Life can get crazy!

It’s been since 2015 since our last blog. With kids getting older and more active when we have a spare moment it’s nice to just chill out. Now our kids are three years older yikes and able to give us a few hours I thought I’d start this blog back up. I’ll be blogging about the trips we’ve take and some of the bumps in the rv we’ve had. I hope you’ll enjoy and maybe also learn something along the way. Wait till I talk about our slide out debacle. Sometimes it just takes a moment to slow down. Haha!Safe travels everyone and stay tuned.Like us on Facebook at Gasoline and Marshmallows.

Driveway RVing

DRIVEWAY RVING

This weekend we decided to stay home and do some driveway camping. We had a friend over and her two kids they have never stayed in camper before. It was fun they came over about 7:00pm and we got the fire going for s'mores and just relaxed. We are having some construction done so the driveway is a little cluttered but we made the best of it. The campfire was actually the second we had this year at our home.

 The moms stayed up and the kids fell to bed during a movie I headed in to watch a movie and unwind from a busy day. 

In the morning we made monkey bread again which is really becoming a tradition at our sites. 

What so great about driveway camping?

First no fuel, you don't have to drive anywhere so you save on the expense of fuel. 

Second if you forgot something it's just up the drive way. 

Now I know we don't buy campers & RV's to stay home and driveway camp but sometimes you don't want to go far so what's closer than your driveway. We do love traving and seeing different places. Next time we'll all head to a park somewhere where the kids can swim and have even more fun. 

Safe Travels everyone

Geocaching

So last year in the fall I found a neat hobby that we could do on our walks it's called geocaching. What is a geocach you ask. It's can vary in size from micro to a ammo size box with trinkets.

 They will always have a log in them so they know you found it and you go to geocaching.com and log it in. You can use your phone or a GPS to find these treasures. I use my iPhone so I can log it in right away. You can get a beignet account for nothing with just a few caches or 30.00 for a full year membership with all the caches and the app for my phone cost 10 so 40 dollars in total but I find it worth it. 

This weekend it was beautiful weather 40-50's so we had to get out and walk and find some caches. These were mostly just log ones where you write down your handle & date which can be tricky to find.

 

One was a drilled out log with the cach it. With the snow finally melting we plan to find some large caches which I think will be more fun for the kids. It's really a great thing to keep your walks more interesting & gets you to see some places you may never get to. Caches are everywhere we actually had one at the end of the block so their close. Want something fun to do try 

Update: as of this spring we are at 12 caches and we've had a blast doing it. This spring we hit it hard while the bugs and Mosquitos weren't out and it's taken me the adult it the sides of hills. It's very very fun, I love to see the faces of my kids when they find one.  Geocaching  http://www.geocaching.com/

Wonder if there's on other outside treasure hunting game out there.....

RVing Josie's idea?

One day after I picked up the kids from daycare my daughter saw a camper and said to me Daddy we need one of those and go camping. My wife and I have looked at them not seriously but looked at them non the less. So the next week one mentioned to Jenn what my daughter had said. Then we started looking at floor plans, types and what we wanted in the motorhome. We were at a local Rv lot and were looking at used ones and we saw a new 2014 Winnebago with BUNKS! At this point bunks were a must. We looked and looked for used ones to no luck for at least a week or so and then online there it was. The soon to be six wheel cabin a 2008 Winnebago Access 31J low miles & BUNKS!

So we headed over to that lot and it was gone, rented to a family for their vacation they tried to get my wife to see another one and she said no we want to see the 31J, and said we'll be back. A week later it all started, we went and saw it with the kids and we all liked it. Then came the adult part of the adventure negotiation and planning which is never the greatest part but it's a must. We got the payments where we we were comfortable and a week later we picked it up. We only got to take it out four times in 2013 and we didn't go far just because it was so new to is and we wanted to learn se of the ins and outs of the motorhome. The first black water tank (poop holding tank) was the most careful I think I've ever been. It's a scary process the first time but after the turd one it's a lot easier. Then unfortunately it was time to put it away for the winter. We had birthdays and school to get ready for. I winterized it the best in could had a buddy come over and check it out then we brought it to our families for storage for the winter. What a winter it was....