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Van Horn RV Park

Van Horn RV Park

Yesterday afternoon we pulled into an RV park in Van Horn, Texas, imaginatively named Van Horn RV Park and were warmly greeted by Penny, one of the owners, and by the manager of the onsite restaurant, Penny’s Cafe. With a welcome like that, of course we walked the...

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National Border Patrol Museum

National Border Patrol Museum

At the suggestion of Beth and Paul, from their house we took I-10 to TX-375/Woodrow Bean Transmountain Highway and stopped for a visit at the National Border Patrol Museum in El Paso, Texas. It's a non-profit museum founded by retired border patrol agents that does a...

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An Enormous Sandbox

An Enormous Sandbox

See Park Video White Sands National Monument is beyond amazing. Yes, it's a giant sandbox that totally dwarfs the toy front end loader that someone left behind. With Paul, as our local guide, we stopped at the visitor center then drove out beyond the end of the...

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Texas Canyon in AZ

Texas Canyon in AZ

No, Texas is not our current location. We're in southeastern Arizona, at an I-10 rest area north of places like Tombstone and Sierra Vista. As we zoom along I-10, traveling longer today than we'd like, we have Picacho, Arizona behind us and Las Cruces, New Mexico as...

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Casa Grande

Casa Grande

See Park Video Centuries before Europeans knew of the vast American deserts, the Ancient Sonoran People thrived in a harsh desert environment here in what is now central Arizona. Near the town of Coolidge, between Phoenix and Tucson, is the Casa Grande Ruins National...

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The Town of Picacho

The Town of Picacho

Our stay at the Picacho/Tuscon NW KOA is complicated by the construction project that not only is widening a four mile stretch of I-10 but was responsible for the disappearance of the town of Picacho, Arizona in July 2012. We learned about the demolition of the town...

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Joshua Tree

Joshua Tree

See Park Geology Video See Park Videos What a wonderful overnight stay here in the desert in Southern California. We approached from the south. With a call to recreation.gov we had learned that several sites at Cottonwood Cottonwood Campground in Joshua Tree National...

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LA Traffic

LA Traffic

Certainly we've avoided the busiest, most congested roadways in Southern California, but to travel from Santa Paula to JoshuaTree National Park involves contending with a fair degree of LA traffic with our trailer in tow. Fortunately in the last couple of days, we've...

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After the Thomas Fire

After the Thomas Fire

One of the effects of travel for us is an emotional connectedness to the places we have visited. When we learned on the news this past winter about the Thomas Fire in California's Ventura County we immediately began fearing for the people and places we knew and had...

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Francisco’s Fruits

Francisco’s Fruits

Today we had an errand to run. We visited the UPS store in Santa Paula, California to fill out our absentee ballots in the presence of a notary public and put them in the mail. Then we treated ourselves to a drive through the Santa Clara Valley to Francisco's Fruits...

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Planning a trip? Dreaming of travel? Perhaps some of our adventures could inspire yours! Over the last several years we’ve had the distinct pleasure of many cross country journeys traveling though the Lower 48 in tents and our various teardrop campers as well as an amazing Alaska adventure that did not involve a camper.

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Bletchley Park

Bletchley Park

It was at Bletchley Park that the Allied Codebreakers deciphered German military messages during the Second World War. A free guided tour gave us a good overview of the campus and the activities that occurred here from 1938 to 1945.

Fenton House and Spaniards Inn

Fenton House and Spaniards Inn

A lovely way to spend a Sunday in Hampstead. We visited the historic Fenton House to view lots of lovely collectibles, to listen to and learn about harpsicords, and to tour and linger in the garden before heading off to the historic Spaniard’s Inn for a most delectable Sunday Roast.