Ed shared his journey to Assateague - his first experience with an RV - in This Is How We Roll. Now, the destination:

We arrived at Assateague State Park long after the welcome center had closed, but we had no trouble finding our oceanside site. The back-up camera made maneuvering the RV onto the pad effortless and, with the parking brake set and a fair-sized road trip’s worth of pent-up energy to expend, we emerged from the RV to thrust ourselves onto the landscape in the full moon’s light. That’s when we spotted the first horse. ... Read More

I recently tried out an RV for a weekend getaway to Assateague Island in Maryland. While I’ve been camping many times in my life, this was the first time I’d ever driven anything bigger than a pick-up truck. This was 31 feet of shiny, rolling living space that was more luxurious than most homes I’ve ever lived in. ... Read More

The Winter Texans are coming! The Winter Texans are coming! Every year at about this time, thousands of mostly retired couples (otherwise known as snowbirds) from the cold northern states swell the Rio Grande Valley of south Texas in search of a warm winter season. Many have been trekking back to the same Texas RV parks (and friends) for so long they even know that the proper Texas use of "y'all" is for one person and "all y'all" is for two or more.... Read More

Although my wife and I can now claim to be experienced campers, this was not always the case. I recall many years ago when the two of us embarked on one of our early camping trips to Hocking Hills State Park in southeastern Ohio.

 The first mistake we made was in choosing to camp on Memorial Day weekend (don’t do it!); our second mistake was ... Read More

     The LoPilato family was on a mission. The Brookline, N.H., family of four wanted to spend its summer vacation at Disney World in Florida, but also wanted to do it inexpensively. As featured today on ABC's "Good Morning America," the family cut their travel costs from an anticipated $4,500 to $2,000 by driving and staying in their RV and using AAA's travel agency services for planning, booking their campsite, purchasing discounted park tickets, getting free maps and TourBook guides and using other AAA travel tools like the Fuel Cost Calculator. View the segment here.