Porta-Bote now part of our RVing experience
We're heading toward a couple weeks on the Colorado River fishing and we wanted some sort of portable water craft.Through the magic of Craig's List, a folding Porta-Bote is now about to go down the road lashed somewhere on the camper, probably on top for now.BTW. Our Po
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Coronado National Forest's Guindani Loop Trail 'moderate' difficulty, spectacular views
One of the attractions of staying at the Kratchner Caverns State Park (a couple miles south of Benson, Ariz. off AZ 90) is immediate access to the 4.2 mile Guindani Loop Trail (#398), located on the east flank of the Whetstone Mountains in the Coronado National Forest.
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Arizona's Kartchner Caverns State Park
Kartchner Caverns were discovered in 1974.This "live" cave "is host to a wide variety of unique minerals and formations. Water percolates from the surface and calcite formations continue to grow, including stalactites dripping down like icicles and giant stalagmites re
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Shady Dell vintage travel trailers are classics
I've been waiting years to lay my eyes on this place. It is a pip.Shady Dell RV Park , in mile-high Bisbee, Ariz., is southeast of Tucson on Hwy. 80 near the Mexico border.Not only does it have RV spaces with full hookups for visitors, there are nine completely restored
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Ran into truck campers from Beaverton, Ore.
RVing gives one the opportunity to meet folks from far-flung points in North America.It often comes as a surprise, therefore, when one is more than 1,600 miles from home to discover that one's campground neighbors are 'practically' neighbors from back home.Well, in rea
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Crossing into Mexico with RVers from Colorado
Beautiful weather and an invitation to lunch in Mexico were all we needed to stay an extra day in New Mexico's Poncho Villa State Park.Mary and Mark Foster of Wheat Ridge, Colo, parked in a site nearby, said they were hungry and on their way to The Pink Store in Palomas
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New Mexico's Poncho Villa State Park on the border with Mexico
After a week with the RV Care-A-Vanners at Mesilla Valley Habitat for Humanity in Las Cruces, NM, we headed southwest to Poncho Villa State Park in Columbus, NM., just north of the Mexico boarder.This incredible desert campground was recommended to us by new RV Care-A
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Touring Old Mesilla Plaza by bicycle
One huge side advantage of being on a Habitat for Humanity RV Care-A-Vanner build is the opportunity to explore a community's local sights in a leisurely pace.While in the Las Cruces, NM, area we bicycled to the nearby historic village of Mesilla, where we ate an ice cr
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More painting, office work for Las Cruces, NM, RV Care-A-Vanners
RV Care-A-Vanners continue to work on the painting needs of a house under construction by the Mesilla Valley Habitat for Humanity in Las Cruces, NM.While waiting for walls to dry on one of the houses, volunteers move into the Habitat warehouse to paint doors and trim.I
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Lance owners Freddie and Helma Murray, RVing 44 years
Lance camper owners Freddy and Helma Murray of Glendale, Ariz., have been RVing for more than 44 years.They are one of those delightful couples that have been together so long, they finish each other sentences.We met up with them when they were finishing an ice cream i
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