Tag: travel
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Camping Diary 2024
Where will we go this year? The segments described below show our thoughts as of the date of publication above. The tables accurately reflect our plans. The maps from RV Life are screen shots during our planning. The green ring on each map is at 100 miles (the area we might explore while at a…
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Towing in the Wind
After three days with the wind in Kansas and eastern Colorado blowing and gusting against the left side of our trailer as we traveled west gave me time to think about towing against the wind. When we headed west from Abilene Kansas the wind was a moderate 16 miles per hour from the south that…
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Camping Diary 2023
This year we are planning our trips as a series of excursions, each having a different objective. Each section describes an excursion and includes a map.
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King Canyon – Saguaro National Park
What a difference a three months make in the Sonora Desert! We previously hiked this trail in December and it looked dry and tan. In March, after a wet winter, the desert looked lush! Many of the flowers are very small. My camera’s autofocus often chose the distant background. We also spotted a ground squirrel…
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Flowers in the Desert
Following a few warm days and light rains we dashed a few miles north to see the flowers that had bloomed at Picacho Peak State Park. Several other people had the same idea. Fortunately the local rangers had made additional parking available near the most popular trailhead.
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Four Big States in Four Days
We did not intend to travel this far this quickly on this trip. Yes. Before we became RVers we typically drove four to eight hours every day as fast as the road would allow. In those days we might have covered even greater distances in the same time.
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Visiting versus Traveling
Now that we live in a Travel Trailer you might think we are all about getting to our next destination and traveling long distances. Recently a friend was shocked to hear how far we typically drive between campsites.
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Campground Diary
Yes, we have seen Waldo (not the cartoon character but the village). But where are we now and where have we been and where are we going next?
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Connections
“Where are you from?” Is perhaps the most frequent question we receive on meeting new neighbors. This question helps identify potential connections. Those connections, many of which will only last a few days, perhaps only a few hours, keep us from becoming strangers in a strange land.
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Stop, Look, Listen
We were planning a quick trip to the Arkansas Ozarks to see the leaves change color. We picked this destination because it is among the best places to observe this annual biological event. Then for unrelated reasons changed our plans.