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Post #84: The snowbirds flew the coop
March 19, 2021 Only some softly hooting desert owls disturbed our sleep during the night. The rising sun illuminated snow on peaks of the distant

Post #83: Not quite Mexico
March 18, 2021 It was a dark and stormy night. Actually, it was morning and it was a bit drizzly and partly cloudy but I

Post #82: A dose of vitamin sea
February 26, 2021 The cold settled in overnight and when we eventually said good morning to each other, we laughed as we could see our

Post #81: Miles to go before we peak
February 25, 2021 The moon was bright and the campground was eerily lit at midnight as owls hooted to each other. It was a cold

Post #80: The pinnacle of national parks
February 24, 2021 10:45 am. Her: Hey, I know this is kind of sudden, but I was thinking about a little camping trip we could

Post # 79: Firefall at dawn
February 14, 2021 The wind blew all night but we were snug in the truck and protected enough not to get too much dust inside.

Post #78: A shaggy oasis
February 13, 2021 We both woke up by 7 groggy from lack of sleep. The loud couple got up and waved to us and we

Post #77: Mecca Hills, part deux
February 12, 2021 Sadly, the room air conditioner in the hotel was noisy when it was on and too quiet when it was off, which

Post #76: Palm Desert pause
February 11, 2021 Light clouds rolled in overnight and dimmed the usual spectacular star show. But the night was quiet and we slept peacefully. Initially,

Post #75: The Sierra’s forgotten stepsister
February 10, 2021 We both slept warmly last night despite the cold temperatures outside and were greeted by the sun coming up behind us. Sometime

Post #74: The Pass Less Taken
February 9, 2021 Sometimes an adventure just comes together. We had nothing on our calendars scheduled for a week so we came up with a

Post #73: To Half Dome and beyond
January 16, 2021. It got dark at the campsite by 5 pm, but the nearby RV’s generator didn’t shut off until 9. We couldn’t imagine

Post #72: The lake John Muir hated
January 15, 2021. It was in the upper 30’s when we woke up in the campsite by the creek, the trickling water welcoming us as

Post #71: Thanks, climate change
January 14, 2021. A few days of rainy and cool weather was starting to make us antsy for a road trip. We found a window

Post #70: The Mohave
December 19, 2020 I stepped out of the truck very early in the morning before the sun was up as a gentle cold wind blew.

Post #69: London Bridge is…in Arizona
December 18, 2020 It was cold when we got up, somewhere not much above freezing. Parker, Arizona looked like a working-class town that was unhurried

Post #68: Chutes and Ladders
December 17, 2020 The desert can be chilly at night in the winter, but we were warm with our extra blanket. Bugs don’t like the

Post #67: Our very own slot canyon
December 16, 2020 We both woke up a little chilly, but only our faces. The outside temperature was 25 according to the truck when I

Post #66: Sequoias in the snow
December 15, 2020 Sleeping next to a highway rarely makes for a good sleep, but because this one mostly went into the park, it was

Post #65: So what if it’s December, let’s head to the mountains!
December 14, 2020 California instituted new Covid restrictions a few days ago. Hotels were closed to all except essential workers, all campgrounds were closed and

Post #64: Autumn in Utah
September 30 – October 1, 2020 We weren’t nearly as cold as the night before—only 49 degrees this time—and we slept until the sun began

Post #63: From the world’s worst dirt road to the world’s best slot canyons
September 29, 2020 We both shivered half the night because we’d forgotten to bring our extra down blanket. I saw why we shivered—it was 29

Post #62: Living on the edge
September 28, 2020 We woke at dawn after an agitated sleep and immediately checked for an update on the fire near home. Fortunately, the news

Post #61: Twists and turns of the road and the river
September 27, 2020 It was a peaceful if chilly night by the corral with no sound but the wind. We made a leisurely breakfast at

Post #60: An almost dangerous hike
September 26, 2020 We woke as the sun came up and by 8 am we were in Moab. The two-mile traffic jam from the night

Post #59: Back to where we started
September 25, 2020 We woke up at first light. Last night was peaceful but neither of us slept well for no reason we could ascertain.

