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Dog-sitting in Phoenix 0

Dog-sitting in Phoenix

After finally leaving the Lake Havasu area I arrived at my sisters place to dog-sit while they flew off to California for the weekend. I took this time to get in some gym time, visit Cabella’s to pickup a few shooting accessories and just generally rest… although I’m not feeling...

Burning away the days in Havasu 0

Burning away the days in Havasu

Since I arrived in the Havasu City area last year (Dec 30th, 2012), I’ve done little in terms of miles driven. Quite literally there at 60 miles on my trip odometer and I reset that when I refueled, 20 miles north of Havasu City. I’ve kept it simple; camping in...

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My travels during 2013

10,380 miles traveled in  2013 I started my year just outside Lake Havasu, Arizona, boondocking in the desert where I set off on a 3 month trip around Arizona, New Mexico, back into Arizona, and into Utah before finally returning to Colorado at the end of March where I stayed...

My travels during 2012 0

My travels during 2012

In Jan 2012 I took off to begin a new adventure. This one I planned to not plan. Instead of having a route laid out ahead of time, I looked forward to simply pointing the van only in the direction the wind blows and roll with it. Since it was...

California’s Route 66 0

California’s Route 66

Today is day #4 of driving and only now can I see Arizona on the horizon… actually 60 miles up the road. I have not moved too far on any given day these past few days; only about 120-140 miles per day. This relaxed pace has allowed me the luxury...

One full year 0

One full year

One year ago today, December 28th 2011, I left what was my ‘home’ and started living on the road. While I have spent numerous months living in a house during this year, I have not really set down any roots anywhere, with my longest stay anywhere being about 3 months....

Calaveras Big Trees State Park, almost 0

Calaveras Big Trees State Park, almost

With my son in town for the holiday, I have devoted myself to entertaining him as much as I could entertain a teenager. Today we took the hour drive down Hwy 49 to Calaveras Big Trees State Park to see if we can mingle with the huge redwoods… Unfortunately, thanks...

The end of another epic adventure 0

The end of another epic adventure

On October 27th, my Mother and I took off on our third big traveling adventure. Today, we returned back to her home in California after driving more than 4500 miles through five different states over a 40-day period. We camped above Mono Lake, bathed in natural hot springs, drove over...

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Casa Grande Ntnl Monument

Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Casa Grande means “big house” (even I knew this). Obviously it is a very old “stick and mud” house from the natives dating back 7500 years. It is 4 stories tall and only a small part of what is known of a larger community of...

Carlsbad Caverns, natural entrance 0

Carlsbad Caverns, natural entrance

Since we were passing nearby,  I stopped in at Carlsbad Caverns so I could hike down the natural entrance. Last year I only had time for the elevator ride and the ‘Big room’ hike, but today we had time for me to make the short 1.2 mile hike down. It...