Free Camping

  • Watching Cactus Grow

    by Amanda March 17, 2021

    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…

  • Back to Boondocking

    by Amanda September 18, 2020

    September 7 -12Twin Lakes, CO Well, we did it. After nine weeks of sitting still in one place, followed by 14 weeks of sitting still in another place, we are…

  • Summer in the Mountains

    by Amanda September 3, 2020

    May 31 – September 3: Up above Idaho Springs, CO This is summer in the mountains… This is also summer in the mountains… As is this… If I had to…

  • March 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…

  • February 8-22After spending too long hanging around the barren land that surrounds Imperial Dam and Yuma, heading up to Joshua Tree National Park was 1000% the right decision. We found…

  • December in Arizona

    by Amanda January 3, 2020

    December 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…

  • From Louisiana to Arizona

    by Amanda December 6, 2019

    November 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,…

  • Cambridge, VT

    by Amanda October 7, 2019

    August 16 – September 14After our long stay in Connecticut, we finished up the summer in Cambridge (the Vermont version of Cambridge that is, which is a very different place…

  • KOFA 2019

    by Amanda February 3, 2019

    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…

  • A Quick Stop In Bishop

    by Amanda December 7, 2018

    November 18-22 Our early departure from Lake Tahoe meant a new plan was in order. The snow, ice & rain expected to blanket the area extended far into Nevada, effectively putting…

  • Through Oregon & Into Nevada

    by Amanda November 20, 2018

    October 14-22 The morning after the Cider Fest we left Ellensburg and drove south into eastern Oregon. Our destination was the Clyde Holliday State Park just outside of John Day,…

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