Bryce Canyon, Utah May 25 – June 1, 2018 In our first loop around the US we only visited Bryce Canyon National Park and the surrounding area on one quick day trip.  And like so many parts of Utah, it demanded a second more thorough look. We found a wonderful boondocking spot right between Red […]

Escalante, Utah May 23-25, 2018 We drove a jaw-dropping section of Hwy 12 through a landscape with surprises around every curve, to our next site near the tiny town of Escalante. This camping area was right off the beginning of a dirt road named “50 Mile Wash”. We read that at the end of 50 […]

May 22, 2018 He is my anchor & I am his sail We hold on to each other through the highs & the lows & the treacherous mundane. We support. We inspire. We wash the dishes. We create. We sometimes breathe each other’s breath. He is my anchor & I am his sail We fit […]

Capitol Reef National Park, Utah May 22-23, 2018 Sometimes I just want to shave my legs, boil water with the touch of a button, and watch Netflix without worrying about my phone battery, so paying the fees for a campground is money well spent. Other times I just want to soak up the quietly busy […]

Moab, Utah May 15-22, 2018 After Clay went back to Chicago, we had another week in the Moab area.  Without the pressure to show off our favorite places to a guest, our pace slowed down drastically.  But we did continue to make the most of this amazing place, where no amount of time ever seems […]

Trek from Flagstaff, AZ to Moab, UT May 9 – 15, 2018 We convinced Clay that his next visit should we while we were in the west, because he hadn’t yet seen the best parts of it. (And he was currently obsessed with the television show West World.) So we picked him up in Phoenix […]

Flagstaff, Arizona May 5-9, 2018 During the week that we spent in Flagstaff, Brad had a lot of work to do, so the girls & I tried to plan a lot of activities to keep us out of the camper so he could work. We did this by visiting several of the National Parks in […]

Sedona, AZ April 30 – May 4, 2018 Brad found a fantastic boondocking site for us on National Forest land right outside of Sedona. I had never really heard of this crunchy little town, located in what I found to be the most beautiful part of Arizona so far. Sedona is named after a woman […]

Trek from Albuquerque, NM to Sedona, AZ April 30, 2018 It doesn’t matter how long we stay in a place – whether we are there for 3 days or 3 weeks, the last couple of days end up being a rush to fit everything in before we leave town.  That’s what our final days in […]

Albuquerque, New Mexico April 23 – 29, 2018 We met a new force during this stay in NM that we hadn’t been previously familiar with – the spring winds. The wind in ABQ doesn’t seem like mother nature’s usual routine based on father time’s queues. It seems more like a mischievous cousin that waits until […]

Albuquerque, New Mexico April 18 – 23, 2018   We had a rare treat upon our return to Albuquerque (our second visit, the 2nd time). We had planned to stay in ABQ an entire month, and my parents visit was planned around this itinerary. But when we called the campground, they no longer allowed monthly […]

April 15, 2018 We happened to be in the right place at the right time for this honor!  To read the full artcle on the Abuquerque Journal online, click here.    

Chimayo, New Mexico (eventually) April 14, 2018 We’d been paying for campgrounds for several weeks and had been staying mostly in towns, so it felt like time to get a little dose of seclusion and save some money by boondocking. We read great online reviews of a site just north of Santa Fe called Overlook […]

Raton, New Mexico April 11-14, 2018 We drove north of Santa Fe to spend a couple of quiet days in the small town of Raton. It’s amazing how locations within the same state, only a couple of hours away from each other, can feel like worlds apart. Raton was home to a coal mine that […]

Santa Fe, New Mexico April 4-11, 2018 I had heard that Santa Fe was cool and had a great downtown, but I really had no expectations. I had no idea that there’s a whole song in the musical Rent (my brother tells me) that is about how all the New York artists should give up […]

Albuquerque, New Mexico March 21 – April 4, 2018 We were so eager to get back to Albuquerque during “Year 2”.  We were surprised in 2016 by how much we loved this city, and we were excited to live at Enchanted Trails RV again, visit the Explora, and hit the trails, old & new. We […]

Carlsbad, New Mexico March 16-21, 2018 When our dear friends the Waldroops messaged to ask if we were anywhere near Carlsbad, we couldn’t have been more delighted to say yes. Tanya & Dakota became our close friends in college, and since that time our 4 daughters have become very special friends as well. Our entire […]