Jenny's Travel Blog:

In 1960, John Steinbeck set out on a road trip across the country. He drove a truck with a camper-shell and brought along his wife's dog....

A while back I put out my list of essential car camping equipment. This post included all my big ticket items, including my car, air...

Gina (Chapman) Foucault and Jenny (Brightbill) Rule met at Badger Girls State (BGS) - a week-long camp for young women between their...

Campers - I'm going to tell you exactly where to go, what to see, and what to eat when you visit Lake Superior. Usually I just tell you...

My son Josh transferred to Montclair State University in New Jersey for his sophomore year of college, so we left our home in Wisconsin...

This is a terrible thing to admit, but I once watched the reality TV show Wife Swap. It doesn't matter if you've never seen it - the...

I have been car camping across America since March 2023, and for this blog post I'll be featuring seven free apps that have served me...

I picked up my sister-in-law, Cindy, and my nephew, Murray, at the Phoenix airport on March 23, and we moved into a double queen suite at...

I visited Joshua Tree National Park for three days in late March 2023. I had been in Phoenix visiting with family, and it took me about 5...

I'd left home March 15th and it was now April 2nd. I was car camping my way across America, seeing national and state parks and visiting...

After celebrating my son Luke's graduation the weekend of May 5-7, I returned home to Whitewater and began packing for my EAST COAST...

Some of my stops are planned, and some are happy accidents. Saguaro National Park was a happy accident. I was on my way to Phoenix (for a...

My last day working was March 1st and I started traveling March 2nd. I was blogging about my travels in the first couple of weeks, but by...

Alternative title: I have not been paid to endorse any of this equipment - I just like it. The most important piece of equipment on my...

After I left Austin, I headed toward Phoenix to meet up with family. I had three days to get there. The highway speed limit in Texas is...

I wake up later than usual. I avoid getting out of my warm sleeping bag. Today is my writing day. I read some Steinbeck as the sun glides...

Austin is just…UNIQUE. I don’t think I’ve ever been to a city like it. And I dig it. There is great food everywhere, tons of cool...

On the night of March 16 I stayed at Fontainebleau State Park in Louisiana. It had been recommended by a fellow traveler from Whitewater...

W, March 15 - Whitewater, WI to St. Louis, MO ( Gateway Arch National Park ) to Sam A. Baker State Park, Patterson, MO Th, March 16 - Sam...

(With a nod to John Steinbeck's Cannery Row) Winter Friends Weekend at Y Camp Nawakwa in northern Wisconsin is a snow globe, a fire, a...