Have you ever wondered how a princess would live in the USA? It starts, as so many things in Florida do, with a land grant from the King of Spain. The Historic Princess Place Preserve is Off the Beaten Path
This off-the-beaten-path report from Tom and Patti Burkett takes us to Liberal Kansas and Dorothy's house from the Wizard of Oz. Plus camping in the area and more sites to see. Lyman Baum, who much preferred to use his middle name Frank, was a sickly child. Growing up on an estate in New York, he […]Read More
Many of us have visited George Washington’s famous plantation at Mount Vernon, but we were intrigued to stop in at Pope’s Creek Farm, the spot on the Potomac where our first President was born. More interesting by far than the displays was what we found out from the ranger on duty at the COVID era […]Read More
Patti and Tom Burkett are regular off-the-beaten-path reporters for the RV Lifestyle. This week, they take us to the Natchez Trace and historical French Camp, LA This is a story that starts with Louis LeFleur, who was born in a settlement near Fort Condé on the Gulf of Mexico. As a young man, he operated flatboats […]Read More
Water conservation in your RV is very important if you are going to enjoy boondocking. One thing that will detract from your enjoyment of the wilderness is running out of water, especially when the nearest supply is far away. The camping location in the photo is perfect, except that the nearest source of drinking water […]Read More
Our Off the Beaten Path Reporters Tom & Patti Burkett take us to the unassuming but fascinating Early Television Museum near Columbus, Ohio. On a backstreet in an ordinary small suburban town in Ohio, there’s a steel commercial building like a dozen others nearby. Except it’s not like them at all. Walk through the unassuming […]Read More
In this off-the-beaten-path report, Tom and Patti Burkett take us to a hidden church in the Land Between the Lakes. If you drive a long, narrow, dirt and gravel road, without a name, almost to the edge of the Cumberland River, you can just get to Saint Stephen’s Church. The trim white one-room building is […]Read More
This “Cooking on the Road” article originally posted in 2013 by Guest author Campskunk – Updated in 2021 When we made the transition from a sticks and bricks house to fulltiming three years ago, one thing that didn't change much was the menu. I had wooed my beautiful bride with my cooking during our courtship […]Read More
Off the Beaten Path in Ohio, Tom & Patti Burkett visit a church, learn about a Saint, and discover a link to automotive history, all in one stop. Churches make great road trip stops. They’re often beautiful, usually quiet, and frequently home to someone willing to sit down and chat for a while about what’s going […]Read More
The 4 Corners Region of the U.S. has a plaque where you can put your foot down and stand in four states at once in the Navajo Nation. You may have been there. Our off the Beaten Path reporters Patti & Tom Burkett visited the 4 Corners Region and the special plaque. This is their […]Read More
We love hearing about our fellow RV Traveler's adventures! Here's an off the beaten path report on things to do and see in Saint Louis, MO. By Tom and Patti Burkett For years we’ve had the City Museum of Saint Louis on our list of travel stops, so the last time we went to visit our […]Read More
Many RVers whose RVs are in storage for the winter discover that while it's been sitting there unused, the RV has had visitors – mice!! Here's how to mouse proof your RV. We have heard so many sad stories of mice getting into an RV and literally destroying it. Between chewing up wires, burrowing inside […]Read More
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