The purpose of this 9-week journey was to earn a small, tacky piece of paper … a sticker for the travel map on the side of our RV. Florida became the 42nd state we’ve visited in the RV, and we were thrilled to add that “thumb” to our U.S. outline. Our first of seven stops in the Sunshine State was along the “Emerald Coast,” so...
You know how every state has that special place that people go when they want to kick back and have fun in the sun? In Alabama, that place is Gulf Shores, on the Gulf of Mexico, smack-dab in the middle of what they call the Redneck Riviera. Gulf Shores and the related town of Orange Beach are known for their pristine, white sugar-sand beaches on the Gulf of Mexico...
We’re always wanted to experience a traditional Mardi Gras, but not THAT Mardi Gras … you know … the one with too much everything, in New Orleans. Too many boobs, too much booze, too many tourists, just plain TOO much! Instead, we found the second largest Mardi Gras in the state, in Lake Charles, LA. Let the good times roll, or as they say in these...
We’re heading to Florida. Finally! We’ve been RV’ing for 10 years, and up to now, still haven’t make it to the big, sunny thumb of the nation. But first, we gotta get there! We left gorgeous, 70-degree Arizona, and the first day … this. Yup, that’s snow out the RV bedroom window. In southern New Mexico. Where it rarely snow! The...
You may know the old saying, “by hook or by crook,” which means “by any means necessary.” That was our week-long trip to Southern California! We visited the Presidential Library of a certain ex-Prez who loudly proclaimed the now infamous phrase “I am not a crook”; toured the not-to-be-believed Rubel Castle, which was truly built...
If you know anything about the Millers, it’s that we are obsessed with hot springs! A hot spring is “the emergence of geothermally heated groundwater up to the surface,” but the real definition of hot springs is: “FUN!” Hot springs range from odorless to super-sulphuric, from deserted to crowded, and from undeveloped to luxurious, with...
We’ve rounded up our faves from three months of summer travels, just for you and your travel bucket list! Click any highlighted title for the full original blog post, and additional photos, for each of these special places! BEST NATIONAL PARK WINNER! THEODORE ROOSEVELT NATIONAL PARK, Medora, North Dakota: The New York Times’ pick for the “#5 Place to See...
The three months of Summer ’22 have flown by. 3,459 miles have ended in Flagstaff, Arizona, just a few hours north of our sticks-n-bricks home. We’re here for three things that all sound mighty delicious: chocolate (falls), walnut (canyon), and (birthday) cake. CHOCOLATE FALLS Visiting Chocolate Falls has been a dream of ours since we started traveling...
Near the Four Corners region, on the Navajo Nation Reservation, is a mostly-unknown, quite mysterious, and fascinatingly unusual place. The Bisti Badlands in the De-Na-Zin Wilderness is 35+ miles south of Farmington, NM. It’s a mixed bag of some of the most unusual scenery found anywhere in the Southwest! Hoodoos! Clinkers! Petrified logs! Mushrooms! Dinosaur...
Leaving Montrose and Black Canyon of the Gunnison, we high-tailed it south for the last few stops of our three-month trip. The first leg took us down the Million Dollar Highway, named for the views … but which could also be the price tag of repairs, if you lose concentration on this narrow, hairpin-turn, slow-goin’, steep-grade, views-a-plenty, nerve...