Jimmy Smith takes a nap, eats ice cream, reflects …
byEarlier today, I shared with Jimmy a thoughtful interview I heard on NPR where Tom Ashbrook talked with best-selling neurologist-author Oliver Sacks on growing older. Sacks recently…
New tires in Moab, front end rebuilt in Grand Junction
byNo matter how much you go over your rig before leaving on a long RV trip, there is always the possibility of a little…
Another good man, this one at Valley Sunset RV Ranch in Delta, Colorado
byEven in his 50s, Ron Zimmerman, a former U.S. Marine, has an impressive presence. He factors in at about 6-feet, sports a greying Fu…
Rocky Mountain high – Haviland Campground, north of Durango
byThe turning point on our RV Summer Journey was the Haviland Campground, about 18 miles north of Durango, off U.S. Highway 550, the San Juan Byway…
Good people at Transfer Campground in southwest Colorado
byWe stayed an extra day at the Transfer Campground, northeast of Mancos, Colorado, because of the good people camping around us and we wanted to…
Transfer Campground near Mesa Verde National Park
byBeautiful and stunning as it all is, after almost two weeks of primarily camping in very dry, very hot and very stark areas in…
Canyonlands National Park — crossing paths with visitors from The Netherlands
byWe’ve been playing tag with several RVs on this extended trip through Utah’s national parks. One is pop-up truck camper owned by a fulltime…
Arches National Park – rental RVs at every viewpoint
byAnother day, another national park, and at least another hundred rental RVs. A large segment of RV renters are from other countries. More than…
Capitol Reef National Park, sheer beauty
byCapitol Reef National Park is located in south-central Utah in the heart of red rock country. It is a “hidden treasure filled with cliffs,…
Down another road less traveled — Burr Trail Scenic Backway out of Boulder City, Utah
byOriginally we had penciled in the forest services’ Calf Creek Campground on Utah’s Hwy 12, north of Escalante, as our next camping destination. When…