing Full Time in Cowpens, South Carolina

Where the heck is Cowpens, South Carolina?????

Sure, we could have taken the NORMAL road and gone straight from Charlotte to Asheville, North Carolina…but NO!

My brother and I were kidnapped to Cowpens!

Cowpens, South Carolina is known for a Revolutionary War battle that turned the tide of the Revolutionary War.

The Battle of Cowpens was fought in South Carolina and not many people know how important it was in the Revolutionary War. The Continental Army, with the help of hundreds of militia from South Carolina, helped to end the American Revolution.

Because if it weren’t for Cowpens, Yorktown never would have happened!

Do you see how RVing can make you smarter?

This is especially true if you have parents that have strange interests in Presidential history (Mom) and American military history (Dad).

This makes for a very long full time RV trip….

The Battle of Cowpens – How It Happened

I did learn that the Battle of Cowpens was actually really important because General Cornwallis retreated to the north to Virginia after the battle of Cowpens. When he retreated to Virginia, he got stuck in Yorktown and that led to the end of the Revolutionary War.

My Dad told me that Mel Gibson starred in a movie (that he won’t let me see yet by the way – because guys heads get smashed off by rolling cannonballs and I’m not allowed to see that yet) – they call this “redcoat bowling” by the way – that was about the Battle of Cowpens.

My mom and dad say that even though Mel Gibson is a good actor, he’s crazy….plus he got they got the details all wrong.

Mel Gibson is nuts...I'll bet he would like RVing full time a lot!

The Americans were led by Daniel Morgan. He was important because he planned the whole battle out. He figured if he strategized correctly, he could do a double envelopment of the British, he would catch them off guard. He was right!

I didn’t know that word “double envelopment” either before I went full time RVing either!

The British were led by Banastre Tarleton. He was hated by the Colonists because he fought dirty and he had slaughtered a bunch of surrendered Colonists in The Battle of Waxhaws.

RVing Full Time to The Battle of Cowpens – The Strategy

When the battle started, both sides set up positions.

Then what happened was the first line of the Colonists moved into the second line.

Then they had to move into the third line and created a fake out and turned around and marched and then turned and fired.

Then the first line of Colonists was flanked on the right side of the British and the second line one on the left.

Then the cavalry attacked.

Here is how it all looked:

In the end, the battle was won by the Americans because they fought hard…and more importantly they fought SMART!

It only took 18 minutes to fight the whole battle!

This battle was important because it freed the people in the South. But more importantly, it led to the showdown at Yorktown!

Just wait until my next full time RV post to get the information on that!

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We loved RVing full time in San Francisco, here we are in front of "The Seven Sisters"

There were lots things I loved about RVing full time in California.

Because the state is so big, when you RV full time in California, there is so much to see.

But my brother Eli and I liked San Francisco the best, because we stayed there the longest. What made it the most fun is that we had our cousins there.

When you RV full time, you get to see many neat things and learn a lot of things that you never knew about before. And sometimes you just have FUN!

In this full time RVing post, Eli and I tell you about some of our favorite things about RVing full time in Cali!

1. Seeing Our Cousins Cobalt and Cypris (known as Cy Cy)

We went to the aquarium with Cypris and Cobalt RVing

We went of lots of cool places like the aquarium in Golden Gate Park.

At their house, Eli played Legos with Cobalt and Alex chased Cy Cy around.

2. The Big Sleepover at Cobalt and Cypris’ House

Alex and Cy playing peek a boo

In the morning at about six o’ clock Cypris woke up and started crying and Alex tried to put her back to sleep. But she kicked him in the crotch! Ouch! He then put her in the bed he was sleeping in and she was fine.

3. Going to Ghirardelli Chocolate 

Ghirardelli chocolate while rving full time was our favorite place to eat!

We went with our cousins to get sundaes and they were good!

Eli almost ate his whole sundae! Believe me it tasted good. It had hot fudge,whipped cream, and a chocolate waffle cone.

