The Milepost blog
Trip-planning notes for first-time and occasional RVers.
Campground choices, drive timing, and the small decisions that decide whether a trip works. Short reads, drawn from real miles.
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Big Sur to Olympic: a 7-day Pacific Coast RV trip
A seven-night Pacific Coast RV route from Big Sur to Olympic, with the stops, drive distances, and booking windows that decide it.
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How to find legal free RV camping on BLM land
Where to look, how to read the maps, and the rules that keep dispersed RV camping on BLM land legal and stress-free.
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Recreation.gov's 6-month booking window: how to get the site
How Recreation.gov's 6-month rolling booking window works, and how to actually land a campground when it opens at 8am Mountain Time.
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Reservation reminders: a quiet nudge inside your trip plan
Milepost flags every stop that still needs a campground booking, so you do not lose a night to a closed window or a forgotten confirmation.
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Importing Recreation.gov reservations into your trip plan
How to pull your Recreation.gov campground confirmations into Milepost and build a complete trip around them, with drive times and mileage already mapped.
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Planning a fifth-wheel trip to Glacier National Park
What fifth-wheel owners need to know before Glacier: rig-length limits, the Going-to-the-Sun Road rule, Recreation.gov booking windows, and a five-night loop.
,7 min read
How to plan your first RV trip
A plain walkthrough of planning a first RV trip: picking dates, building a route, booking reservations, and not regretting day one.
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The 330 rule explained
The simple RV planning rule that prevents most first-timer mistakes: drive no more than 330 miles a day, and arrive at your campsite by 3:30.
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Five mistakes first-time RVers make
The avoidable mistakes that turn a first RV trip from memorable into a long week, and what to do instead.
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