Author: RVLife

Brad Saum is retired and living and traveling the United States fulltime in his RV pursuing his passion of experiencing the extraordinary natural and cultural history around the country, volunteering with Habitat for Humanity and the National Park Service, while enjoying his multitude of hobbies which include writing, photography, kayaking, mountain biking, hiking, fishing, blogging and many more.
  • Tire Blowout

    Boom! Thump! Thump, thump, thump… I managed to maintain control of the rig and eased to a stop. I was on the Natchez Trace Parkway (more details on the Parkway...

  • Habitat for Humanity - the RV Care-A-Vanners

    Habitat for Humanity

    A group of RVers take a reprieve from their travels and park alongside each other for two weeks in Mandeville, Louisiana in St. Tammany Parish. These nomads then gather each...

  • Doreen Ketchens

    Dew Drop Jazz Hall

    An evening of Jazz with fellow volunteers with Habitat for Humanity RV Care-A-Vanners! Sitting under a live oak tree smothered in Spanish moss, we sat in our folding camp chairs...

  • Louisiana swamp

    Louisiana Swamp

    Heading to Lake Fausse Pointe State Park, southeast of Lafayette, Louisiana, provided me an opportunity to reach beyond the main highways and urban areas. Narrow roads lined with fields of...

  • Tabasco factory tour

    Cajun Country

    The changing dynamic of the various crops growing in each region I travel through presents a continual wave of transition as I traversed a sliver of the country from north...

  • Brad Saum and bass fishing

    Finally Fishing

    By The Numbers After spending several weeks in South Dakota this summer, I headed out of Rapid City on August 4, 2018. 75 days, 9 states, 15 campgrounds and about...

  • alligators in Mississippi

    Beware of Alligators?

    Mississippi State Fair 159th Mississippi State Fair and free biscuits for everyone! The Biscuit Booth featured employees from the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce making homemade biscuits and then...

  • President Trump

    Presidential Rallies

    After several weeks in Kentucky, I skipped right through western Tennessee and stopped in northern Mississippi. Following my quest to meet up with as many old friends as possible, I...

  • Bigfoot

    Finding Big Foot

    Rain ended my outdoor fun at Pennyrile State Park. It was time to move even if it was raining. Rain, by the way, that lasted five days! Sitting through the...

  • Mountain Biking

    Pennyrile Trifecta

    The Pennyrile State Park trifecta – biking, kayaking and hiking. The Pennyrile Forest State Park Resort in western Kentucky provided the opportunity to partake in three of my favorite activities....