4. Playing Baseball with Alex’s Buddies at Baseball Field in The Marina

Here is the Baseball field I played baseball on

Alex met a bunch of kids on a base ball field. He ended up being very good friends with them.

5. Taking science classes at the Exploratorium with Ken and Cassie

RVing at the exploratorium was fun!

Ken and Cassie were great teachers, they were fun too! Cassie was project-based and Ken was just trying to make it fun.

Here is Ken in class with me - I am on the right

We learned a lot from Ken and Cassie at the Exploratorium, it is a must see for all kids (and adults too)!

Meet the Elements at the Exploratorium

6. Building Legos at Cobalt’s house and Making New Creations

Playing with Legos at Cobalts house was a lot of fun when rving full time

Eli made at least three Lego bases. They all looked awesome!

7. Having sodas at the Top of The Mark

Root beer for Alex and seven up with sweet and sour for Eli. The soda was really good, but they had a very long line. Plus to just get a table, you had to wait 30 minutes.

We pretended we were James Bond when we went to the Top of the Mark

Once we got in, we pretended we were James Bond…that was fun.

8. Walking Across the Golden Gate Bridge

The longest walk we did RVing was the 11 miles on the Golden Gate Bridge

Wow, I remember that long 10 mile walk! We did it with our cousins. It was the longest walk that I ever walked!

9. The Alcatraz Tour When RVing

Eli "in the hole" RVing to Alcatraz

My mom thought the Alcatraz  was scary, but I thought it was interesting and cool!

I enjoyed the boat ride out too…it was as fun as RVing.

Alex enjoying the scenery when rving full time and visiting Alcatraz

10. Lego Robotics and Lego Engineering Classes

Eli at Lego robotics class

They were extremely cool. You got to make your own robot.

11. Going to the Monterrey Aquarium with Ridge and Maren

We saw this shark at the Monterey Aquarium

Ridge and Maren are our new friends and the aquarium was awesome!!

We had fun with our friends Ridge and Maren at the aquarium!

12. The Epic Sock War on Alex’s Birthday

Right before the epic sock war battle RVing!

We had a sock war and our cousin cobalt cried because he got hit in the head by a sock! Sorry Cobalt, but that WAS funny!!!

13. Super Duper Burgers on Chestnut Street

Super Duper burger was awesome!

The burgers at Super Duper Burger were awesome and the pickles were homemade and awesome!!!!!!!!

14. Getting Frozen Yogurt at Yogorino on Chestnut Street

They were right, Yogorino is the best yogurt! 101% good yogurt they said.

15. Delicious BLTs at Fresh Bay Cafe

Fresh Bay Cafe BLTs were the best BLTs we have had RVing full time

These were the best BLT’s in the world.

16. The Pool War in St. Helena

We went to a big castle in St. Helena…

We went to a castle in St. Helena and it was cool

But the epic pool war we had with Oliver was the best. We threw plastic bags with water in them at each other. Oliver’s dad Tom played whiffle ball with us while my mom and dad went to a winery. We had fun at Tom, Shirley and Oliver’s house, they were very nice to us.

17. The Best Fish Ever at Fog City Diner

The Fog City Diner was awesome!

Even though it was only made with Bay Seasoning, it was awesome!

18. Riding The San Francisco Cable Car

We rode the cable car a few times and it was fun

The cable cars were very helpful because they got people up big hills. I liked that you could jump on and off.

19. Art Class With Cousin Kyle

Kyle was an awesome art teacher! Here she is before our epic walk over the Golden Gate Bridge with Cy

The lessons she gave us were very good – we got to paint and draw. Plus, Kyle was very good at art.

Well, that is our list of the best things we did in San Francisco when we were RVing full time. When you go RVing, make sure you go to San Francisco, its the best city (next to Boston of course)!

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Alex and Eli

Me using some of my favorite RV supplies

Ever since I started RVing, people have asked me for tips on which  RV supplies I like the best.

