Life in the Cactus Forest, Our RVing Style

Greetings again from the Cactus Forest, our boondocking spot on BLM land just north of Tucson, Arizona! When we arrived here on February 3, we expected we would just be staying here for a night or two before moving on to Yuma. But here it is eleven days later, and we're still here. The weather …

Back on the Road, Blowing a Tire, Camping Among the Saguaros

Greetings, everyone, from our gorgeous, free campsite on BLM land just north of Tucson, Arizona! We arrived here on Thursday, February 3, and while everything is peaceful and serene now, it was quite an adventure getting here. Camping in the Cactus Garden near Marana, Arizona Some of you may remember that on our last trip …

Hiking and Geocaching, Chaco Culture National Historic Park, How To Get Kicked Out of a State Park

From Bluewater Lake State Park near Prewitt, New Mexico: Today is our tenth day day here at Bluewater Lake SP, and we're still very happy with our location. After paying for our first week, we decided to go ahead and max out our stay (14 days), so we're paid up through Monday night and we'll …

Quick Update on the Museum Fire

As I've mentioned before, I follow several accounts on Twitter that provide updates on wildfires in Arizona, so that we can stay informed in the event that a fire breaks out near us. Yesterday just before noon a tweet came across my feed regarding a 1-acre fire just north of Flagstaff. The tweet said that …

Spur of the Moment Camping at Trace State Park

After our last outing to Tombigbee State Park, we sort of assumed that the weather and our work schedules would prohibit us from taking Lizzy out for another getaway until our big trip in April. But last Tuesday we checked the weather forecast for the weekend and found that it actually looked decent, so we …

Tombigbee Trip Report, Tire Pressure & More Decluttering

In my last post, we were preparing to head out on our first RV weekend of the year after a cold, wet winter. And we're so glad we took advantage of the temporary break in the weather because it's been messy and wet ever since we got back, at least on the weekends. We drove …

New Video – RV Camping at Wall Doxey

I finally got my video published from our last camping trip to Wall Doxey. I'm just starting to learn how to use the GoPro, and how to edit videos into a coherent story, so I'm not totally satisfied with the quality of this one. I wound up buying a new laptop that has enough processing …

More RV Maintenance, Outing #4

Since our last posting, we've sunk some more money into Lizzy to get her in prime shape for traveling. First, we took her to a local tire store that specializes in truck tires. Andy was having some problems reading the tire pressure on one of the valve stems, and we wanted to have all the …

RV Trip #3 – Continuing to Learn

We just wrapped up our third outing since buying our RV, a 23' Class C Thor Chateau 23E. We returned to Tombigbee State Park for a quick, two-night getaway, only 15 minutes from our house. And like the two previous trips, we gained experience and made modifications that will help us be more comfortable and …

Tombigbee State Park | Kitties Go Camping

It's been a week and I'm just now getting around to reporting back on our camping experience at Tombigbee State Park on June 9-12, 2017 . It was awesome! Tombigbee SP is located less than fifteen minutes from our house, and we chose that location because we were taking our two kitties, Maggie and Molly, …