Mid-December 2021 finds us camped at a favorite snowbird location. The Salton Sea State Recreation Area near Palm Springs. In the video, I give you a look at our camping location called Salt Creek, the terrain, and the wildlife. Later we took a short drive to nearby Los Palmas Reserve to check out an oasis … Read more
We just spent 9 terrific days boondocking in the Salton Sea State Recreation Area. Here is a brief description, video clips and images from our stay at the Salt Creek Camping area. Salton Sea State Recreation Area About 5 miles south on HWY 111 from the state visitor center is a dry camping spot called … Read more
The Salton Sea Calls Us After boondocking in Anza-Borrego for a week we headed to a favorite casino called the Red Earth Casino. We like it because it has everything a boondocker needs after a stint out in the desert. They provide free sani-dumps, fresh water and overnight RV parking. Also it usually has the … Read more
Introduction Another fun-filled snowbirding season is winding down and we now head for our summer haunts on Vancouver Island, BC. I thought it would be a good time to look back at the places we visited and pick out my Top 10 Campsites from 2013/14 Snowbird Season. Of the ten that I picked out only … Read more
Video showing where we camped in December 2022 with information about each place. Our travels continue deeper into the southwest desert, from the Dove Springs OHV area to Mojave, the Salton Sea State Park, Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, Saddle Mountain BLM, then down to the Ajo region of southern Arizona. For more information on each … Read more
In this video, I update y’all on where we have been camping for the last few months during this season’s RV snowbird adventures. We have been mainly boondocking on free Bureau of Land Management Lands and 10 dollars a night dry camping in the Salton Sea State Recreation Area. I provided an overview of each … Read more
Over the last nine years, we have enjoyed visiting the United States’ southwestern desert region immensely. Its vast areas of relatively uninhabited land offer countless opportunities to camp off-grid away from it all. We absolutely love the beautiful scenery, the desert’s peacefulness, and the surprising amount of wildlife. This winter, I’ve decided to take 12 … Read more
My wife Anne and I both adore visiting the US southwest desert region each winter. We love the snowbird lifestyle enjoying the plentiful sunshine, warm temps and meeting up with our fellow RVing friends. There is no lack of terrific photography and hiking opportunities and gorgeous scenery to explore. Over the years we have embraced … Read more
New RVers often ask me, Is it worth it to buy the Passport America discount camping card? My general answer is yes. In our experience, it’s always much more than paid for itself in RV park savings. At the 44 dollars a year price it only takes 2-3 nights in most RV parks these days … Read more
In this video, I update you on our latest doings during our 2017/18 snowbird season. With the aid of Google Maps and my photos, I show our path and places visited during the last two fun-filled weeks exploring southern California Here are links to more info, photos and/or videos for the places mentioned. Salton Sea: … Read more
Another fantastic season of snowbirding down south in our RV is over. Over the course of 5 1/2 months on the road, I clicked the shutter hundreds if not thousands of times. Most images turned out to be duds or humdrum. But every once in a while the lighting and mother nature cooperate. I happen to get … Read more
Free camping, wildlife viewing, photography opportunities, and hiking, what could be better? That sums up our January 2017 visit to the Cibola National Wildlife Refuge along the Colorado River between California and Arizona. We’ve always been drawn to and enjoyed the NWRs. Kofa, Bueno Aires, Whitewater Draw just to name a few. This year as we were once … Read more
Each year I like to look back and pick out my favorite campsites visited. Some are full hookup RV resorts; some are state or national parks and others are dispersed boondocking with maybe a fire ring. One thing they all have in common is beautiful scenery. Most of this year’s locations were brand new to … Read more
A Little of My Rigs Battery History When we bought our 30 foot Keystone Cougar fifth wheel new it came with one preinstalled deep cycle battery rated at 85 ampere hours. Having camped for many years in a campervan with a similar sized coach battery, I knew that 85 AH capacity wasn’t going to cut … Read more
Introduction We were treated to many beautiful camp spots during this last snowbird season down in the desert. But, six of them really stand out for me in several ways. First they all were new to us having never visited the these spots in our past trips. Second they offered gorgeous 360 degree views right … Read more