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Our spontaneous camping trip to Driftwood Provincial Park was supposed to be a relaxing weekend getaway. Instead, we battled chipmunks, discovered a suspicious Blackstone smell, encountered a campground ninja, and nearly ran out of toilet paper.
Our first family RV camping trip of 2026 had everything: hiking trails, campfire cooking, surprise ticks, a tech-starved teenager, and plenty of camping chaos. Read the hilarious story of our season opener in the great outdoors.
Checkers is a fierce guard dog at home, but campground geese and deer clearly didn’t get the memo. A funny tale of camping with a canine bluff master.
Every summer, Canadians perform a sacred ritual: liberating Grandma from her apartment habitat and releasing her, gently, into the wilderness. What follows involves temperature negotiations, snack diplomacy, a sugar-fuelled seven-year-old, and a dog with absolutely no moral compass around unattended hot dogs. If you’re planning a multigenerational RV camping trip this summer, consider this your survival guide — because this isn’t a vacation. This is a peace treaty.
What began as a simple Harvest Hosts stop turned into a white-knuckle drive through a tornado warning, an unexpected lesson in competitive alpacas, and an ongoing turf war between ducks and chickens. This is the story of a camping trip that went wildly off-script—and became unforgettable.
RV life looks dreamy on Instagram, but the real adventure happens in Walmart parking lots, black tank debates, and cramped mornings when you question all your life choices. This humorous guide shares the hard-earned tips, sanity savers, and family strategies every RVer needs to stay (mostly) calm and happily rolling down the road.
When our peaceful morning coffee turned into a full-blown turf war between Checkers and a band of highly organized squirrels, our campground became the scene of canine heroics, nutty retaliation, and one very airborne cup of coffee. Grab your mug and laugh along as we relive Checkers vs. The Squirrel Mafia — a camping adventure where no pinecone was safe.
What’s scarier than a haunted forest on Halloween weekend? Running out of coffee. Join the Shull family as their cozy fall camping trip at Coffee Creek Campground turns into a caffeine-fueled comedy of horrors. Between zombie-like mornings, ladybug invasions, and desperate instant coffee salvation, this “brew-tal” tale proves that no ghost story can top the terror of a forgotten coffee tin.
Ever wondered what happens when a family with a dad who runs on coffee, a jubilant Checkerdoodle, and a rogue
A Memorable Trip To Murphy’s Point Provincial Park Remember those idyllic camping trips of your youth? Sun-drenched days, crackling campfires,
