There are so many things to do when you have an RV and the desire to hit the road. Adding a complete power system that uses solar panels to charge batteries and an inverter to create household power makes this all more interesting.
![National parks are often off grid powered camping only.](http://rv.solar/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/visit-our-national-parks-1024x683.jpg)
For starters, you could visit our incredible National Parks. These global treasures only require a few dollars and a keen sense of adventure.
This is a scene from one of the great bendy turns in the Great Smokey Mountains National Park. This day we used our power to make an afternoon pot of coffee while staring at a controlled burn.
Having off-grid power can allow for easy trips to the headwaters of our rivers and streams. It also with your RV makes a pretty nice way to stay and fish for a while. In this picture, we are at the headwaters of the mighty Mississippi. This is in Itasca, Minnesota. On this trip we used our system to charge our drone, laptops and cooked a meal in the parking lot ~ grilled cheese if memory serves me right.
Stay a while and try something new or exotic. As you travel, roadside fruit stands, food trucks and new ways of doing the same old thing will appear. These ways sometimes delight and other times, you may think it is better to back home. I always think Cajun food is better back home. LOL! This day we kept our fruits and food cold in our refrigerator until we made it to our stop. Yes, those are dragon fruit and Thai bananas.
Catching your dinner along the way is an amazing way to stop and enjoy yourself. This is the Blue Crab, it is as tasty as it is angry. They eat near anything, and are pretty easy to catch. On this trip, we used our solar powered refrigerator to keep the chicken neck bait cold until we needed it.