many years ago we went on an epic road trip and sent a postcard from every sightseeing location to my dad. He kept them. After he passed away we found the postcards and looked over them with our kids-now in their 30s. fun to remember the trip from their point of view as kids with those notes we sent my dad. I would suggest the post cards and write your favorite memory from that day. In our digital day it is a quick tactile way to remember the best parts of a long trip.
One of my favorite things about full timing, when Sunday hits, the majority of the campground empties out and remains that way until Thursday or Friday. The weekends are usually pretty packed and hectic but we generally use the weekends to travel to our next spots.
Many years ago (circa late 80's), we began with collecting shot glasses, but soon learned that they need a lot of shelf/closet space to display/store. So, about 8 years ago, we switched to magnets and are so glad we did. Much easier and safer to pack while still traveling and easier to display once home -- I created framed magnet boards for them: one for US and Caribbean and another for the rest of the world.
I think you should collect postcards. Then you can right on the back your favorite memory and put them in an album. I collect Christmas ornaments from wherever we go.
Magnets will eventually weigh you down. Post cards, if you write a brief note about your experience at the location AND put them in a dedicated box. I suggest stickers to place somewhere on the vehicle. Inside a cabinet door, outer access door. Alternative, piece of heavy clear film, cut to the interior size of a window. Place stickers on the film. Easy to display, take down when you want, keep if/when you have a new adventure vehicle.
Another possibility for a collection are enamel pins. You can get a sheet of thick corkboard and stick them into it for display. Might work better even than magnets if you don't have a lot of ferrous metal surfaces to put them on.
You could have stopped at the Downstream Resort at exit #1 on Missouri highways. On the resort grounds is a point where Arkansas, Oklahoma and Missouri come together. You could have knocked out 3 states at one time, lol!
In the UK, those magnets are called 'Fridge Magnets' because they stick to the metal door face of the fridge, though any ferrous surface would do. I'd go with the magnets anyway.
You can bind the postcards into a book and write on the back where you’ve been. You can add a magnet panel somewhere to put the magnets but it does take up a lot of visual space. Personally, I’ve been doing postcards and stickers for when I go to national parks. Much lighter and less waste!
Glad it’s cooling down for you. Must admit, had just a tiny bit anxiety wondering if one of might lean back in the chair on the roof, have it flip backwards, and off you tumble to the ground! Oh, we had a hot week in San Diego…up to 80F a couple of days…back to a more appropriate 72F today.
Is that roof rated for load-bearing? I'd be worried about stressing it out and springing little leaks in the fall. Great film anyhow, you're certainly selling the RV lifestyle. I'm very impressed with how the rig is handling those mountain roads and Eureka looks like a lovely town to visit. The cocktail menu needs a bit of work!
no matter what drinking on a roof without a railing, is dangerous. i have seen it go wrong for a pregnant woman that was not drunk, she dident know on leg from the chair was over the side when she sat down. if it can´t stand the weight, then it will probetly start to leek in the top, if you dont fall through the roof
Eureka Springs is epic! Such a fun quirky town. It’s a MUST SEE! Definitely do tour the famous historic Crescent Hotel, supposedly haunted and was featured on one of those ghost hunting Tv shows.
Great to see Clementine performing A-okay for you. I also appreciate that you leave in the little snafus and keep it real. :) For thrifty souvenirs: you can select a pebble from each State and write on the State name and the date you arrived, and keep them in a jar. One thought: Any way to add a pop-up railing to your rooftop for safety?
We collect Christmas tree ornaments when we travel. Sometimes we repurpose items we think are lovely that aren’t meant to be ornaments. Every Christmas we get to relive our trips
Postcards are great and they store compactly if you keep them many years. They are also easy to scan if you need to part with them later. Limit magnets to 5 or 10 special ones that might fit on your fridge or somewhere else vertical. Limit shot glasses to two very special ones. They take up more space! Great video!
We do both! Each states Magnets on our camper oven hood, and then hang our postcards on strings in the camper for decor! Lightweight and you could scrapbook them later!
Get both start a scrap book with postcards and flyers. Magnet are useful and small. Shot glasses to easy to break and take up room. Thanks for sharing your day with me. You made my day 💕. You shouldn't be surprised when somone gives a friendly shout out your fans love you. Blessings and safe travels.
For souvenirs you should get something different in each state, especially if it is iconic to the state or weird! That way you don’t collect too many of one thing!
If you want a more comfortable rooftop without the weight of a wooden, or synthetic wood, deck you can do it 2 ways. 1: They make a stick on padding you can adhear straight to the roof (watch/get hold of Kara and Nate for what they stuck down to their roof deck to make it more comfortable to sit on), or 2: get a sheet of Alucobond (5mm aluminum composite sheeting, or called panel cladding) and screw it down to the roof to strengthen it and spread out your weight across a wider area. You can then put the stick on padding on top of it for a bit of cushion, or get a sheet of the composite panels with a woodgrain print (or whatever pattern/look you like) to make it kinda look like a wood surface. The Alucobond is 2 thin sheets of aluminum with a synthetic material sandwiched between them for strength and lightness and is used for large buildings siding and signage/billboards. The Alucobond only weighs about 7 pounds per square meter so it won't be heavy like a wooden deck!
