In an effort to try and create a list of old fashioned to do's for the summer RV trip with the kids I created the list below (with the help of the link at bottom).  If you have any ideas to share please post in comments section.

build a camp fire
smores with sticks we sharpen ourselves (don't worry moms we were able to use a pocket knife to sharpen sticks when we were kids and actually lived through it)
catch lightning bugs in a jar
jump off a large rock into water
hula hoop contest
backyard olympics
treasure hunt
magic show (thank God for Aunt Colleen)
teach kids to water ski (this is the year)
breakfast in pajamas (at a restaurant)
go fishing
run through the sprinklers
play kick the can
play flashlight tag
ride bikes
watermelon seed spitting contest
swim
have a bbq
canoeing
make ice cream (I remember doing this at Erwin's house as kid)
wiffle ball
movie and popcorn

Thanks in advance for your ideas.  Here's a link to 100 things to do with kids this summer:

http://www.sixsistersstuff.com/2012/05/100-things-to-do-with-kids-this-summer.html

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Welcome to our world! (starting June 9)

We picked the RV up from our friend David McLain on Sunday.  Dave owns the RV and took his family of four around the US last year over the summer.  He's a better man than I as he was gone twice and long with twice as many kids.  He also drove this RV through NYC which I have no interest in doing.  I'm very thankful Dave agreed to rent us his RV for this trip.  It saves us a lot of money.  He clearly had fun with his family and wants more people to experience the same fun.

By my estimation the RV is 270 square feet before the slides are out.  Not sure how much the two slides add but I'm sure it doesn't increase it that much.  The RV is 32.5 feet long, has a 55 gallon gas tank and weighs between 14,500 to 22,000 lbs depending on what the difference between GVWR and GCWR means.  Either way it's heavy.  Average cost of a gallon of gas is $3.56/gallon.  At 55 gallons it will cost just under $200 to fill up and gets about 8 miles to the gallon. 

There is one bedroom with a queen bed where I assume the queen will sleep.  I hope she lets me sleep in there with her but Mommy's sleep is one of the top priorities of the family so we'll see.  There are bunks outside the bedroom for the kids.  The couch and table turns into beds also and there is a sleeping cabin above the driver's seats.

Over the last few days we've driven most of the neighbor kids and their parents around the block and have requests from others daily.   On Sunday our family went to the local Red Robin, got takeout, and ate in the Justice/Ace Hardware parking lot.  So adventurous.

The third picture above is of the kids walking up to the RV for the first time.  The smiles on their faces were awesome. 

Video of the RV:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZaDPepewLI&list=UUrxznzdu425tRAGe7O1sN_w&feature=share 

Video of me pulling up to house/check out last few seconds kids are so excited:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfVCmRs7o94&feature=share&list=UUrxznzdu425tRAGe7O1sN_w&index=1

Website for RV if you want to read about it:

http://www.coachmenrv.com/products/freelander.aspx?page=floorplandetailsmh&floorplanid=220


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I think you're all ****** in the head. We're ten hours from the ***** fun park and you want to bail out. Well I'll tell you something. This is no longer a vacation. It's a quest. It's a quest for fun. You're gonna have fun, and I'm gonna have fun... We're all gonna have so much ****** fun we're gonna need plastic surgery to remove our goddamn smiles! You'll be whistling 'Zip-A-Dee Doo-Dah' out of your ******! I must be crazy!