Our friends Kevin and Annette flew from Vancouver to Phoenix to visit for a few days. They’re active people, so we planned 3 full days of mostly outdoor activities. On Day 1 we hiked Pinnacle Peak, the ‘Grouse Grind’ of Scottsdale, though it’s not as challenging. That afternoon we enjoyed Continue Reading
Help Name our RV Contest
We need your help! We’ve been traveling in our motorhome for almost 2 months but it doesn’t have a name yet. I read somewhere that it’s best not to force a name on one’s vehicle, far better to let it come naturally. Perhaps we can help that process along a Continue Reading
Paddy Get Your Gun
While visiting our friends Gail and George in their top-secret desert boondocking location outside Yuma, Arizona, I had the opportunity to fulfill a dream of mine. Something that’s been on my Dreams List for years. Nothing life changing – more of a guilty pleasure kind of thing. Gail and George had Continue Reading
And you said that I’m not handy
Things started out simply enough. We wanted to get some extra keys cut for our RV. We asked at a hardware store, but they didn’t have the blanks required to cut motorhome keys. In Quartzsite, we were pleased to find a guy cutting keys out of his trailer, and he Continue Reading
Quartzsite
Quartzsite is a sleepy little town of about 3,000 residents during the scorching Arizona summer, but in the months of January and February it swells to over 1 Million people, almost all of them living in RVs. Most of these people boondock in the desert, staying on Bureau of Land Continue Reading
Premature Conversation
I’ve started to play a word game with a few friends (Premature Competition) The object of the game is to insert creative 2-word phases into any conversation. (Premature Interjection) Each phrase must begin with the word “Premature” followed by a second word ending in “tion” or “sion” (Premature Formulation) The Continue Reading
Geek Alert — The Computer History Museum
We visited our Kiwi friends Alistair and Dallas in Mountain View, California. Located in the heart of the Silicon Valley near the Googleplex, their comfortable home has fruit trees and chickens in the back yard, and our motorhome just fit in their driveway. They were gracious hosts, even though they Continue Reading