We recently got to trade our obnoxious heat for some cooler temps, and boy did Greenville deliver. Lucky for me, our home away from home was along the Reedy River, steps from the famed Falls Park on the Reedy. How this is not on the cover of magazines escapes me. We started and ended each…
Category: Trips!
The best part of camping, the trips! We’ll also include trip planning tips.
Royal View Campground
Canon City, Colorado has been on our radar for a while. We’d even had a trip there planned and reserved a couple of times before having to cancel. This time we weren’t cancelling, period. Then that darn virus reared it’s ugly head. Would we have to cancel yet again or would Royal View cancel? We…
Gorging on The Royal Gorge
The Royal Gorge in Canon City, Colorado is one of those places where you leave thinking, how did I never know about this place before. Seriously, I figured I had to be the only person that never knew about this magical place. Like much of Colorado, Canon City traces its roots to mining and is…
A Life Long Camper
When I say Mark grew up camping, I really mean it. He has camped his entire life. It was a white 1964 Corvair Van. A camping van complete with a little refrigerator, sink and stove. They later added a little pop up for the top that added another sleeping spot. Then came a little awning…
Ouray RV Park & Cabins
Ouray, Colorado is one of our favorite places. It’s a magical place. We found it in 2001 on our way home from Yellowstone. We only planned on staying one night but that quickly changed to three. Our first stay was at the Ouray KOA north of town. We rented a Jeep right from the campground…
Verde Ranch RV Resort
A great new campground recently opened in our local mountains that I have to tell you about! Verde Ranch RV Resort opened in August, 2019. We watched it being built as we drove on I-17 on our way to Flagstaff and beyond. We told each other each time we passed it that we needed to…
Malahide Castle
We finished our big anniversary trip to the UK with a few days in Dublin. Along the way of our trip, we visited my grandmother’s birth place and the church Mark’s great great grandfather grew up in. Ireland held more family roots for both of us. My mother’s family hails from Ireland, though many of…
Granite Mountain Hotshots Memorial Hike
Wildfires in Arizona are an annual thing. Most are started by dry lightning but too many are started by idiots. 2013 was a tough summer with several active fires in June. We were at a friends pool party and could see the smoke plume off in the distance. Driving home it was much worse. Even…
RV Project: New Radio
Out with the old, in with the new. It was time. The original owner of our Phaeton upgraded to a fancy radio/navigation system that was woefully out of date when we bought it four years later. We really liked having the all-in-one system and looked into updating the map. Holy cow was it expensive. Nope,…
FMCA Savings!
Spring has sprung but it’s not a normal spring for most of us. The darn virus has derailed so many fun things like weddings, vacations, FMCA rallies and more. I can’t be the only one wanting to get back to our normal everyday lives. Here in Arizona, we are lucky that we can use our…