A travel blog about our RV adventures
Category: Camp Cooking
Wildfires were burning along the Nevada and California border when it was time for us to leave Dayton, NV and head west into the Sierra Mountains. We were consulting the “Watch Duty” app on our phones almost hourly to monitor the huge Park Fire that was about 50 miles north of our next destination and … Continue reading Old Mines and Ghost Towns – Part 6 – Reno, Verdi and Emigrant Pass
Yuma to Tombstone sounds like it should be a western movie about a stagecoach route. As we traveled between the two cities, it often felt like we were seeing the remnants of the wild wild west. The landscape is filled with Saguaro cactus and numerous desert plants making the Sonoran desert much more lush than … Continue reading Arizona: Yuma to Tombstone
The latest Quartzsite, AZ census lists the population at 2,413. But during the month of January, that number swells to over 1 million people! Arriving in RVs, motorhomes, vans, bicycles, cars, even on foot with backpacks and tents, the little desert town’s accommodations burst at the seams and overflow onto the BLM (Bureau of Land … Continue reading Quartzsite, AZ – “The Rock Capital of the World”
The Las Vegas area offers some of the most diverse outdoor activities in the country! Canyons, mountains, deserts, and lakes are less than an hour’s drive away from the Strip with easy access to trails at Mt. Charleston, Red Rock Canyon, Spring Mountain Ranch, Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Bureau of Land Management public lands … Continue reading Nevada – Las Vegas and vicinity
We left the Old Spanish Trail to follow former cattle drive trails in a northwesterly direction. Two Texas State Parks were our destination through this section of the Longhorn State: South Llano River State Park has one of the largest back country wilderness areas in the state park system; and San Angelo State Park contains … Continue reading Texas – Where the Buffalo Roam
Gulf Shores, Alabama With miles of white sandy beaches, Gulf Shores, Alabama is a popular winter destination for tourists and seasonal RVers. The stilted houses in colorful pastels, surf shops, luxury resorts and yachts, plus seafood restaurants and walk-up frozen daiquiri stands give the Gulf Shores its beach town vibe. Pastel houses along the shoreway. … Continue reading Alabama (Part 3) – Gulf Shores
Mississippi Bottomland Forest (and Dulcinea) Traveling deeper into Mississippi, we visited the Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge. Noxubee is the name of the county where the refuge is located. This diverse habitat has been a refuge and breeding ground since 1940 for migratory birds, amphibians, reptiles, insects and a wide variety of wildlife. … Continue reading Wildlife and Wild Weather
Sampling local cuisine has had a surprising influence on the way we’ve been shopping and eating lately. Everywhere we travel, there is a fabulous selection of local restaurants to try. We’ll pick one or two of the most homestyle cooking type restaurants to visit during our stay. Menus offer southern dishes, accompaniments, and condiments like … Continue reading Regional Eats – Southern style
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