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  • Yoto Player review | O'Phalen Adventures

    Yoto Player Review: An Amazing Travel Accessory for Kids

    I can’t stop talking about the kids’ Yoto players. For devices we’d never even heard about a year ago, they’re now such a big part of our life. So a bunch of friends and family have asked me about whether we like them. I figured it was time to write a detailed Yoto player review!…

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  • How I'm talking to my kids about Thanksgiving, Wampanoag dwelling | O'Phalen Adventures

    How I’m Talking to My Kids about Thanksgiving

    If you’re wondering how I’m talking to my kids about Thanksgiving? The honest answer is that I’m not talking about it all that much. Here’s why: If you didn’t know already, Thanksgiving is a holiday based on the story of friendship between the colonists and the indigenous people that…isn’t grounded in a whole lot of…

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  • RV Camping Gift Ideas for Grownups | O'Phalen Adventures

    RV Camping Gift Ideas: Unique Grownup Gifts!

    It can be tricky to figure out what to buy an RV family, especially if they’re downsizing and moving into their RV or have been living in it for awhile. Because space is limited, you probably want to ask before making any major purchase. But these are all gifts we’ve received in the past or…

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  • Printable RV Checklist Travel Day | O'Phalen Adventures

    RV Checklist for Travel: Grab This Adorable Printable!

    I’m really excited to share this RV Checklist for Travel I designed with you today! I chuckle when I think back to how it took us two hours to hitch up the first time we moved the RV. Thankfully, it’s been two years of owning this baby and almost as long living in it, and…

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  • 4 different travel photos as a full time travel family | O'Phalen Adventures

    Full Time Travel Family: 10 Lessons We’ve Learned

    Our family has always been what I’d describe as adventurous, but we kicked it up a notch in 2020 when we became a full time travel family. We were professional theatre people in New York City for over a decade, then both parents made career shifts after starting a family — Kate got her MPA…

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  • RV storage ideas | O'Phalen Adventures

    RV Storage Ideas: Hurry to Get These RV Organizing Hacks!

    Living tiny is a skill, and the key to mastering that skill is practice…and creative RV storage ideas! It comes up so often in RV life forums that I figured I’d share what we’ve learned about staying organized in an RV. We’re no strangers to living in small spaces — we’re from NYC, after all!…

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  • 9 things to do in Haines Alaska | O'Phalen Adventures

    Things to do in Haines Alaska: 9 Unique Adventures

    There are so many fun and unique things to do in Haines Alaska! One of our biggest takeaways from our time there is that it’s a really underrated Alaska destination. Haines has all of the small, authentic port town vibes with way fewer tourists (and tourist traps!). We loved the week we spent there during…

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  • RV Exterior Paint job and DIY RV Exterior Paint Tips | O'Phalen Adventures

    RV Exterior Paint: An Easy How To Guide

    I did a lot of research into DIY RV exterior paint before finally committing to painting our fiberglass 5th wheel RV. We actually lived in the RV for almost a year before we painted the exterior, both because RV exterior paint prep is a BIG job and because I was worried about how it would…

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  • Alaska RV trip travel guide available now | O'Phalen Adventures

    Alaska RV Trip: Everything You Need for a Fantastic Trip!

    I’m so excited to officially launch our Alaska RV Trip travel guide! We spent an entire summer and part of fall RVing all around Alaska with our small children, and I’ve packed everything we learned into this e-book. There is a sample 7 day itinerary, 14 day itinerary, month long itinerary, and whole summer in…

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  • RV gift ideas for kids | O'Phalen Adventures

    RV Gift Ideas (Special Ideas For Traveling Kids!)

    In our years of full time travel, finding RV gift ideas for our kiddos has been a challenge! Those of us who are living tiny know how carefully we have to think about every item that comes into our home, so I’m extremely careful about what we buy. In the past, I’ve searched for RV…

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