I am not an RVing expert, but after RVing full time for nearly three months and being responsible for:

RV maintenance

RV security

RV sewer duty

RV trash duty

RV setup and RV breakdown duty

….and just about any other RVing duty my mom and dad can think of…

I feel I am somewhat qualified to give at least a few good RV supply tips!

When you are RVing full time there are certain RV supplies that you have to get the for the RV to work properly. If the RV doesn’t work properly, your neighbors might think you’re stinky, smelly or loud…but that doesn’t have much to do with this blog post!

After all I am 10 and I get a little bit silly sometimes!

So I have listed 13 absolutely essential RV accessories (my Dad helped me with that word )that you must have when RVing full time like us.

Here they are:

1. Chocks

Good RV chalks are very important so the RV doesn’t start rolling down a hill. If that happens, then your very expensive RV is wrecked and you don’t have a place to sleep.

Wheel Chocks are also used to stabilize the RV so it doesn’t sway when you walk in it. They are important needless to say!

2. Level

To get the RV level, one of the most important things in your tool box is a good level.

Also, if you need to move the RV in a certain spot you use a leveler. If you don’t have one all sorts of bad thing happen. For example your refrigerator many not work right and may get broken.

The one that we use is the Stanley FatMax Magnetic Level because you can put it on the back bumper and its magnetic so it sticks there!

3. Sewer Hose 

The sewer hose you get with your new RV really stinks! I guarantee you it will crack and leak as soon as you start using it. And you will step on it and break it just like I did (but I didn’t mean to).

To drain the sewer you don’t want to have a full black water tank spill out on you! To prevent this from happening, you want the hose to reach so you can you don’t bother your neighbors.

I recommend RhinoFLEX 5′ Extension Hose with Swivel Fittings, because it is so tough it won’t break. It is really tough. I have stepped on it many times and it has never broken. My dad has stepped on it too and he is heavier than me and it STILL hasn’t broken.

4. Disposable Gloves 

When you are dumping out the black water it is really gross! So you need really good RV Sanitation Gloves that won’t break but you can throw away after. These gloves are really tight on your hands so they keep out poop and all kinds of gross stuff.

This is what they look like:

The are the best kinds of disposable gloves I have found.

5. Extra Water Hose

You need to get an extra water hose because it really stinks when the town water hookup is too far from your RV. If it doesn’t reach, then you might have to re-park the RV. This is where you could use a garden hose.

To prevent this, always have an extra water hose on board!

6. 30 or 50 Amp Extension Cord

When you arrive at the RV park, set up and then try to plug in your electric cord but the electric box is too far away, this is a pain too. What can you do?

You could re-park the RV. Or you could have and extra extension cord just in case.

If you cannot get the electric into your RV, you would have to use your battery, but this gets drained quickly. So have an extension cord, they come in either 30 or 50 amps.

The one we use because its really tough is the Heavy Duty 30-amp 10 Electrical Cord with Handle.

7. In- line Water Filter

So you don’t spend a fortune on bottled water, you should always have an in-line water filter to get the water clean.

Its easy to hook up, just add it to the end of your water hose at the town water hookup.

We use the TastePURE CX90 Ceramic Water Filter because the filter lasts a long time and the water tastes great!

8. Inside Fan

If you need to dry something inside the RV, its good to have a fan. Also, think of a hot day and you do not have air conditioning, you need a really good fan.

I would recommend the Lasko 42-Inch Wind Curve Fan with Remote because it kept me cool all summer and it helps to dry my clothes sometimes.

9. Good Tool Box

You must have a good toolbox to fix stuff with. Stuff always breaks in an RV. Many people have a tool box back at home, but its good to get a tool box just for your RV.

You need the following tools:

• Wrench

• Hammer

• A really good 18-Volt Li-ion Drill

• A good knife

• Pliers Set

• Hatchet (for chopping up firewood)

• All-in-One Screwdriver

There are probably more tools you need, but those are the most important.