Just started watching your channel. You have very upbeat and welcoming personalities. Good work on the video as well. Having owned many RVs i would suggest at the very least that you glue down one piece of white rubber roofing material that covers the entire roof. It wont strengthen the roof structure but it will eliminate leaks that could be caused by walking or sitting on the roof. I have never had that system fail me. It completely eliminates the patching leaks battle that comes with older RVs. It flexes with the body. You could also glue wood on top of that to strengthen the roof deck for walking and sitting.
You could totally mix your souvenirs up, get a few shot glasses, get a few magnets, get several postcards.. that way you kind of have a mix and you get to remind yourself of places you've traveled when you take a shot or look at the postcards or magnets
Arkansas is super under rated and I hope it stays that way! haha we have family very very close to where you are and we love that area so much, can't wait to be out there again soon.. this time with our home on wheels!!
Maybe you decided to do post card table top. You could make a little table that folds for when you need an outside table, when you’re somewhere that doesn’t already have one… or your board game table with more people around. Remember the wine label table idea you liked? Like that! Also, Allison, your sunset cocktail looked pretty and sounds tasty, too!
I just got back from Eureka Springs. It is such an amazing town with very friendly people. I want to go back when I get my RV. I loved New Dehli Cafe, SPring Cafe and the Basin Hotel. So fun. The Thorncrown Chapel is truly a spiritual experience.
I've seen people implement stickers into their RVs for the 50 states. Some pretty cool ideas out there. We collect a patch for every National Park we go to and we want to figure out some way to implement that into our van. We also collect magnets to put on our fridge at home.
Magnet for sure. You could picture frame a metal sheet and put them all on it and when you settle down and stop traveling, you can look back and have fond memories of all the states you traveled to.
I am a magnet person! I always buy one in every city and country! Maybe buy a piece of funky metal and install it inside the rv. You don’t need to display all of them all the time. Maybe like top 15 and rotate them out. In the future if you ever get a forever home you can make a nice display of them all!
Stickers are fun to collect. Magnets on the outside of your rig could fly off and hit someone else’s car on the drive and postcards might just end up in a photo book that takes up space. Could put stickers on anything or make A collage out of them. They’re cheap and you can find some pretty cool ones in every place you go!
I keep a camping journal of which I keep my memories and info. Just now started to collect post cards, but usually a sticker to put in my journal. I'll buy a magnet if I like the looks of it and stick them on the the stove hood. Won't stick to the fridge. Thanks for taking us along!
Camping journals are awesome. I usually keep a journal with a pocket in it where I can keep the campground maps and record which site we stayed in too. So cool to look back on and remember what we did and where we were!
We have the same type of Trolly’s in Louisville, KY. It’s super common for a bride and groom to rent those for their wedding party instead of a stretch limo. It’s much more fun and easier to move around inside the trolly.
I’m a magnet person! We’ve made a little magnetic wall above our kitchen counter to keep them all in one place/organized, but out in the open to look at and reminisce on. Post cards are nice and light, but take up more space (to keep on display for example), don’t last as long, because… paper lol, and just don’t look/feel as cool
You should collect postcards. For sake of space & weight I think postcards would be really neat & cute. You could put them all in a scrapbook or photo album at the end for safekeeping and space saving
I collect magnets for my van (Dareld) while traveling, but every once in a while I come across a cool postcard I can't live without. So I glue a sheet magnet to the back and have the best of both worlds! The same goes for stickers. Now I never have to leave them behind.
Get magnets for display AND postcards for a scrapbook. On the backside of each postcard make some bullet points for where you stayed, what you saw, where you ate, favorite memories and any other interesting facts. You can then easily flip through your custom 50-state postcard memory book years "down the road". What a keepsake! - Michelle from Massachusetts P.S. When you visit this state you should see coastal towns south of Boston such as Hingham, Cohassett, Scituate, Marshfield and Duxbury to see the old sea captain mansions and quaint New England homes and of course you shouldn't miss the Plymouth waterfront. If you are here in the fall, also check out Route 2 for the foliage.
We collect postcards from our travels and write what we did in each place on the back! We keep them in one of the old style magic sticky page photo albums and add in photos from the trips too!
Something I collect while traveling, are stickers. I like to put them on the inside of my Tool Box. It's kinda like motivation everytime I go back to grab something. I also collect Park Pins for my hiking hat after I've visited one. **Geek Alert** 😆
I love the scratch off! Are you numbering the states? I would to track my state journey later on ❤ I live watching your adventures, thanks for sharing! (If there is are highways on the map you could trace your journey)
I have gotten an xmas ornament from every place I have traveled to. They don't have to be traditional. I have dried puffer fish from Hong Kong, a little man in a turban from Jordan, a little plastic plate with kimchee from S Korea, etc. It's super fun to make people guess where I got them when trimming the tree!
