Campfires & Motors Blog
Real RV experience, useful travel information and lessons from the road.
Our blog is where we go deeper into the things we learn while traveling full-time: RV maintenance, campground experiences, water and gear, travel planning, national parks, boondocking and the everyday realities of life on the road.
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RV Maintenance
Repairs, preventative maintenance and lessons learned from keeping a full-time RV on the road.
Full-Time RV Life
What full-time travel is really like, including the good days, difficult days and things we wish we knew sooner.
RV Travel
Travel-day experiences, route planning, destinations and practical lessons from moving around the country.
Campgrounds
Campground stays, boondocking experiences and useful information from places we have actually visited.
National Parks
Our experiences exploring America’s national parks by RV, including hikes, scenic drives and trip ideas.
RV Gear & Reviews
Equipment and products we have used on the road, with practical context from real RV travel.
All Published Articles
From the Campfires & Motors blog archive.
Patriotic
Celebrating America’s 250th: The American Journey
In 2026, the United States marks an extraordinary milestone: 250 years since the nation declared its independence. Nearly two and a half centuries ago, a group of determi…
RV Travel
RV Life Adventures
Road to Freedom: Exploring Full-Time RV Living Imagine waking up each day with a new horizon and a sense of endless possibility. Full-time RV living is more than just tra…
RV Travel
RVing During High Fuel Prices: How to Travel Smart and Keep Going
Fuel prices are climbing again, and for RVers, that hits hard . Right now we are seeing gas pushing toward $4 per gallon in many areas, with diesel even higher. That is n…
RV Maintenance
SeeLevel Tank Sensors Review: Why We Upgraded Our RV Tank Monitor
Accurate tank readings are one of the most overlooked parts of RV life, until they fail. Like many RVers, we dealt with factory tank sensors that were unreliable, inconsi…
RV Maintenance
RV Tire Blowout on the Highway: What Happened and What We Learned
If you live or travel full time in an RV long enough, a RV tire blowout is not an if, it is a when. Ours happened in Wyoming, just outside of Rock Springs, and it was one…
RV Life
The Biggest Mistakes New Full Time RVers Make
Starting full time RV life is exciting, but it can also feel overwhelming very quickly. Most mistakes new full time RVers make are not because of bad decisions. They happ…
RV Life
Our Honest First Year of Full Time RV Life: The Good & The Bad
The Dream Full time RV life is something a lot of people dream about, but few truly understand until they live it. A little over a year ago, we made the decision to go al…
RV Life
America 250 Tee Shirt: Patriotic Design That Gives Back
The American Journey 250 shirt was created to represent the road behind us and the miles still ahead and celebrates 250 years of American Independence. It is a clean, pat…
Truck
Data Driven Maintenance: AMSOIL, Oil Analysis, and Bypass Filters
If you live this lifestyle long enough, you learn one thing quickly. Maintenance is not optional. When your home has wheels and your plans depend on an engine starting ev…
RV Life
Top 5 National Parks to Visit This Year
When you travel full time like we do, you quickly realize something. Not all national parks are the same. Some are famous for a reason. Others surprise you. And a few com…
RV Maintenance
RV Maintenance Tasks You Should Never Ignore
Living and traveling in an RV gives you freedom, but it also comes with responsibility. RVs are heavy, complex machines, and small problems can turn into big ones fast if…
Blog
Why Drinking Water Safety Matters More Than You Think in RV Life
When you’re living on the road, water is one of those things you don’t always think twice about. You hook up, turn on the faucet, and go. But the truth is, water quality…
Why We Write
Useful information should come from experience.
We spend a lot of time actually using the equipment, driving the roads, staying at the campgrounds and dealing with the maintenance problems we write about. That gives us a perspective that is difficult to get from a product description or a generic travel list.
As the blog grows, we’ll continue building useful articles around the questions RVers search for—while connecting those articles to our videos, travel pages and real experiences on the road.