When I started this lifestyle, I never thought I’d have gone to dozens of ghost towns around the country. It comes as a side benefit of traveling around the West. I must profess my thankfulness that some have it in them to stand up and and take care of these...
We have been here a week already. That usually means we are on our way out. But, here we remain a full week after the wheels of the trailer came to a rest, and we have two more weeks of exactly the same in the future. Normally the itch to...
Kerri planned a nice day of exploring for us. Not only were we looking for a place to boondock not far out of Silverton, but there were two ghost towns within reach as well. That made for a whole day of off-road adventures. The boondocking ended up a bust… the...
After a week on the Eastern side of the Smoky Mountains, we made the decision to jump over the National Park to get at least one day’s adventuring on the East side of the park on our way into Kentucky. As luck would have it a storm was passing through the area...
With the Rocky Springs Campground being only a single night stay, we had nearly 200 miles of driving before we made it to our destination to spend the work week. The Jeff Busby Campground sits at roughly the halfway point of the parkway, and within reach of a few places...
I have been looking forward to this part of the country for a long time. And the timing was perfect, after a tough final week in Louisiana for me. A slight back-track and a hop to the North put us right at Natchez, Mississippi and the the town of Natchez,...
Texas…. The last time I was here it was not all that to me. It has been a while (just over 4 years) and I’ve changed a lot since then, but I still wasn’t looking forward to Texas again. Maybe it was the bad experience in Carlsbad, but entering Texas...
With a day of exploring scheduled Kerri and I set out find a few items on the map. As luck would have it, we needed only travel on a single road to get them all in. The first of which is the ghost town of Bonanza, Idaho. Bonanza was founded...
With only a single [non-work] day being camped near the West side of the National Park, I had to get Kerri in to see some of the sights, but it was going to be a bit of a crunch. The West side of the park has it’s own feel; more...
We set out from Crested Butte on Saturday afternoon, with backpacks and supplies ready, navigated over Kebler Pass (our 3rd time already), all to visit a location less than 20 miles away from camp, as the crow flies. For us land-based-mammals we had to drive more than 80 miles to...
