Q & A: Safety and Security While Hiking and Boondocking

Since all the excitement and drama that I shared with you in our last post, things have settled down quite nicely here in our camp. We are still hiking regularly in the forest around us. If you haven't read the previous post, then you don't know that Andy got lost in the woods and had …

Blog Changes, Geocaching, Drive to Crown King, RV Mattress Upgrade

Welcome back to the blog! You may notice a slightly different look this week. I've made a few changes that I hope you'll enjoy. I've added a new page to the blog called "Where We've Been", which is a chronological list of the places we've camped since we hit the road on September 1, 2018. …

Weekend in Yarnell, Almost Lost the Stinky Slinky, Bloody Basin Road BLM

We thoroughly enjoyed our weekend parked on the property of our good friends John and Helen in Yarnell, Arizona. We weren't actually "moochdocking" since we weren't hooked up to electricity or water--we were simply "driveway-surfing". And yes, these are highly technical terms used in the RVing community. 🙂 Andy and John were part of the …

The Blooming Desert, Hiking, Geocaching, Wickenburg, Vulture City

Good Monday morning, everyone! We just spent our tenth night here at our campsite on Vulture Mine Road just south of Wickenburg, Arizona. This spot is on BLM land which means it's free camping, and it has quickly become one of our most favorite places we have ever camped. The scenery around here is just …

Travel Day, Camp Vulture, Green Desert, Critters

Hooray! We have safely arrived at our new campsite! We left the Pilot Knob BLM LTVA near Yuma on Friday morning after enjoying the breakfast buffet at the Quechan Resort and Casino. We're definitely going to miss that particular Friday morning ritual! We certainly enjoyed our stay at Pilot Knob, but with the March winds …

Finally Preparing to Move On

It's hard to believe that we've been camped in the same spot for almost three months now. We arrived here at the Pilot Knob BLM LTVA (long term visitor area) on December 27 of last year. We have thoroughly enjoyed staying here in the Yuma area over the winter, and can now understand why so …

Getting Itchy Feet

It's another beautiful morning here at the Pilot Knob BLM LTVA in southern California, just west of Yuma, Arizona. We've been here for almost 10 weeks now, and while we're still enjoying it, our time here is winding to a close. This past week the afternoon temperatures hit 80° a couple of times, and it's …

Expense Report – February 2019 – Full-time RV Living

It's time once again for our monthly expense report where we share the costs associated with our full-time RV life. We live in a 24' Thor Chateau 22E Class C RV with our two cats, Maggie and Molly. We do not have a sticks-and-bricks home base, but travel wherever the weather takes us as we …

Expense Report for January 2019 Full-time RV Living

It's time once again for our monthly expense report where we share the costs associated with our full-time RV life. First, a reminder of the caveats. Every RVer is different--different rig, different diet, different interests--so our expenses are unique to us. Also, I'm not going to share every single personal expense that we incur each …

Everyday Life, Wild Winds, Jury Summons, Penny Slots

Can you believe we just passed the five-month mark since we moved into our RV full time? Maybe it's just because we're getting older, but time seems to fly out here on the road. It just reinforces our belief that it's so important to make every day count and not put off until "Someday" the …