The BBQ is the dinner star when we are camping. Is it just me or does everything taste better when you’re camping? Relaxing in the woods smelling a tri-tip on the grill is something I will never tire of. But we can’t eat tri-tip every night on each and every trip; our doctor would not…
Category: Trips!
The best part of camping, the trips! We’ll also include trip planning tips.
Photogenic Bryce Canyon
Think back to the first time you encountered the beauty of our National Parks. Looking down Yosemite Valley, standing next to the waterfall at Niagara Falls, the raw beauty of both rims of the Grand Canyon. The landscape of our great country is so grand and varied. Then there is the completely different beauty of…
The Magic Rubberband
How many times have you been pleasantly rolling down the road, hit a bump or rough section of highway and hear the dreaded noise of something falling out of a cabinet? Show of hands… Yeah, us too. We have this set of cabinets in the “kitchen.” We store cans, spices and other items in…
Keeping Your Clothes Clean
Let’s face it, life on the road is just as dirty as life at home. Mark used to drive in some sort of white shirt on trips. Notice how I said used to? It became a self-fulfilling prophecy as something always happened where he needed to get under the motor home on a drive if…
McCall 2015
Oh McCall, how I’ve missed you. 2015 was turning out to be a rough one and I looked forward to our week-long trip like a small child looks forward to Christmas morning. Mark’s dad had not been well and passed away in May. I found a lump in my neck in February that turned out…
McCall 2007
Picking up from the last blog… We couldn’t wait to get back to this place and this campground. We were back the very next summer for a week including Independence Day. Mark’s mom and stepdad joined us along with his brother and family and our dear friends Bill & Deb with their younger two kids….
Heaven on Earth: McCall, Idaho
Let me tell you about this little gem of a campground tucked in the beautiful Idaho pines. It is hands down one of my favorite places to visit and definitely my favorite place to camp. McCall is a quaint lakeside town on the banks of Payette Lake located 100 miles north of Boise. It’s a…
Fancy New LED Lights
Not long after we bought our new to us Phaeton, we took a weekend trip just to learn all about this new toy. We chose Tombstone, both because it was a quick drive but it would also give me a chance to learn to drive this thing. I chickened out on driving through Tucson during…
Hiking the Tallest Peak in Contiguous United States
Mt. Whitney is the tallest peak in the lower 48 at a whopping 14,508 feet. Hiking the peak that has been a bucket list item for Mark for many years. We weren’t going to be in Lone Pine long enough and we didn’t get a permit so going all the way to the top was…
Hiking Lake Tahoe
After the wedding in Bend, Oregon we started our trek home. We hadn’t been to Lake Tahoe in 28 years so we decided to venture back to our desert home the Tahoe way. It was a long drive with yet another alarm clock blaring way too early on vacation. Seriously, does anyone else set an…