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Multiple choice question: In which situations should you believe a "Campground Full" sign? a) Never b) All of the above. After a 5 hour drive (that of course took 8 hours), I'm glad we followed our usual protocol and ignored the sign at Valley of Fire so we could snag one of the three or four sites left in the "Campground (Not) Full." #airstream #liveriveted #myrivetedlife #FBISurveilanceAirstream

A post shared by David Zimmerman (@advodna_dave) on Apr 23, 2017 at 7:59pm PDT

Yup, that's the Pacific Ocean after a 366 mile day. And in the spirit of the Hidden Brain podcast we listened to about over-curated social media feeds, I'll mention that an 18 wheeler blew a tire right in front of us on the highway and we had to dodge the flying rubber; we battled 50 mph wind gusts for most of the day which ended up flipping up our propane cover, partially unraveling our awning and breaking off our radio antenna; we got trapped in a truck stop car wash line for half an hour after realizing it wasn't the self-serve coin-op deal we thought it was; the regional park we tried to stop at to feed the kids dinner was closed so instead of the pizza I'd planned to make, I opened the fridge for quicker options and had a carton of eggs fall out onto the floor; and then when we found a Chipotle in Rancho Cucamunga, a mall cop - I $hit you not - on a three wheeled scooter told us we had to park in the employee lot across the street (and worst of all, I missed the picture). But now, a bottle of wine is open, we're listening to the waves outside the windows of the trailer, the kids are in bed and we've got a surprise for them in the morning! #airstream #liveriveted #myrivetedlife #airstreamwithkids #cucamugaisafunnyword #bustedbyblart

A post shared by David Zimmerman (@advodna_dave) on Apr 24, 2017 at 8:57pm PDT

Legoland! #travelwithkids #familytravel #legoland #legolandcalifornia #6hours #legomybeer #wynnehangingwiththefamily

A post shared by David Zimmerman (@advodna_dave) on Apr 25, 2017 at 6:23pm PDT

Don't let the #instacrop fool ya, we're one of a couple hundred trailers lining both sides of the road along the beach, but it's pretty! And, we've got a bike rider! We bought a Woom2 just before we left on this trip but left the pedals off. Yesterday, she saw a smaller girl riding, asked me to put them on and pretty much just rode away. See story for video! #airstream #liveriveted #myrivetedlife

A post shared by David Zimmerman (@advodna_dave) on Apr 26, 2017 at 7:09am PDT

Nice try @patagonia. Even with the kids' play tables and the 40% off coupon (!), it seems we already own everything we need! #didntthinkitwaspossible #stilllovebrowsing #patagoniaventura

A post shared by David Zimmerman (@advodna_dave) on Apr 26, 2017 at 7:38pm PDT

First car (and trailer!) wash after three weeks in the red dirt gave us a chance to take a closer look at the "Utah pinstripes" we added to the truck while exploring narrow forest roads. #ithinktheylooksporty #airstream #liveriveted #myrivetedlife

A post shared by David Zimmerman (@advodna_dave) on Apr 27, 2017 at 1:39pm PDT

One last bridge to cross before the last stretch home after an amazing three weeks in Utah with new and old friends. As much as we've always appreciated our friends and family at home who welcome us back into the fold after our various adventures, we've also come to value our friends from the road, people who we may never have met had we not all had the same idea to re-evaluate our priorities and get ourselves and our families out of town, people with whom we end up spending the number of cumulative hours over the course of a few weeks that would normally take years, people we don't have to explain our crazy ideas to. And of course, those we've never met but share our adventures with! Excited to be home, but we'll miss all y'all. Come visit! #airstreamintherearview #airstream #airstreamfriends

A post shared by David Zimmerman (@advodna_dave) on Apr 27, 2017 at 9:05pm PDT

That was fun! A little over 3,000 miles in 24 days. While we had to blast out and back to make it work, we averaged out to 125 miles a day. We ended up paying for 8 nights, boondocking 15 and moochdocking 1. We camped with 21 adults and 16 children, 2 cats and 5 dogs in 9 Airstreams (oh yeah, and a French family of 4). #tripstats #roadtrip #airstream @backroadbennetts @livingistheadventure @h_livingistheadventure @simplylivingmore @danielpoint1 @telegramsam @jesscurren @bikesandrivets @eonicks @lifewithoutwaiting @joehendricks @rhondahendricks @_daveburns

A post shared by David Zimmerman (@advodna_dave) on Apr 28, 2017 at 10:12am PDT