If you have driven from Palm Springs going west on Hwy 10 to LA you go through a narrow valley where all the wind turbines are, there is a constant wind blowing and gusts to 50 miles an hour are not unusual. We make it through and turn left at Beaumont CA to Temecula CA […]
We are saying goodbye to Thousand Trails Verde Valley RV Park AZ and headed to Montezuma’s Well. This is another National Monument and similar to Montezuma’s Castle but smaller and built around a natural spring that was the key to life around this very dry and hot desert. The first stop is to the pit […]
Angela loves to explore new coffee places and she finds one in Cottonwood AZ, Crema Craft Kitchen. Its popular with a line outside waiting to get in. We also need to do some laundry so the Maytag Laundry is just down the street and its busy as well. On the side of the building they […]
Driving down the pass to Sedona last night was a bit scary, the vertical drop was from 7,000 to 4,300, the drop was relative quick so my brakes were hot. We were glad to get to Sedona, warmer temperatures new sights and free night’s stay at Thousand Trails with our membership. It always difficult trying […]
Back inside the National Petrified Forest Park this morning to see their museum and gift shop. The museum was fantastic for setting the tone for what happened here 200 million years ago. To see some of the animals of that time was extraordinary. Outside they have done a great job creating all kinds trails throughout […]
Albuquerque, NM is a sprawling metropolitan area but, has many national monuments with easy public access. This Morning our first stop is to the Petroglyph National Monument. We stop at the ranger station to get information on where to go. The closest one to us is Boca Negra Canyon, the parking lot is half full […]
Heading west towards Amarillo TX, the traffic is building and can’t wait to get by this busy place. As we get past Amarillo we spot the famous Cadillac Ranch, we head towards the next exit to turn around as it’s on the other side of the highway. It’s been raining and the shoulder of the […]
Off we go to Eureka Springs AR, this is an area in the Ozark Mountains that have been a destination spot for lots of people. We cross the Arkansas River and travel through many of their rolling hills full of farms. My co-pilot Angela finds a place in the middle of town, this time of […]
We are excited to get back to the World War 1 Memorial and Museum this morning. The grounds are spectacular with the spire marking and memorializing the lives lost. Inside you are greeted by this giant glass floor with red poppies below, 9 thousand to be exact, one poppy for every thousand deaths, hard to […]
Back on the road heading home. The plan is to get as far south as we can before cutting across the USA hoping to miss any winter weather. On our departure from the Coachmen plant we see a sea of Class C Leprechauns. Our last stop is at one of the shops at the Coachmen […]
We are ready to head out this morning but decided since we are this close to Dearborn, we would stop by the Carhartt office, a company I worked for more than 30 years in Alaska. We did not call ahead to see if Mark Valade the CEO would be in, we were in hopes he […]
Today was relaxed as we are getting to prepared to depart from Detroit area back to Middlebury IN to pick our RV up. Lauren & Mark have been the ultimate host while we were here and we will miss them but, our adventure needs to continue. Tonight Lauren, Mark & Family take us to one […]
After two full days of playing tourist we take it easy today and head over to my other cousin home Tom King for lunch at his son’s Steve house and later on to dinner at Toms favorite dinner place La Dolce Vita in Highland Park MI. On our way there we see a truck test […]
