Pancho Villa State Park, The Pink Store in Mexico, New Water Pump, Clothing Storage

From Pancho Villa State Park in Columbus, New Mexico: Today is Moving Day again! We just wrapped up our 14-day stay at Pancho Villa State Park, one of our favorite state parks in New Mexico. We stayed here last year over the Thanksgiving holiday and enjoyed it so much that we had to come back …

Coyote Creek SP, Enchanted Circle, Geocache Trackable, Return to Storrie Lake SP, Dropping AAA

Currently at Storrie Lake State Park near Las Vegas, New Mexico: It's a rainy, cool 50° Friday morning morning here at Storrie Lake State Park. We arrived back here on Wednesday after leaving Coyote Creek State Park. But let me back up and review the last week or so. In our last blog update, we …

Boondocking – From Asphalt to BLM

As you know, we spent the first three months of our full-time RV life connected to electricity and water hookups, with an occasional sewer connection. We stayed in state parks and private campgrounds where there were dump stations and showers, but also camping fees. Well, we've changed things up considerably in our fourth month. We've …

Museum, Enchilada Fries and We Go Solar

We're down to our last few days here in New Mexico and we're trying to make the most of them before we pull up stakes and head to Arizona for the winter. On Wednesday morning we visited the Columbus Depot Museum which is housed in the old train depot and operated by the Columbus Historical …

Quick Notes from Pancho Villa SP in New Mexico

We're still happily parked at Pancho Villa State Park in Columbus, New Mexico, just three miles north of the US/Mexico border and the Mexican town of Palomas. We haven't done anything super-exciting, so I thought I'd just give you some quick notes from the past few days--this is real life for us. Last Saturday was …

Thanksgiving With Gary and His Guitars

We hope all of you had a happy and healthy Thanksgiving Day, wherever you are! We spent our Thanksgiving parked at Pancho Villa State Park in Columbus, New Mexico, where we've been since this past Sunday. It was a cool, overcast day outside, but we managed to have a blast anyway! For breakfast, we had …

Lunch in Mexico and Learning About Pancho Villa

We've spent three nights here in Pancho Villa State Park so far, and it's already moved to the top of our list of favorite places to hang out. There is just so much history, culture and character here, and it's going to take us awhile to fully experience it. We got settled into our campsite …

Moving Day – Change of Plans

As we told you in our last post, yesterday (Sunday) was moving day because we had hit our 14-day limit at Leasburg Dam State Park in Radium Springs, NM. We had prepped the RV for boondocking, with plans to start heading west toward Arizona. Well, the great thing about this lifestyle is that you can …