The Great “We-Beat-Covid” Roadtrip – Days 35-40 | Cost and Statistics

Greetings from our home base in Deming, New Mexico! We arrived home on Wednesday, June 9, on the 40th day of our epic road trip to visit family and friends after receiving vaccinations for COVID-19. We were tired and a little road-weary, but we couldn't have asked for a better experience. It was well-worth all …

Shakedown #2 | Rockhound | Pancho Villa

Greetings from our home base in Deming, New Mexico! We just returned from a ten-day outing to a couple of nearby state parks, arriving back home yesterday just before noon. Although we didn't travel far, we accomplished our twin objectives of checking out all the systems on Lizzy 3 as well as enjoying being out …

Lizzy 3 Shakedown Wrap-Up, Leasburg Dam

Greetings from our home base in Deming, New Mexico! We made it home on Tuesday after spending four nights at Leasburg Dam State Park near Radium Springs, concluding our eight-night shakedown cruise in our new rig, Lizzy 3. If you read our last post, you know that we spent the first four nights dry-camping at …

Lizzy 3 Shakedown – City of Rocks

Greetings, everyone, from our beautiful campsite in one of the most scenic and unique landscapes in all of the Southwest USA--City of Rocks State Park near Faywood, New Mexico. Our home in City of Rocks State Park As it happens, this little gem of a park is only about 30 miles north of our home …

Inside Lizzy 3 | Prepping for Our First Outing

We've been the happy owners of Lizzy 3 for a little over a month now, and we're still so excited! It just makes my heart happy to look out my dining room window and see her parked in the driveway right next to our home base, just waiting for us to take her on a …

New Mexico State Park Passes Extended

When New Mexico closed all their state parks to overnight camping back in mid-March 2020 due to Covid-19, a lot of questions were raised about the annual camping passes. For those of you who aren’t aware, New Mexico has a great deal on their camping passes for state parks. You can purchase an annual pass …

Back on the Road – Finally!

Greetings, everyone, from our home on wheels! After seven months, we're finally back out on the road, even if it is just temporarily. It feels so good to be back in the RV, having a different view outside our windows, living a little closer to nature. Since our last update, we did become official residents …

Homebase Life, Pandemic-Style

Currently at our homebase in Deming, New Mexico: Yeah, I know it's been a long time since I've posted anything here, but honestly it's been a pretty boring time being cooped up at our homebase as we self-isolate from the pandemic. Even though some of the restrictions that were put in place back in March …

Our New Homebase Property – Video Tour

Currently at our homebase in Deming, New Mexico: Sorry it's been so long since we posted an update, but things have been a little crazy here. Yes, we closed on the purchase of our homebase property on Monday, May 4. The closing happened earlier than originally scheduled since it was a cash transaction and the …

Home Base Update – Closing in a Pandemic

Currently located at Escapees Dreamcatcher RV Park in Deming, New Mexico: Just wanted to give everyone another quick update on where things stand on our purchase of our home base property here in Deming, New Mexico. Because the transaction is a relatively simple one (cash purchase, no lien on the seller's side), we've been able …