Hey hey, National Parks Week is coming! #NationalParkWeek starts April 20, the day on which entrance fees will be waived at all parks to get the par-tay going and encourage everyone to enjoy their national parks in person. Most people are familiar with the most popular parks – Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, Great Smoky Mountains — but did you know there are 63...
It was time to (literally) dust off our cowboy hats and locate the pointy toe boots in the back of the closet. We attended a wonderful, down-home-style country music festival in Wickenburg, Arizona this past weekend. It was perfectly monikered as “Party in the Desert.” Yee-haw! The organizers put together the kind of gathering you’d want if you were...
We journeyed to far southern Arizona, indeed just 30 miles shy of the Mexican border, to explore Tubac AZ, founded 1752, a historic/bohemian/artsy community “where art and history meet” but which we prompted re-tagged as “The Poor Man’s Santa Fe.” Here we attended the Tubac Festival of the Arts, southern Arizona’s largest art fair...
We haven’t traveled in the RV since we returned from the Eastern Sierras of California in September, 2023. During that drought, we’ve been downsizing my 82-year-old parents from a huge house located an hour away, to a reasonably-sized house in our very own neighborhood. So, after the move was successfully completed, it was time for our first outing of...
November 15 is National Recycling Day, and so we’ve “recycled” a few older blog posts to tell you all about the best, most-fun, clearly mind-blowing destinations highlighting recycled materials … and you can visit them all! According to National Geographic, Americans send 64 tons of waste to landfills during their lifetime. Not these...
After every long trip, people inevitably ask, “What was your favorite stop?” Well, folks, in twenty-seven stops of Summer 2023, THIS was our favorite! Along the Eastern edge of the Sierra Nevada mountains, a 54-mile stretch of Highway 395 between Bridgeport and Mammoth Lakes is truly unreal … but it’s real!! Here are just a few of our favorite...
Ahhhh, California, you never fail to delight and amuse. Here are just a few of the witty and wacky things we’ve laughed at along the way over the last three months! The Rear View Preach Wild Kingdom Pet Peeves Menu Madness I Love The Smell of Diesel In The Morning Fundraising Genius Masters of Marketing Speak Your Truth Great Plate Spread Good Cheer Just...
Our only other Nevada stop of this 11-week trip was at South Lake Tahoe. It was almost Not-Nevada, as the California state line was only 3 miles away, and a great majority of Lake Tahoe is actually in Cali. Lake Tahoe is the second-largest Alpine lake in North America, behind Lake Titicaca (which nobody can say without giggling) in South America. If you drive...
Having visited Virginia City, MT last year, 2023 was the year for Virginia City, NV. Perhaps next year we’ll try Virginia City, VA, or Virginia City, NM. This particular Virginia City is an old mining town, reachable only via very steep, winding, guardrail-less roads, and, like most mining towns, perched high on the hillside. The mountainside under our...
A quick two nights in Truckee, CA had us taking one of the most unique hikes ever … through miles and miles of graffiti-covered, abandoned train tunnels. It was a mess … but a beautiful mess! It was slow going, due to a river-rock surface, standing water in sections, and the necessity to stop every few feet and gaze in wonder at the artwork. Some was...