In Europe, our road signs are usually convoluted pictures and diagrams that, by the time you've figured them out, it might be too late. At 1:42 it just tells it like it is!!!
In my opinion you can buy Postcards from each state and then make a collage and frame it or build a small cabinet ( with Shelves) in your RV with glass windows and put Souvenires from each state there!!!
When you come through Ohio you should visit the Airstream Heritage Museum and factor tours in Jackson Center. Seems like something that would interest you!
Allison, I’m so sorry you hurt your foot. I hope it’s better now. That’s a really pretty view. We were in Arkansas several years ago and I thought that Eureka Springs area was beautiful. I’d like to spend some time there. Thanks for letting us tag along with you! Excited for this journey! Jane in SC ❤️🙏🏻
I love getting post cards because you can easily put them in a scrapbook. Honestly I collect both plus key chains. Another cool option would be collecting a unique wine or other bottle from each state.
Go with the postcard but mail it "home" from each state so you can read your thoughts at the end of the trip. This is something I do from every country I go to. Enjoying your videos!!
Magnets on a board inside ole Clementine could be pretty darn cool. You guys are such celebrities there, and as a longtime follower I think that’s so fun to see!
I would get both the magnets and postcards. Both are fairly inexpensive and easy to store. Get a photo album to store the postcards and at the end of your trip you can look back at everywhere you've been. You can also write a memory of your time in each state on the back of the postcards.
Pizza with cheese, sauce, bacon and egg - in Australia we call that an Aussie pizza. Very popular. Love the idea of cocktails on the roof of Clementine watching the sunset.Can't wait to see more of your trip!
I collect postcards that can be mounted on a cute string with cute decorative clothes pins on the inside of the RV snd can be switched out and saved in an album. But I collect a certain style of postcards that all sort of are the same vintage style. My office is decorated with moss and postcards.
A post card and magnet. It would be fun having a photo book of post cards. When I was 16, we went out on a trip. I collected charms of each state. They are all on a necklace. Today, at Olympic Coney Island there is a waitress named Morgan. I showed her one of your videos and she even thought she kind of looks like Allison. You have a younger twin in Michagan!
Get both magnets and postcards. The postcards can be put in a photo book to save space. Clementine would have a hard time containing 50 shot glasses or anything larger.
Love your videos. You do a great job of showing us the sights. I’m 86 years young and have to satisfy my wanderlust through your videos. I was busy raising children and then life just happens, so I’m thanking you 🙂❤️.
Get postcards and make a nice board to hang them on. Then later you can possibly cut them into the shape of each state on the map. The magnets would fall off the place by the grill as you are driving down the road.
How about a different item from each state? 50 shot glasses would be a tad extreme? I'd get a magnet from some, post cards from others, maybe keyrings? Or, if the state has a special item? Like a famous book that was written there or a crystal that's local or pottery handmade? Normally I'd go for fridge magnets, but maybe 50 is a lot of one particular item? I guess it would be whatever brings colour to your live and brings you joy!! x
I would get the fridge magnets. My mum also collects a starbucks mug from every state/country she visits. The strangest thing she collects from every country is a salt and pepper shaker.
When my husband and I were traveling the country in our RV, we bought stickers at every place we went for just $2 to $4 apiece and put them on the back of our RV so people following us could see where we'd been. We also had a map of the lower 48 on the wall of our slide out by the door where we put the sticker of the state on once we went through it. We were picky about states though, I refused to step foot in California, Oregon, or Washington. We sold that RV though so lost everything on it.
@@ShiroiTengu I knew everything we had to pay for would be inflated too. We live in Texas so aren't used to falsely inflated prices. I feel sorry for Mom and Pop owned campgrounds in California.
We just rode a troll just like that in Gatlinburg! They are fun. Breakfast pizza looked delicious! Eureka Springs looks like a lot of fun! Get the magnet! We just added a bunch to our collection.
"see you on the road"....literally! People calling out "Endless Adventure"! and stopping you to say hi...so cool! I'll be putting Eureka Springs, AK on our list of places to see, the scenery is amazing!
This is so cool guys!!! I am so glad that your videos came up in my feed! My fiance Greg & I are about to head out on a similar adventure from North Carolina to Colorado in hopes of putting together a music festival! Watching you guys gets me super excited to be on the road! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
I love magnets as that is what we do, and a metal board is easy to display them on. The postcards would be cute if you were writing down memories from the state on them. Then make a scrap book of them and a favorite photo or two. I also love the idea of the astroturf. Would look hilarious, but I have seen a few buildings here in Alaska with real moss on their roof for more insulation, and it always just looks different.
Watching this at 11 am I was glad to see I wasn’t the only person drinking Rock town vodka at that time (even if y’all were drinking it at sunset I’m still using it as an excuse for 11 am Rock town cocktails to be ok.)
