Our first week of the New Year 2013 was spent boon-docking near Borrego Springs, California. View Borrego Springs boon-docking spot in a larger map We had spent a few days there a couple of weeks earlier and decided then, we must return for a longer stay. The area is really dry and desolate but has … Read more
While doing some boondocking in Anza-Borrego State Park in mid-Dec 2012 we took the couple of miles drive into the little town of Borrego Springs. There will be more about our adventures at Anza-Borrego State park in a later post. For now, I would like to concentrate on the metal sculptures we came across just … Read more
I had a hard time coming up with only 10 but these are my 2012 Top Ten Landscape Photos I took on our travels during 2012, enjoy! We arrived at Cathedral Rock in Sedona to watch the sunset on it, but lucky for us a thunderstorm passed through and gave us a beautiful rainbow. … Read more
This is a companion piece to my earlier blog post on Joshua Tree National park. While touring Joshua Tree National Park with my wife Anne I shot a bit of video footage to give you a sense of the place and the spots we go for her to get those great photos. There are many … Read more
Anne and I love the national parks. There is a reason they are put aside, such special beauty. Because of this we were really excited to explore Joshua Tree! We packed up the trailer and left Palm Springs a day early to avoid a windstorm that was headed into the Coachella Valley. I was concerned … Read more
We have just spent a glorious three weeks in the Palm Springs area of Southern California soaking in the sun. The weather has been fantastic for us, highs around 80 degrees which is 10 degrees above normal for this time of year. The Thousand Trails park we are in has a nice pool so we … Read more
This week we are in the Thousand Trails Resort in Palm Springs, CA. The weather is beautiful with highs around 80 and lows a comfortable 50ish. The RV Resort is impressive with well laid out sites and hundreds of tall Date Palms overhead. Here is their own description: Nestled in the beautiful Coachella Valley amid … Read more
Finally November 1st came and time to head south for our winter snowbird adventures in the US southwest. Plans are to spend most of our time exploring Southern California and Arizona. I think we waited a little too long to leave though as the weather has turned ugly, rain rain rain and fog and cold. … Read more
This summer we stayed at The Living Forest Campground and made it our home base to work part time, me at my electronics business and Anne at her online endeavors. http://annemckinnell.com/blog/ But we did manage a couple great trips to explore what awesome beauty this area has to offer. A week was spent in Strathcona Provincial … Read more
Well all good things come to an end and so does our fabulous year long odyssey around the US and Canada. We left Utah late May as the desert heat began to turn up. We made a bee line for the coast settling for a week or so in the Northern California foothills near Monterey. After … Read more
We ended our time in Utah with a swing down the South East taking in Arches and Canyonlands National Parks then down to a great free boondocking campsite in Goosenecks State Park. We then bid farewell Utah with a drive through Monument Valley. Monument Valley was memorable not only because of the neat … Read more
After Bryce Canyon which is located at the start of Highway 12 in Utah we moseyed are way down to a little State Park , Kodachrome Basin State Park to check out the cool rock formations and colors there. The campground has a awesome view and it’s a very pretty location. There were many hiking … Read more
We have left Arizona behind and made our way North to Utah. First stop was Coral Pink Sands State Park for a few nights. It’s a bizarre landscape of orangey pink dunes surrounded by red rock cliffs. Angie got to roam free and run and run as much as she wanted. She had a blast! … Read more
Arizona While heading to Arizona we had a stop over in Albuquerque. The next morning we woke up to around 6 inches of snow! What a shock after spending the previous week sunny with highs in the 80’s. Luckily it was a distant memory by that afternoon. The campground was right on the old Route 66 … Read more
We went north from west Texas and into southern New Mexico and the first stop was Carlsebad Caverns. Man what a deep hole! It’s around a 700 foot decent, but they have built a concrete path down so it’s not too bad. Also they have an elevator to wisk you back up, yay! Unfortunately my … Read more