The drive from Needles to Seal Beach (pop. 23,896) was 264 miles across the Mojave Desert. We stopped in Barstow, CA (pop. 23,915) and got our second cup of coffee, filled our personal thermoses for the remaining drive, ate lunch at Panera Bread, and had Arthur cleaned at Blue Beacon Truck Wash. We’re new fans…
We will be attending the wedding of our nephew Max (the son of MFI’s brother Jim) in Rosarita, Baja California, Mexico at the end of April. As such, we needed to work our way west to ensure we’re there in plenty of time and able to reserve a campsite on the U.S. side. With that…
We had not visited with Chad and family for two years, and it was time. Heading north in early March was risky, but given our schedule for the next four months, it made sense to go now. It required two stops to get there: Tonkawa, OK (pop. 2,980) and Merriam, KS (pop. 11,098), a Kansass…
We had air lifts installed on Sid during our first stay in Wylie, TX in December 2019. In addition to towing, we were carrying a significant load of tools and felt we needed pneumatic lifts to ease the burden on Sid’s suspension. Before leaving Wylie, we went to DFW Camper Corral, discussed lift options, and…
Our adult children recognize our project capabilities, and Jon and Katherine had two they hoped we’d be able and willing to tackle during our stay. No problem! The first involved removing a broken playroom window and closing the hole it left in the wall. The boys accidentally broke the window when the handle on the…
We left Arthur decorated until after the New Year. It wasn’t until we took down the decorations that the strange weather happened. The first event was the biggest snowfall of the season, although very little snow fell during our stay overall. The second event was heavy rainfall, sufficient enough to flood the street corner where…
This was the third time we’ve stayed at Sandy Lake RV and Tiny Home Park in Carrollton, TX (population 139,248). Not the best campground really, but we hadn’t found a suitable alternative that met our needs: reasonable cost; close to interstate highways; and convenient to Jon’s family in Richardson, the condo in Arlington, and our…
We would be in Carrollton, TX for the winter after just two more stops. But first, we needed to get out of New Mexico. After a 278-mile leg, including 50 miles of the Llano Estacado, we stopped in Amarillo, TX (population 199,371). There was no doubting in which state we had entered. We were treated…
We weren’t very far past Winslow when I-40 was closed because of an accident, and we were directed north on what became a 100-mile detour across more of the Colorado Plateau and the Defiance Plateau. Being retired has taught us to not be in any hurry and to take what comes along in stress-free stride….
Our next leg of 249 miles took us from Needles (elevation 495′) on a slow climb across west central Arizona to Flagstaff (elevation 6,909′) and onto the Colorado Plateau. We stopped at the Meteor Crater RV Park about 20 miles west of Winslow and 5 miles north of the Meteor Crater Natural Landmark. We had…
