We’ve been working on an update to our map/tracking. We originally got a national parks map with scratch-off spots for each park, but it didn’t include the latest parks (missing White Sands, Indiana Dunes, and a few others). Plus the scratch-off functionality was less than ideal. The coating didn’t come off easily and sometimes took […]
Hard to believe we’re already leaving our Texas property, but we are hitting the road tomorrow and heading on our west coast loop. First stop is in Tucson to get the hail damage from the truck fixed. Unclear how long that will take, so the rest of our timing will depend on that. On the […]
Living in a remote area is all about planning for efficiency. We try to get all our errands in on one trip to town which includes: groceries, water, trash, propane, laundry, mail, and any other shopping (usually from the hardware store). A few weeks ago, the laundry facility in Terlingua had a water issue and […]
As with everyone this week, we’ve been experiencing a bit of a cold spell this past week. Unfortunately for us that means a bit of worry and stress about our pipes freezing and having enough battery and propane to keep everything warm. It was predicted to get below freezing several days this past week, I […]
As Scott said, we are trying to get back in the habit of regular updates. To start (and since it’s the beginning of 2025), I thought it would be nice to do a travel recap. We’re thinking of doing these at the end/beginning of every calendar year, but this one will be since we began […]
We came to Devils Tower for the aliens. We stayed for the hail. Monday the local Devils Tower area was hit by a “supercell microburst,” a funnel cloud that formed but did not touch down. Monday, August 19, 2024, 5:30pm. Scott is in the living room and calls for me to come out and take […]
It’s hard to believe we are halfway through summer, but thank goodness we are because it feels like we’ve been trying to escape the 90 degree temps since February. I’m not exaggerating much. Last summer we bought a few temperature/humidity devices so we could track the temperatures in various places in this home-on-wheels. We placed […]
As Scott mentioned last week, we were looking at some properties around Lava Hot Springs (which the locals pronounce Læva (like cat) not Lava (like aww)), a cute touristy town in good location for things we want to have access to. There were two different properties on our short list, both with some views of […]
One of the things I’ve been most excited about on this trip are all the new ecosystems we get to explore! We’ve seen many through our visits to the parks, but we’ve also recently visited two other organizations. I cannot say enough about the Sonoran Desert Museum. It’s like a botanical garden, zoo, and museum […]
Once we left Texas we headed to Tucson to get some repairs. Unfortunately we don’t really have photos of any of these things so I’ll try to paint pictures with words. The Hydraulics. First, you might remember a while ago (when we were in Carlsbad last year) we had some tire repairs, replaced the leaf […]