10. Lighter

When you’re RVing full time, you make lots of fires both to cook dinner and to keep away the bugs, so you need a good lighter to light all this with. Sometimes I use my flint, but when its wet it doesn’t work too well. You can also cook s’mores on an open fire too!

Plus you may need a lighter to light the stove in the RV too. I really like the Comfort Grip Lighter, it rocks!

11. Stool

In most RVs, the cabinets in them that are really high. I am almost five feet tall, but I still have a hard time getting stuff down from the higher shelves.

Get a Collapsable Stool to get stuff in cabinets. Also make it folds up so it can be portable and can fit in a closet.

12. RV Spare Tire

If you get a flat in your RV tire, make sure you have an extra wheel just in case! We nearly popped a wheel and were glad we had a spare tire just in case.

13. Jack

If you pop an RV tire, you need a heavy jack so you can lift the RV if you have a flat tire. I would recommend at least a 30 Ton Jack if you have a fifth wheel RV.

It would really stink to be on the side of the road with a flat but no way to fix the flat!

Just check the jack specs to make sure it is powerful enough to lift your RV.

We have the Torin T93007 30 Ton Hydraulic Bottle Jack. We haven’t had to use it yet, but it lifts 30 tons so we’re in good shape!

So that is my list of RV supplies you definitely need. Please feel free to click on any of the links or images on this page to get any of them for yourself.

And when you do click on any of the links or pictures on this page and you buy anything, I make a small amount of money!

Any money I make goes to my college fund…so I can’t spend it on Nerf guns though

Oh well!

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I just recently watched the movie An Inconvenient Truth by former Vice President Al Gore and it made a big impact on me because I saw many of the things Mr. Gore talks about in this movie while I was RVing full time this past summer.

Global warming is important to stop because there is no other place to go to live. It effects many people, wildlife, and habitats. There are also cleaner ways to make energy.  Global warming must be stopped.

RVing in Mitchell south dakota KOA, those guys recycled!

Recycling at RVing Parks

One of the things I noticed was that not a lot of RV parks recycle their trash. Many of the KOAs we went to ll across the country did not recycle at all. On my trip back home, I want to change this and talk to the RVing parks about recycling. I think this will help alot.

However, the KOA in Mitchell South Dakota had recycling. Those guys were cool!

Climate Changes while RVing

When we were RVing in the West this past summer, it was over 103 degrees in some places that have never been that hot before. This is a sure sign of global warming.

Global Warming Effects on Wildlife

Global warming effects wildlife in so many ways. It melts the ice that polar bears live on. It warms the water and as a result it is killing fish like Trout and Salmon. Global warming causes drouts and that kills plants.

When I was in Glacier National Park, I saw that many glaciers had melted because of global warming

I Saw Glaciers Melting While RVing

When we visited Glacier National Park, we saw that global warming had taken its toll. In 1910, there were over 150 glaciers there, now there are only 25. Many scientist think that all of them will be melted in the next 30 years. I am glad I saw them, but sad that they may disappear soon.

RVing and Pollution in Salt Lake City

Also, pollution is ruining the environment. People throw litter in the water and that is bad for the environment. This kills fish and coral. When I was in Salt Lake City, Utah RVing, the smell was awful because of the chemical plants around the city polluting. Also, there was lots of trash in the lake which is bad for birds and fish.

Other Effects of Global Warming

Global warming also ruins habitats like rain forests. The rainforests are over-populated by people. They are cutting down trees and that shrinks the rainforest.

Also, global warming effects the wetlands. We are draining all the water so we can build. We saw this in some lakes we saw in the West that are lower now than they were years ago. I saw this in Nevada and Utah. When this happens, the ground gets hard and animals that lived there can’t survive. Trees are also dying which creates less air and it effects the weather, the environment and us.

