National Park

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…

November 3-7After our day trip to Harpers Ferry National Historic Park, I am more convinced than ever that the best way to learn about history is to visit the places…

May 8 – 25After leaving St. Louis, we had two and a half weeks until we needed to be in Connecticut. The plan was to hit up the Indiana Dunes,…

May 5-7We’ve traveled across the country enough times now that we have to make a concerted effort to find a new route. Hence, the decision to follow a diagonal path…

April 19-23The first thing you need to know about Big Bend National Park is that it is not on the way to anywhere. Located about as far south in western…

April 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…

September 30 – October 6 Winthrop, WA is one of those towns that thrives on tourism. A short drive through the one block main street brings you past a string…

September 23-29 I guess it should come as no surprise that even after 6+ years of full-time RVing we are still figuring things out. It seemed so simple in the…

August 19-24 The journey to Cape Flattery, (aka the northwestern-most point of the contiguous US) feels like a journey to the edge of the world. As you travel the narrow,…

February 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…

This is our 6th Thanksgiving spent on the road. Every year we try to do something different. There was the Thanksgiving buffet in Las Vegas, Thanksgiving with friends in Las…

Another short post this week. I guess the blog hasn’t been high on my list of priorities lately. I had someone ask me the other day why we don’t post…

Well, that didn’t take long. After only a month or so of writing my daily journal I completely dropped the ball last week and didn’t write a single entry. Instead of…

Saturday, October 28 While trying to come up with a fun weekend adventure Tim mentioned kayaking in Lake Powell. I immediately jumped all over that. It’s been months since we…

Sunday, October 15 I woke up this morning feeling like I had aged 50 years overnight. All the muscles in my upper body were sore, my elbows and knees raw and…