In this video, I show you our path south from Astoria, Oregon all the way south to California, near Sacramento. During the 652 miles (1049 km) of travel south, we overnighted a 4 different free dry camping locations. 2 casinos, an air museum, and a Camping World store lot. 1) Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum … Read more
The 2019/20 Snowbird trip continues with a quick 2 night stop at Fort Stevens State Park, Oregon, on the mouth of the mighty Columbia River. The campsites are well laid out, roomy, and easy to navigate. Our special off-season rate for a full hookup 50 amp site was $31 a night. The grounds are exceptionally … Read more
The latest RV snowbird journey has begun! We set off Nov 1st from Victoria, BC, across the Juan de Fuca strait aboard the Coho ferry to Port Angeles, WA. After a quick overnight at the local Walmart, the next day headed west to the Washington coast to check out Ocean Shores. We stayed three nights … Read more
In this video, I give you a tour around the Pedder Bay Marina and RV Resort near Victoria on Vancouver Island, BC. We spent the month of October there in 2019, and I really enjoyed our stay. It’s a relatively expensive park but worth the cost, in my opinion. We paid near 900 C$ for … Read more
In part one of our 2018/19 snowbird seasons final two videos, we take a look at Dosewallips State Park located on the Hood Canal in western Washington State. I show you our campsite area, and we take a walk out onto the nearby beach and tidal flats for a look around. This tidal estuary is … Read more
In this video, I take you along on a morning hike into the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. We hike from the John Kellenback Trailhead through a patch of coastal forest and out onto the sand dunes. This part of the dunes is pretty well untouched by ATV tracks and has one rather towering sand … Read more
In this video, I give you a look at our route north and west through California and up into Oregon and over to the west coast. The journey takes us from the Mojave desert over the tail end of the Sierra Nevada through the Central Valley then up passed Mt Shasta, over the Siskiyou Pass, … Read more
In this video, we stop off to view the famous Tehachapi Railway Loop in southern California The Tehachapi Loop is a 0.73 miles (1.17 km) long spiral, or helix, on the Union Pacific Railroad Mojave Subdivision through Tehachapi Pass, of the Tehachapi Mountains in Kern County, south-central California. The line connects Bakersfield and the San … Read more
In this video, I show off some remarkable footage of the Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve in full bloom. The rolling hills and nearby farms are carpeted in vivid color! With the plentiful winter rains, it’s turned out to be a banner year for the little orange poppies and other assorted wildflowers. the reserve is located … Read more
In this video, we continue our RV snowbirding journey westward across Arizona and into California. We are in the late innings of the trip and need to get back towards the coast and head north soon. I show using Google Maps our route from Pie Town, New Mexico to Mojave CA I included stopover location … Read more
In this video, we visit Cabello Lake State Park and Pie Town, New Mexico. I show you a sat view of both places and some on the ground footage in Pie Town. Pie Town has a free “dry camping” campground and several little cafes that serve yummy country cooking and offer plenty of delicious homemade … Read more
In this video, I stitched together some of my favorite footage from a 3-day camping stint at the Whitewater Draw State Wildlife Area in southeastern Arizona. Remarkable wildlife viewing plus beautiful sunsets and sunrises! Scenes include an estimated fifteen to twenty thousand Sandhill Cranes taking flight at sunrise, a passing squadron of 11 Javelinas and … Read more
In this video, I give you a look at the beautiful scenery around the Texas Canyon Rest Area on Interstate 10 through southeastern Arizona. This Arizona Department of Transportation rest area is surrounded by huge boulders, desert plants/cacti and epic vistas of the surrounding countryside. Normally that’s enough but on this day the mountains were … Read more
In this video, I take you along on another day trip to Chiricahua National Monument located 40 mins south of Willcox, Arizona. This time we had the rare treat to see it with a fresh blanket of snow. It’s been a cold winter in the southwest, and the other day we woke up to a … Read more
In this video, I give a quick overview of our 500 watts RV solar power system. You can see the full detail explanation and diagrams in the past post and video – Detailed Look at Our DIY RV Boondocking Power System I go through all the things it powers in the rig. From devices, we plug … Read more