We Need to Use Cleaner Sources of Energy

We need to use cleaner sources to get energy; like using solar panels or wind turbines. We must do little things too like turning off the lights or car pooling and using hybrid cars. Plus pick up garbage when you see a piece.

These simple things will help save our environment. We can educate people to stop cutting down trees and stop littering. This is important to do because we can save our earth.

How Rving Full Time May Help Global Warming

When we are RVing in our truck, we use alot of diesel gas but we use cruise control to conserve gas. We don’t speed either. By Rving and not living in our house, we may actually be reducing our energy usage because we don’t use electricity which comes from power plants fired by coal. Coal is very dirty and creates alot of CO2 emissions and pollution.

I think I am helping the environment by RVing full time, but I am not sure. I will study this further. What do you think?

There are some people that still think that global warming does not exist. I don’t understand how this can be because I saw evidence of it RVing this past summer.

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Thank you. Alex

Our very cool sandcastle RVing in San Francisco!

Have you ever gone to a sandcastle competition?

Not at a camp, but with adults who are architects and in San Francisco?

Well we have! And we did it our first weekend in San Francisco full time RVing when we got there.

It was awesome! We love San Francisco because there is so much cool stuff that goes on here.

We sometimes like it better than home although we do miss home. But building giant sandcastles makes it hard to miss home sometimes.

Making Giant Sandcastles When RVing Full Time

A sandcastle competition is a competition about sandcastles. The goal is for you and your teammates to work together to try to build the best sandcastle, while raising money for a good cause and being creative.

San Francisco schools sponsored the competition so kids can be creative. Leap is the organization that made it possible.

Leap raises money for schools so they can have art classes, which kids don’t have because the politicians cut out money for it…that’s what my Mom and Dad say.

That doesn’t make any sense to me…how about you?

Anyway, you can see all the pictures of the sandcastle contest here.

For our full time Rving sandcastle, we made an Angry Bird volcano with pigs coming out of the top and all the birds around it. It took us all day to make it, but we finally completed it right as the buzzer sounded.

Even better, we got a trophy for “Best Feelgood Sandcastle”.  Here is the picture of our sandcastle here. It was huge!

My Dad’s cousin Kyle was the emcee and she was awesome! Our cousin Cypris helped too.

How To Build A Sandcastle When RVing

Alex, Eli and Cobalt celebrating the masterpeice!

You might ask how we built this giant sandcastle? It was because we worked on a team.

First we put water and sand on top of each other. Then we stomped on it until it was compacted into a hard sand mountain. Then we  worked on the details like the nests, pigs, and birds.

It was our first experience in California and we loved it. We had a lot of fun with our cousin Cobalt, as well as with all the other people we made the sandcastle with.

This is just some of the fun kinds of things you can do while RVing while helping a good cause at the same time.

Please join us in helping Bay Area kids and “Like” this post on Facebook (you can just click the “Like” button to the left by the way, its really easy ), so we can all help support Leap!

Thank you!

Alex and Eli

Professional Sandcastle Engineers and Full Time RVing Kids

Friends we made RVing full time in Iowa at a museum. It was easy!

Some people think that when you are RVing full time that it’s hard to make friends. We used to think that too, but now we don’t.

As a kid, you may miss your friends at home too. But to solve the problem, all you need to do is just write postcards, e-mail, Skype or call your friends. When you do that, it makes it a lot easier when full time RVing.

So for all those kids who are worried when they go live in an RV full time, that they might be lonely or they may not be able to make friends, me and my brother Alex put this list together to show you that it is actually easy to make friends when RVing full time.

1. Go to Where Other Kids Are

Usually, you can find friends in swimming pools and fun places at the RV parks.

I would recommend KOAs as the funnest campgrounds and best places to meet kids.

They have pools, playgrounds and other stuff. Although my mom and dad say they are more expensive, it makes it easier for us to make full time RV friends.

Me, Alex and Nick at the KOA in Springfield, IL in the pool!

2. Don’t Be Shy

Please don’t be shy! The butterflies won’t  fly if you don’t make friends (that means that you will be lonely if you don’t at least try).

