Campfire Stories - Heartland RV

Stories from the road, RV tips, and real experiences from the Heartland community.

A person sitting at a picnic table next to a large fifth-wheel camper and a parked red pickup truck.

Campground Review: Champoeg State Park, OR

Champoeg State Park, 30 minutes outside of Portland, Oregon, is a great spot to take the family for a long...

A three-part sequence showing a person installing a stained-glass panel featuring a desert scene with a howling wolf into an RV window frame.

Always On Liberty: Get A New Door Window PLUS Instructions For A DIY Window Swap

By: Lisa & Dan Brown Instructions For A New Window Swap As nomads living in tight quarters, we have resolved ourselves...

A blue pickup truck towing a large fifth-wheel travel trailer parked in a desert landscape.

Camping Off The Grid: Always On Liberty Share Their Best RV Boondocking Tips

By: Lisa & Dan Brown At the beginning of 2017 – our third year on the road – we experienced our very first...

A blue pickup truck towing a large white, black, and red fifth-wheel camper parked in an open lot overlooking a lake.

Campground Review: Wilson Lake Corps of Engineers Minooka Park

By: Lisa & Dan Brown Minooka Park Campground is located on the south side of Wilson Lake in the wide open...

Aerial view of a campsite with two pickup trucks pulling campers, a utility trailer, two passenger vehicles, and a small group of people gathered near a fire pit in a desert landscape.

Boondocking Rules of the Road

By: Lisa & Dan Brown Since we’ve been doing this boondocking thing for over a year now, we’ve become better stewards...

Schumacher Storm 700 portable power station with a 12V port and two AC outlets on the front control panel.

Product Review: Storm 700 Portable Power Unit

By: Jim & Melinda Tanner You think about it during storms…you hope it doesn’t happen…but sometimes it does. …POWER OUTAGE… Now...

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RV Destination: The Czech Capital of Kansas – Wilson, KS

By: Lisa & Dan Brown This past September (2017), after we had visited our son and his family in Minneapolis, it...

Aerial view of an RV park with rows of parked recreational vehicles.

Campground Review: Salem RV Resort (Oregon)

By: Jim & Melinda Tanner We spent our Veterans Day Weekend at the Salem RV Resort (Salem, Oregon). While only a...

A blue pickup truck towing a large Cyclone fifth-wheel travel trailer with two people standing between them on a roadside.

Always On Liberty: Switches Gears

By: Lisa & Dan Brown When we first started our RV adventures in 2014, we purchased a brand new Heartland Cyclone 5th wheel toy...