Post #58: Serendipity
September 23-24, 2020 After taking care of lots of little details and closing up our house to keep out the wildfire smoke, we finally hit

Post #57: Glass ride
August 17-18, 2020 A cool comfy sleep is just the thing after a motorcycle trip from (or to) hell. Yesterday’s asphalt-melting ride to Napa was

Post #56: Hell? yeah
August 16, 2020 The idea was to ride the motorcycle to Glass Beach in Fort Bragg, California on a two-day 550-mile loop . We would

Post #55: Skinny beach
August 11-12, 2020 Covid is causing more people to try new things, such as camping, for the first time. We love seeing people discover how

Post #54: A dry waterfall
August 10, 2020 As expected, the sunrise over the lake was spectacular, even if we slept in and missed the first part. It was cool

Post #53: Musical campsites
August 9, 2020 We’d had a wonderful one-month stretch at home, with family visiting for much of it, but now we were ready to explore

Post #52: Montana—Idaho—Washington—Oregon, then back to California
July 7-8, 2020 The terminus of our trip was supposed to be Glacier National Park. We were going to head there first, but five days

Post #51: To the most beautiful road in the U.S.
July 6, 2020 We woke at 6:30 and within 10 minutes we were underway to the South Rim of the Yellowstone Trail. Before we even

Post #50: Yellowstone
July 5, 2020 We woke up ready to leave. Ready in that everything was packed up so we could head out early. The Tetons are

Post #49: Death is an option
July 4, 2020 It was cool last night, around 45 degrees, which made for good sleeping. We lingered until the sun came through the windows

Post #48: The nook of Mormons
July 3, 2020 11:30 pm: The four twenty-somethings camped across from us kept talking and getting in and out of their car a few yards

Post #47: A two marmot day
July 2, 2020 We woke to sun streaming in the windows and it was cool enough out that Susan donned her puffy coat to step

Post #46: Grand Tetons
July 1, 2020 During the night it started to rain and we were glad to be inside. It was a cold rain with wind but

Post #45: Jackson Hole
June 30, 2020 The cheap hotel the night before turned out to be just what we needed. By the time we checked out, we were

Post #44: We take the high road
June 29, 2020 I woke up about 2 am and turned off the fan, partly because we didn’t need it anymore and partly because I

Post #43: The land of dinosaurs
June 28, 2020 We’d never made camp the night before and it was quite chilly camped at high elevation, so we left right after we

Post #42: Beautiful, frustrating Twin Falls, Idaho
June 27, 2020 We showered one more time in the morning to get our money’s worth at the hotel and set off to Twin Falls,

Post #41: Oregon from west to east
June 26, 2020 3 pm on the Oregon coast: Wow, the sun is shining bright—I could live here. Any other time: It’s so dreary I could never

Post #40: Dunes to headlands
June 25, 2020 When I woke up, I knew I wanted something hot for breakfast. The wind had mostly died but it was chilly and

Post #39: Seven hikes
June 24, 2020 Most campgrounds wake pretty early. But Redwood Bar wasn’t like most campgrounds. There were no designated sites, rather dozens of spots along

Post #38: Heading east to the western states
June 23, 2020 With both of us feeling the travel itch again, we decided to take a trip in our own “backyard” and see parts

Post #37: Rumble to Reno
June 10-11, 2020 While we love camping, we really love traveling. Camping is an affordable way to wake up in awesome places and allows us

Post #36: Obsidian obsession
May 28-29, 2020 To get a perfect night’s sleep requires several things. Each sense must be completely satisfied. A soft comfortable surface to lie on,

Post #35: Where the antelope play
May 27, 2020 Our remote campsite last night was incredibly quiet. We slept in and woke up with the sun already streaming through the tall

Post #34: To the bat cave!
May 26, 2020 I stepped out of the truck at about 2 am and looked at the sky. It was hard to believe how bright

Post # 33: Through Susanville to the Modoc
May 25, 2020 We always said that once we actually retire and we get tired of the rainy winters or baking summers, we’d simply leave

Post #32: Homeward bound
May 10, 2020 We’d escaped the heatwave at home, but now the forecast for the entire north part of California was for several days of

Post #31: Susan says, “it’s a gorge-ous day”
May 9, 2020 We woke to muted sun low through the trees, a chill, a faint pine scent, and the ever-present smile-inducing sound of Trail

Post #30: The most perfect campsite
May 8, 2020 We woke up early and when we stepped out of the truck we were surprised that it wasn’t as cold as we

Post # 29: Leaving the heat behind
May 7, 2020 We left the house at about 9 am, heading north and west to escape a coming heat wave and find some places

Post #28: A romantic waterfall
April 30, 2020 A gentle breeze rustled the oak leaves and whispered in the pines above us as we woke. The night had been incredibly