But always be yourself! If that means being a little bit goofy, then that’s OK. But don’t try too hard, just be you.

One time in Jackson Hole there were kids playing soccer. We asked them if we could play with them and they said yes.

Sometimes all you have to do is ask the other kids to play and they will say yes!

So be brave and be friendly.

Us 3 swamis in Wisconsin (Dyllan, me and Alex)

3. Tips if You Are Shy

If you are extremely shy and you have a brother then ask him to ask the other kids to play for you. If you don’t have a sibling, then just wait for them to come as a last option.

But the best thing to do is just go over and start playing. You don’t even have to ask them sometimes!

Plus, with kids in RV parks, they all miss their friends like you so don’t worry, they are missing their friends and want to make new ones too.

Alex playing old time baseball with a bunch of kids at the Henry Ford Museum in Detroit

4. Share

After you make the acquaintance, make sure to be kind and share things with them. If there are people that want to play, let them play!

More acquaintances for you and more friends!

Alex and Dyllan trading baseball cards in Minneapolis

5. Be Mindful of the Little Kids

If there are little kids, make sure to include them too. Also, if your playing a game, make sure not to always win. Do your best, but don’t make it like you have to win everything.

However, if you are playing for a team of kids and its a really competitive game, its ok if you play your best and try to win.

Me, Alex, Ridge and Maren rock climbing in Jackson Hole, WY

6. Always Say Goodbye

When you are leaving the place you met your friends try to see them again and remember to say bye. If you can get your mom and dad to exchange their emails or if they live close to you, their addresses so you can see them again.

We met some kids in Idaho that actually live only 30 miles from us back home! I can’t wait to see them when we get home.

Alex and Spencer in Great Falls Idaho. Spencer and his sister Ella only live 30 miles from us at home!

Me, Ella and Ella's mom Carla in a museum in Idaho

So in conclusion, it is easy to make friends when you are full time RVing. If you are worried about being lonely, then don’t be. We were at first when we went in our RV full time, but we have met so many good friends, now we no longer worry about it at all.

So as long as you take the first step, you will be fine. Plus meeting new friends makes your full time RV trip a lot more fun!

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Catching frogs is another good reason kids should RV!

There are lots of reasons why kids should go RVing. At first when we went on our full time RV trip, I wasn’t sure if I’d like it that much. But now after two months, I really like it a lot.

I think there are a lot of kids out there who may think that RVing isn’t that fun for kids, but it is! Some kids think they might miss home (I do), they would miss their friends (they will) so they don’t want to go RVing.

Well, that is not true, there are many things that make RVing fun for kids.

So I thought I would put together a list of all the reasons why its so much fun to RV full time when you are a kid.

This even works if you are an adult too!

So here it is:

1. Swimming Pools

We have gone swimming in so many pools its hard to count them all!

I don’t have a pool at home so this is a big deal for me. We have the ocean near us, but I really like pools.

Most RV campgrounds have pools so this is a big bonus!

Me and Eli playing in the pool at the Mitchell South Dakota KOA pool

2. Playing Sports

You get to play sports whenever you want, including mini golf. And most of the campgrounds have mini golf courses!

Me and Eli mini golfing!

3. Cool Parks

You also get to see lots of cool parks like Glacier National Park, Custer State Park and all the cool stuff there.

Where do you get to see buffaloes back at home!

That bike better get out of the way, that buffalo weighs over 2000 pounds!

This is a bear eating huckleberries at Glacier National Park. We stayed in our car.

4. Making New Friends

So far I’ve already made 7 new friends on our RVing trip cross country.

Sometimes kids are scared to go RVing because they will miss their friends, just like I was. But all the kids who are RVing at RV parks have friends back at home who they miss, so making friends with them is easy!

I think I will make even more friends in the coming months.

Me and my new friend Spencer. He's from Massachusetts but we met in Montana!

