Free Camping

After a boring drive through the far western portion of Montana, a quick jaunt across Idaho, a sweltering night spent on the blacktop of a Casino parking lot, and one…

This weekend we drove 700 miles. Well… 701 to be exact. Considering that we’ve been averaging 50 miles or less between stops all summer this was a very long journey…

I was going to call this post “More of the Same Part 2″…but then I was afraid no one would read it. So instead I came up with another equally…

I tend to do some of my best cooking and baking when we’re staying at a place like this. Somewhere far from the lure of restaurants, tempting pre-made foods from…

Nothing new to report out here in our desert paradise. Oh, except that we moved to a different spot a few hundred yards from our old spot…and it comes with…

It’s funny to think that for the first 5 months of our travels we interacted with very few people besides each other. Sure, we had plenty of short conversations with…

Well it’s happened again. We have left civilization behind and once again found ourselves a gorgeous patch of desert to call home. One that we have no intention of leaving…

It used to be that the word ‘desert’ conjured up images of a desolate flat land with nothing but sand as far as the eye could see. After the past…

This morning we are packing up and leaving our spectacular waterfront spot beside Lake Mead.  It’s been an amazing eight nights full of good times and awesome company. We even…

A mere forty minutes outside the bright lights, crowded streets and non-stop action of the Vegas strip lies the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. A true oasis in the desert,…

We decided to go non-traditional for Thanksgiving this year. Since this was our first time spending the holiday away from our families, the thought of having Thanksgiving alone in the…

We’re back! After five nights of shopping, dining out, catching a movie in the theatre (gasp!) and just generally enjoying life in lovely Eugene, we’ve wandered back to the coast.…

Our free camping…I mean parking, spot We’re here in Eugene for a few days and decided to take advantage of the free overnight parking at the Valley River Center. There’s…

Last night we stayed at the Northern Quest Casino on the western edge of Spokane Washington. After 3 days in the parking lot at Schwietzer Mtn. it might seem a…

Over the last few weeks we have been itching to visit some sort of fair or festival. The problem was we could never quite make the days work. A week…