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Owen Sound KOA - Owen Sound, Ontario

July 16, 2020 / BY Alanna Rusnak
—this post contains Amazon affiliate links— CAMPGROUND RATING We think it's important to share our thoughts on the places we stay and we're choosing to give each r place a rating out of five. Five campers means we really loved it and have zero complaints. One means yikes - maybe don't take your family there. Everyone has different reasons for liking or not liking a place, and we may be looking for sites that offer...

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Pork Chops & Veggies - VanLife Skillet Edition

July 16, 2020 / BY Alanna Rusnak
After bringing Pearl out of storage this spring, I decided to remove the propane stove top. We had never used it. Not once. And it was gross: sticky, greasy, rusty. Yuck! (You can see the old stove in the Philly Cheese Steak post.)This left us 100% dedicated to skillet meals. For now anyway.This 'throw it in a pot and hope it works' version of pork chops turned out so well, it was worthy of a...

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Happy Hearts Park - Tobermory, Ontario

July 03, 2020 / BY Alanna Rusnak
CAMPGROUND RATING We think it's important to share our thoughts on the places we stay and we're choosing to give each r place a rating out of five. Five campers means we really loved it and have zero complaints. One means yikes - maybe don't take your family there. Everyone has different reasons for liking or not liking a place, and we may be looking for sites that offer different things than you need. Always...

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Glaming up the Kitchen with Sticker Tiles!

May 16, 2020 / BY Alanna Rusnak
—this post contains Amazon affiliate links—Since the very beginning I knew I wanted to find some kind of easy (cheap!) option for cleaning up the kitchenette - making it a little brighter and a little more "me". While I am all about embracing vintage charm, there are a lot of little changes that can be made that maintain that charm, but also make you go, "yeah, this feels like home."I went on a bit of...

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How a Friends Episode Helped Us Name our Van

January 22, 2020 / BY Alanna Rusnak
We needed to name our van and we had several names on the table, but sadly, I can't remember most of them. Liam, the snarky thirteen-year-old, wanted Vanessa. "Get it?" he said. "VANessa." He thought it was hilarious. I thought it was too obvious. It came from the kid who hated our choice for the door panels so I have a hard time accepting any of his suggestions, let alone letting him name our beauty....

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