5. Sleeping!

Sometimes while RVing, I get to sleep as long as you want almost every day. I even slept until 9 in the morning one day, that was awesome!

I can sleep almost as long as Garfield when RVing

6. Cool Land Forms

So far I’ve see a lot of different landforms on this trip. Landforms are things like mountains, plains, caves and buttes.  So far I’ve seen some pretty cool land forms like this one:

This is a mountain land form we saw from our tour boat in Waterton, Alberta.

7. Baseball (and Professional Sports)

When you’re RVing cross country, you can see almost every baseball team play. Its kind of expensive so you might not want to go to every baseball park. But if you have enough money, you can see lots of games.

Also you can collect the team cards too.

So far, I’ve seen the Cardinals, Diamondbacks, Cubs, White Sox, Pirates, Red Sox, Twins and the Tigers play baseball at four different baseball parks.

One of my favorite baseball parks was Target Field in Minneapolis:

These are out seat at Target Field in Minneapolis thanks to our friend Chris

And here is Chris with his Gran. It was her birthday, happy birthday Gran! They were nice to me.

8.Free Time

Free time is only about one(1) day out of a week but that time is very fun and you can do what ever pleases you.  In my free time, I like to organize my baseball cards and whittle.

I am also learning to use a hatchet and am getting pretty good with my flint and steel (only when mom and dad are watching though!)

Free time with Eli goofing around

9. Museums

I am learning about history and science first hand.  I’ve gone to  a lot of different museums and historical sites. They are all good, but my favorite one was  the National Mississippi River Aquarium and Museum in Dubuque, Iowa ( near Galena, IL).

They have a really fun kids section to learn about the water cycle which I learned about in school:

Fun at the Mississippi Museum!

10. Great Food!

Not that my mom and dad aren’t good cooks, but the food when RVing seems so much better. On this RVing trip I’ve had the best food in my life!

I like trying new kinds of foods like when we went to Elements in Pittsburgh which was awesome.

Me tasting a new kind of tea at Elements with my mom. Elements is my favorite restaurant!

I forgot to tell you that when we arrived at Elements that night, my dad and I talked in British accents to the hostess and she thought we were from England! We were laughing so hard I almost peed my pants.

Anyway, I really like cooking over an open fire too and I have done that many times. I have cooked dinner three times over an open flame and brekfast once, I think it tasted good.

Mom and Dad said it was the best breakast they have ever had!

Me cooking breakfast on the open fire! I am still in my jammys too...

11. Less Chores!

This by far, is one of the greatest reasons to go RVing!

RVs are smaller than houses. Kind of obvious. When living in an RV, there are less chores because the small size creates less mess!

Also back at home Mom and Dad makes us do chores every Saturday morning and Dad yells at us alot. I don’t miss that.

Sometimes Saturday mornings at home seem like this...

I don’t have to vacuum either because my brother does that. I don’t have to take out the trash as much either because the trash can always seems to be right outside your door.

Also cleaning up the kitchen in an RV is easier too because the kitchen is so small. I usually do the drying of the dishes and thats pretty easy.

12. Sunsets

In every RV park we go to, there is a different view from our window, which I think is really neat. I like my view at home, but its nice to see other views.

Also, there is a different sunset every night. Its pretty neat that the same sun that I am seeing is the same one my friends are seeing back home. This makes me feel good.

Every night you get to see sunsets like this one in Munster, Indiana

13. Time With Family

Even though I live in the same house as my Dad and Mom back at home, and they BOTH work from home, I don’t see them that much. This is because they are always working.

So when RVing full time, I see them a lot and I like that very much….even though they still work alot.

This is the best part of RVing full time.

My family at Mount Rushmore

So no matter what your interest are, you can do it when you are on the road.

For all kids who are reading this, don’t worry, RVing is fun! And for all the adults out there, it is just as fun for you too!

So what do you think about RVing full time. What are your top reasons why you would like to RV fulltime?  Please comment below.

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