Post #27: A waterfull day – a lake, a spring, a river, and three waterfalls
April 29, 2020 The skies clouded overnight and the temperature didn’t fall as much as we’d expected. We both slept warm and comfortable on our

Post #26: Faeries and a castle
April 28, 2020 It had been six weeks since we began sheltering in place due to the coronavirus and we needed to get out. We’d

Post #25: Home is on the other side of the mountains
March 16, 2020 We woke at daybreak and took a short walk along the lake’s edge. Our campsite next to the lake was peaceful and

Post #24: The valley and the lake
March 15, 2020 Refreshed, we decided to spend some time in our hotel, taking care of business – phone calls to family, canceling our May

Post #23: It’s 6:18, wake up!
March 14, 2020 My phone was supposed to wake us at 6 am this morning and didn’t. We planned to take in the sunrise at

Post #22: Over the rainbow
March 13, 2020 It was a pleasant evening camping in Mesquite Canyon. Then a gentle breeze sprang up after we’d gone to bed. Soon, the

Post #21: That is one tight ass canyon
March 12, 2020 The sunset the night before in the Alabama Hills was followed by a perfect moonrise. When I stepped out of the truck

Post #20: On the way to Alabama. Hills that is
March 11, 2020 Voyagers can find travel addictive as minds expand with horizons. So it is with us. Less than two weeks after returning from

Post #19: There’s no wrong way when there is no way-Susan
February 28, 2020 I awoke around 3 am and stepped outside. There were no coyotes yipping this time but amazingly I could faintly hear the

Post #18: Whales watching us
February 27, 2020 The wind blew through the night and shook the truck at times but eventually diminished a little. Getting out of the SUV

Post #17: Thar she blows
February 26, 2020 All through the night, the wind howled. The palm fronds hung on bravely and the sand dust swirled throughout the campground and

Post #16: Where the desert meets the sea
February 25, 2020 Again we woke to the swooshing of swaying palms brushing across the truck. The forecast was for even higher winds with gusts

Post #15: And the wind did blow
February 24, 2020 In the morning in Baja, the wind is usually light. But this day, by noon, it was howling and blew 25 mph

Post #14: Magical Loreto
February 23, 2020 A constant cool breeze flowed through the truck while the surf lulled us all night. The forecast was for robust wind, but

Post #13: That road?!?!?
February 22. 2020 We woke up early with the sunrise and decided to head to Agua Verde before breakfast. Not long after leaving, we started

Post # 12: Waves, in stereo
February 21, 2020 We woke at 5:45 am (first light) to absurdly loud, throbbing Mexican music. After being gone all night, the fishermen I’d helped

Post #11: Slowing down
February 20, 2020 Day two at Playa Pilitas started after a good night’s sleep with a cool breeze blowing through the screened windows. Before breakfast,

Post #10: We visit Hotel California. Yes, that one
February 19, 2020 The decision to stay another day in Cabo was nixed a few seconds after it was uttered, and unanimously. The crowds, traffic,

Post #9: Choice is the richest luxury
February 18, 2020 Let’s go sit in the hot pool! The sun was just rising and Susan was already awake. Groggily, I said sure, but

Post #8: The chocolate melted
February 17, 2020 Many years ago, sailing friends, when asked how far south they planned to go, used to say, ‘til the butter melts. For

Post #7: How far is that lighthouse?
February 16, 2020 Turns out, a long way. After waking to a stunning orange sunrise over the sea, followed by a breakfast of oatmeal and

Post #6: Cacti on the coast
February 15, 2020 We woke sprawled on the hotel’s double-twin bed (not to be confused with a real king). Then another hot shower and then

Post #5: Love in the big city
February 14, 2020 After the wind died down overnight, the stillness was powerful. A late-night bathroom break presented stars from horizon to horizon with the

Post #4: Perfect enough to stay another day
February 13, 2020 We awoke to a much warmer day. The wind had died overnight and the clouds were staying away. After a breakfast of

Post #3: Really officer, it’s CBD
February 12, 2020 We decided to leave the next morning. Not that there was anything wrong with where we were. In fact, the palapa was

Post #2: In which Susan says “That extra two inches really makes a difference.”
February 11, 2020 Last night we both slept really well – like nine or 10 hours well. Susan recently added a two-inch memory foam top

Post #1: Crossing the border
February 10, 2020 Somewhere south of San Felipe. We left Susan’s old friend Linda’s beautiful house in San Diego about eight this morning after taking