This past weekend, we made our way down to one of my favorite areas in the state for a camping weekend in Van Buren, Missouri along with my parents! We first fell for this area in 2017, when we floated the Current River with my family and as we discover more and more we fall deeper in love with this super special part of the state. This was our first trip here in our camper, and I can guarantee you that it will not be the last. Any time we visit a new area or camp somewhere new, we try to make it a 3-day weekend. Matt is fortunate enough to have a job that will frequently allow him to work 4-10’s. So, we left Friday morning and drove through some moody, rainy weather – our favorite – and arrived in Van Buren in the early afternoon. We checked into a new-to-us campground and discovered we were going to get to try something new: backing into a campsite! Although we back the camper into its parking spot after each trip, this was our first time having to back between obstacles on both side in a much tighter capacity. We make […]