Understanding Kayak Types
Bringing the right toys camping is all part of the fun! Understanding kayak types is important before you commit to one. If you are thinking about what kind you might want for your adventures, you’ll want to understand the pros and cons of different ones. On top,...
Paddling with an Inflatable Kayak
By Lisa Dempsey There is Magic in Water Being near the water adds a memorable detail to most campsites. It is even better to be on the water in a kayak, canoe, or a stand-up paddle board, aka SUP. These non-motorized, woman-powered watercraft allow you to encounter...
Parks with Exceptional Water Attractions
With summer just around the corner, Jeff Crider shares some awesome campgrounds with water attractions around the country with Go RVing. RVers often escape the summer heat by looking for campgrounds with great water features, especially lakes and swimming pools. But...
7 Tips for New RV Owners
Our friends at Camco have some great tips for new RV owners just starting out. If you’ve taken the plunge and bought your first RV, chances are that you are a little bit intimidated on what to do and where to start. There’s plenty to learn when it comes to RVing, but...
No Ticks Allowed
by Shari Sullivan It’s tick season here in Alabama and all over this beautiful country where we love to be outside enjoying the warmer weather and everything nature offers. Everything, that is, except ticks! Ticks can be found in every state in the United States...
Spotlight on Brattleboro, Vermont
It’s no secret that Vermont is filled with a seemingly endless supply of picture perfect towns, but even so, each one is unique. Living in Massachusetts, I can be in Vermont in a couple of hours and I love to check out different towns whenever I get the chance. Last...
The Girl, the Camper, the Story
From Harvest Hosts Roads & Stays: An Audio Magazine We are sharing this episode of Harvest Hosts’ podcast in which they interview our Girl Camper Magazine Executive Editor Kim Foley MacKinnon, journalist, author and happy camper (her Scamp is pictured...
Three Generations of Happy Campers
One of the thrills of grandparenting is sharing what you love with your grandchildren. I have long imagined the day when I could tote a grandbaby along on a camping trip and watch the delight in their eyes as they take in all the new surroundings. I have dreamed of...
RV Tips for Beginners
Amber, a first-time RVer, shares her tips and advice for others who are considering RVing for the first time. On my recent mother-daughter Las Vegas trip, I was able to try out the RV lifestyle. We rented our home away from home for the week and stayed at...
Camp-A-Float
Theresa Leppert shares her memories of converting an RV into a boat and camping along the river with her family in the 1970s with Go RVing. I have been camping as long as I can remember. My dad sold RVs in the 1970s and 1980s, so we were always in and around the...
Watercolor Journaling: Getting Started
By Guest Writer Kirsti Johanson Welcome to our third and final installment of Watercolor Journaling – Getting Started! You can read the previous installments here: PART ONE and PART TWO. You’ve gathered your supplies, you’re ready to play, but … you don’t know...
Organizing Your RV
Every once in a while, you have to clear the clutter and bring order to your RV. Just like a sticks and bricks house, things can get out of hand. I spent a very pleasant day in my RV emptying every cabinet and really deciding on whether what I was unearthing from the...The Pioneer Woman
This is a Girl Camper event review of the Pioneer Woman in Pawhuska, Oklahoma by Nancy Grant.
Watercolor Journaling – Gathering Supplies
By Guest Writer Kirsti Johanson Welcome to our second installment on Watercolor Journaling! You can read the first installment HERE. Adding sketches to your journal really involves nothing special – all you really need is paper and something to write with. ...
Conservation at the Campground
There is so much awareness today of the toll that our ‘disposable’ world has taken on the environment, and I am glad to see the tide turning. Now I have a focus on conservation at the campground. I must admit that I was pretty hooked on convenience items and never...
Watercolor Painting and Travel Journaling
By Guest Writer Kirsti Johanson Hey, Girl Campers! Resa here. I’m really excited to share a three-part series on watercolor painting and travel journaling with you, written by our own Girl Camper, Kirsti Johanson! I met Kirsti last fall at Mirror Mirror on the...
Demystifying RV Types
Demystifying RV Types Are you new to camping and mystified by all the choices of campers out there? Wondering what the difference between a Class A and Class B is? Or a travel trailer and a 5th wheel? Just what can a toy hauler haul? Our friends at Camco have written...
3 Tips To Beat the Fear Of Towing
Does the thought of towing a camper make you nervous? Does your stomach tighten a bit? We were all new to towing once. In this video from GoRVing , Janine Pettit shows her three tips to beat the fear of towing. Check it out. Adding a weight distribution hitch with...My Love Affair With Coffee & Wacaco
By Dana Botz, Minnesota Chapter Guide The Love Affair Begins I love coffee. There! I said it: I absolutely love coffee. I love the taste of it, the steam rising up from a hot cup, and its delightful aroma. My earliest memory relates to coffee. I remember being too...