We’re going small again for this trip, taking our little trailer “Maxine” Our planned Harvest Host stop for the first night was inaccessible due to heavy storm damage so we ended up spending the night at the truck stop. It was actually pretty nice overall. The major truck stops have made an effort to cater … Continue reading Post 1 of 2 ~ Eastern Sierra Exploration and the California Coast Sept/Oct 2025 →

After 5 very busy days with the 4 x 4 group, we started the second leg of our trip. The general plan was to head up into Oregon and then down the California Coast to San Diego, hopefully catching 2 National Parks and several National Monuments. We’re this close, so we have to go spend … Continue reading Post 2 of 2 ~ Eastern Sierras and the California Coast Sept/Oct 2025 →

Trip to Bonneville - Red Rocks of Utah - Nat. Parks and Monuments Bonneville SPEED WEEK!! 2025 Let’s go camping for four days in the hot sun. Let’s go sit or stand close together under an umbrella if we’re lucky and watch vehicles go by hundreds of yards away, going so fast it’s a blur. … Continue reading Road Trip ~ Summer 2025 →

It’s time to go again! The plan was to meet our off-road group in Nevada on July 19th for an off-road adventure continuing into Idaho. After breaking from the group at the end of the planned 9 days, our plan was to continue on our own up into Montana and the Pacific Northwest for several … Continue reading Post #1 of 4 ~ Summer 2024 ~ Idaho Off Roading & The Pacific Northwest →

The theme of this leg of trip….. FIRE! Montana, Idaho and Washington are on fire. This next leg of our trip should have been beautiful. The smoke was relentless. We had to change plans based on the wind. The smoke would clear out of a valley one day and settle back in the next. We … Continue reading Post #2 of 4 ~ SUMMER 2024 ~ Idaho Off Roading & The Pacific Northwest →

On the way to The San Juan Islands From fires to fog…. It’s much cooler now that we’ve actually made it to the Pacific Northwest. The fog is continually moving in or out. Be careful what you wish for. We wanted cooler temperatures, but with that comes little or no visibility when near the waterways. … Continue reading Post #3 of 4 ~ Summer 2024 ~ Idaho Off Roading & the Pacific Northwest →

We turned back south then east, and that means we will be picking up speed heading home. Our goal was to REALLY see the Pacific Northwest, Washington State in particular and we’ve accomplished that. The weather has really cooperated on this trip. We had the heavy smoke in Idaho, Montana and eastern Washington, but the … Continue reading Post #4 of 4 ~ Summer 2024 ~ Idaho Off-roading and & the Pacific Northwest →

Another JEO trip! https://jeepexpeditions.org March 31, Sunday - On our way from Mesa, AZ to the actual Jeep expedition starting point: March 31-  The group gathering point and trip start was at the Cochise's Stronghold Campground east of Benson, AZ off of I-10. Since we were leaving from home in Mesa, Arizona, we made a couple of … Continue reading Post #1 of 1 ~ The Butterfield Trail – Very Large Array – Roswell – March 31 – April 7, 2024 →