Boondocking with snowbird friends on BLM land
byDry camping for a couple of days on BLM land near Big River, Calif. We are boondocking just a few miles southwest of Parker,…
LaRae and Carl Stone of Boise avid ATVers
bySnowbird RVers LaRae and Carl Stone of Boise, Idaho, are spending their first winter in Wickenburg, Ariz. “We drove through this area last year,…
‘Cactus League Spring Training’ – March (baseball) ‘madness’ in Phoenix = RV Short Stop
byWe found ourselves in the Phoenix area just in time for the annual Cactus League Spring Training intensive six-week baseball schedule. It had been…
Rolling through the Southwest sunset
byRiding north along two-lane US Route 191 in southeast Arizona as the sun starts to disappear. We were headed toward Roper Lake State Park…
Jimmy Smith RVing, hiking NM high country
byIn his most recent installment of his on-the-road essay, Jimmy Smith reflects on hiking the high country of New Mexico where ancient peoples lived….
From City of Rocks State Park to Gila Cliff Dwellings, stunning southwest New Mexico
byYesterday, we covered quite a few miles on I-10 from Texas’ Balmorhea State Park, through El Paso and onto Deming, NM, before heading north…
Balmorhea State Park’s cool San Solomon Springs pool perfect on a warm Texas day
byThe last time Jimmy and I camped at Balmorhea State Park it was in December and there was 4-inches of snow on the ground. …
Texas’ South Llano River State Park is a turkey (roost, that is, during winter)
byBetween Oct. 1-April 1, the bottomland portion of South Llano River (Texas) State Park is closed to the public for the “largest and oldest”…
Stopped off at Black’s in Lockhart for some of the best barbecue in Texas
byOn our two-lane journey from Rockport on the Coastal Bend to Austin, we put the brakes on in Lockhart, the BBQ Capital of Texas….
Folding the tent, loading the RV and readying to leave the Coastal Bend, heading north
byAfter two wonderful months on the Gulf Coast of Texas, these snowbirds are folding our tent, slipping the Lance camper back onto the truck…