October 25- March 17Well, it’s been over four months since my last update here. Or has it been four years, or maybe only four weeks? Who knows? Time has no…
Arizona
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Flagstaff & The Grand Canyon
by Amanda December 23, 2020October 11-24Northern Arizona has eluded us for many years. With its higher elevations and cooler temperatures, we never seem to time it quite right for an optimal visit. Even though…
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3 Weeks of Desert Distancing
by Amanda April 2, 2020March 7-27Over the years we’ve often joked about how RV life has prepared us for escaping the madness when/if “the shit hits the fan.” I mean, think about it. We…
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Social January
by Amanda February 6, 2020January 1 – 31Winter is always a social time of year for us. As all the nomads filter south to the warm spots, it becomes almost more work to avoid…
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December in Arizona
by Amanda January 3, 2020December 2019We drove across the border into Arizona on the first of December and headed straight to one of our favorite spots in Tucson. We’ve been camping at Gilbert Ray…
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From Louisiana to Arizona
by Amanda December 6, 2019November 23 – December 1Well, we did it. After spending much of last winter, some of the spring, all of the summer, and most of the fall in the northeast,…
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Back in the Desert
by Amanda April 29, 2019April 1-18We flew back to Arizona to reunite with our tiny rolling home during the first week of April. It felt great to return home after a cold few months…
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A Different Kind of Winter: Arizona, Florida, and the Northeast
by Amanda March 21, 2019January 22- PresentIn an effort to catch up to the present, I am bypassing individual blog posts in favor of one overview post covering the last few months. Since we…
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Xscapers Annual Bash
by Amanda March 13, 2019January 12-19 Well, it happened. These self-proclaimed “not rally, convergence or large group” people went to a gathering with approximately 300 RVs and 500 people! Crazy I know. And guess…
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December 29- January 11I suppose it’s inevitable that we end up spending our southwest winters in the same spots year after year. In fact, we’ve stopped even planning out our…
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Return to the Wonderful World of Cactus!
by Amanda January 21, 2019December 9-15While I don’t have much love for the city of Phoenix, we seem to end up there at least once a year when wintering in the southwest. Over time,…
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More Cactus Love at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
by Amanda February 16, 2018February 4-10 When a national monument is named for a very special cactus that only grows in a small corner of Arizona and Mexico, you know the scenery is going…
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Hanging with the Saguaros in Ajo
by Amanda February 9, 2018January 28 – February 3 We first visited the tiny town of Ajo, AZ way back in the winter of 2013. It was our first winter of full-time RVing and our…
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Lost Dutchman State Park
by Amanda February 5, 2018January 14-27 We are officially in winter mode. For us, that means longer stays in one spot, very little planning or making of reservations, fewer adventures, and more time spent…
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A Great Start to the New Year
by Amanda January 16, 2018December 30 – January 13 We spent the first two weeks of 2018 hanging out in the desert surrounded by gorgeous scenery and great friends. With ample opportunities for hiking,…