The tools and resources we use to plan our RV trips

Many of you have asked.. how do we find all those great sites, have all those great adventures… as we travel around in our RV. Though we are big believers in serendipity… taking advantage of what suddenly comes our way and not being locked into an inflexible schedule… we also do our share of planning.

We like to think of a plan as a general direction, subject to change if new opportunities present themselves, but a a pointer to where we want to go and how we intend to get there.

So we’re going to show you. We use all sorts of tools to make up that plan…books, maps, guides, online resources. You can’t make a good plan without good information. In the description below, we’ll put links to the tools we’re going to show you.

Here's the video. Below it, I will list all the resources we showed in the video:

BOOKS

National Geographic Guide to Scenic Highways and Byways, the 275 Best Drives in the US – https://amzn.to/39DLzL0

National Geographic Guide to State Parks of the United States and Canadian Provincial Parks – https://amzn.to/2FCP6f3

Fodor’s Complete Guide to National Parks of the West – https://amzn.to/37HHYK4

Amazing Festivals 100s of Hometown Celebrations – https://amzn.to/37JC0s2

MAPS

Rand McNally 2020 Large Scale Road Atlas – https://amzn.to/2upsqwm

Rand McNally Folded Paper Map of U.S. – https://amzn.to/39LcYL5

APPS AND WEBSITES

Harvest Hosts – https://rvlifestyle-ider.wp1.sh/hh

Boondockers Welcome – https://rvlifestyle-ider.wp1.sh/boondockerswelcome

Overnight RV Parking – https://rvlifestyle-ider.wp1.sh/overnight

Free Campsites – https://freecampsites.net/

ONLINE PLANNING

RV Trip Wizard – https://rvlifestyle-ider.wp1.sh/rvtripwizard