Life’s a Beach - California Beach That Is

Before we retired we looked for opportunities to get away for a long weekend.   The beaches in Southern California make for a perfect getaway.  We were already set up with the truck and camper so why not take advantage of our traveling accommodations…
View From Our Picnic Table Lobster Pound

Maine with Great Stops Along the Way 2016

Earlier travels on this blog have been from a book I wrote for family about our travels. The trip is after the book was printed. We might start Volume 2 with this trip. Maine seems to be popular destination for us but every time we go there…
Beautiful Arizona Desert

Arizona - Through the Years

There is no doubt about it, Southern Arizona weather in the winter can’t be beat. We are blessed with blue skies, lots of sunshine and warm temperatures. If we are fortunate to get a few winter showers the desert comes alive in the spring.…
Cedar Key Did Have Beautiful Sunsets

Florida - Spring 2017

The brownies are stored safely in the oven and the three amigos are on the road again. Monty, Zoe and I decided on a spring trip this year, we just don’t want to miss that good old summer time in Tucson. Our destination is Florida and the…
Salt River Canyon

Maiden Voyage in the Motorhome - August 2012

The first trip we took in the new motorhome turned out to be quite an adventure.  We brought it home from Texas in July and except for the congestion getting through Houston the trip was open road, relatively straight and flat. We had many…

Our New Motorhome

It all started in 2012 when we turned into Craig's list junkies.   After years of towing a 5th wheel around with a Dodge dually or loading the 11' Lance camper on the truck and towing an ATV trailer, or jeep, we decided to downsize.  We turned…
Angel Arch

Canyonlands National Park

Monty left Grand Junction, Colorado and lived in Austin, Texas for a short time before arriving in Arizona in 1984. He brought with him the love of camping and dirt bike riding. We met in 1990 and he quickly introduced me to the joys of camping…

Paddle, Damn It, Paddle

In the mid 90’s, while we were still working, Monty mentioned to some friends at Raytheon that we were going up to Colorado over 4th of July.  To our surprise one of his friends said that sounded like a great idea and he’d come along.  Mike…

Death Valley

In 1997 we spent Christmas Eve with the kids in Phoenix and then headed out camping until New Years.  This trip took us to the deserts of California and up to Death Valley. At the time we were using the original camper on a Chevy truck and…
Old Faithful

Pacific Northwest 2002

August in Tucson is hot and muggy, what a perfect time to head up to the Pacific Northwest to check out tall trees, waterfalls, volcanos, islands and beaches.  Our first stop for the evening, was along the North Rim of the Grand Canyon …