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

Whatzee? Munzee!

What the heck is a Munzee

It's a QR Code. 

What the heck is a QR Code?

QR code noun

trademark

noun: QR code; plural noun: QR codes

1. a machine-readable code consisting of an array of black and white squares, typically used for storing URLs or other information for reading by the camera on a smartphone.

   "they were the first retailer here to offer QR codes in their advertising"

   
   

   

   I'm always looking for fun stuff to do with the kids either after work or on our trips. Much like geocaching it's a scavenger hunt to find these codes. Some are hidden really well & actually if your looking for a geocach there can be some Munzees close by. Which adds to the fun. I use my iPhone and if we're at a park or camping I'll pull up the map for both just to see what's out there and usually there's a lot. As with geocaches you can deploy your own and seeing that there small you can place them anywhere. You can print your own or buy them. There's other stuff like that you can buy of course it costs $30 for a year. Since I've always got my iPhone with me it didn't seem that bad when you stumble on one and you just scan it with the app and you get points. You get points when you capture,deploy & when someone captures your Munzees. 

   Whats on the app? 

   There's a map of where Munzees are located it uses your GPS so have a spare battery. A achievement page of badges and special Munzees you've caught. Your capture page were you scan Munzees you find and a page for your Munzees, ones you've deployed. It's fun it gets you out and walking around searching.

   Our First Capture

   We were hanging out at one of our parks here and my son and I decided to look for a geocach so we were walking and there was to many muggles around. I decided to turn the Munzeeapp on and there was on just a few feet from us. So the hunt was on we searched little while and there it was the code. (Location won't be compromised) we both were pretty excited when we found it.  

   It's nice to add to the arsenal of fun stuff to do outside. So go check it out at

   http://www.munzee.com/

   and have some fun!