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 […]

We recently celebrated 700 days on the road. By “celebrated”, I mean I wrote “Happy Day 700” on the white board the night before, but we left the house early the next morning and returned late, so no one else saw it until the day after.  “Oh, it’s day 700?” Coral asks.  “Um, yeah…it was […]

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 […]

March 13-16, 2018 Alamogordo, NM We stayed in the town of Alamogordo to visit White Sands National Park – a part of New Mexico that we weren’t able to explore last year. At first we thought we might stay 2 or 3 weeks, but our plans changed based on a chance to see friends in […]

March 12, 2018 Tombstone, Arizona We hadn’t really planned to make a trip through Tombstone, but our drive from Yuma to our next stop in New Mexico was about 8 hours, and that’s just more than we like to do in one day. We found an RV Coop at almost exactly the half-way point on […]

February 28-March 3, 2018 San Diego, CA & Joshua Tree National Park During our winter stay in Yuma, we took the time one weekend to drive the 3 hours west to San Diego.  I have wanted to visit the San Diego Zoo ever since the Disney Channel taught me at age 4 that it’s the […]

January/February 2018 Yuma, AZ I’m calling it a makeover – not a renovation – because we didn’t move any walls or change the structure of our home in any way. I feel like that’s required in order to qualify a change as a “renovation”. What we did was a makeover – new furniture, paint, and […]

Yuma, Arizona January 31, 2018 During the winter months, Stumbo has been parked in a neighborhood at the very far southeast corner of the Yuma metro area, on the very southeast edge of the neighborhood.  So just across the street from where we’ve been staying is the desert, parts of it privately owned, but largely […]

Yuma December 22, 2017-March 12, 2018 Our stay in Yuma would best be described as our “season” in Yuma. Coming in at 80 days, this is the longest continuous stay at any one place by far. We settled into a routine, enjoying the luxuries of being parked in Brad’s parents’ driveway, including but not limited […]

Pahrump, Nevada Noveber 22 – December 22, 2017 Once Uncle Clay left, we planned to only spend a few more days in Southwest NV and then continue on. But when our original reservation neared it’s end, we were just so comfortable that we decided to stay a few more days. And then a few more. […]