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Tent Camping Test in Joshua Tree National Park

February 22, 2020 February 22, 2020National Parks, Reviews, Travel

Joshua Tree National Park is only about an hour from our site at Catalina Spa and RV Resort in Desert Hot Springs and we typically journey there at least once when we are here. December is great time to visit the park before it gets too crowded with Winter visitors.…

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Polar Bear Migration RV Tour – Part 2 The Bears in Churchill

November 20, 2019 November 23, 2019International, National Parks, Travel, Uncategorized

Arriving in Churchill After a two-week journey of moving and driving nearly every day in the RV, we finally arrived in Churchill, the Polar Bear Capital of the World. See Polar Bear Migration Tour – Part 1 Getting to Churchill in the previous post. A welcome break in the schedule,…

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Polar Bear Migration RV Tour – Part 1 Getting to Churchill

November 19, 2019 October 13, 2020International, National Parks, Travel, Uncategorized
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Our large, premium site at Pheasant Ridge in Wilsonville, Oregon was a nice change from our prior stays where the sites were uncomfortably close together. It provides options for staying near family next time we are in the Portland area. With the annual service on the RV complete, we shifted…

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Summertime in WA – Part 3 Mount Rainier National Park

October 21, 2019 October 21, 2019National Parks, Travel, Uncategorized

The final destination in our Summertime in Washington series took us to Mount Rainier National Park. Click to read the first two articles: Part 1 Mount Saint Helens and Part 2 Olympic National Park. Camping Near Mount Rainier A week stay at the very small Eastcreek Campground in Mineral, Washington was…

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Summertime in WA – Part 2 Olympic National Park

October 21, 2019 October 21, 2019National Parks, Reviews, Travel, Uncategorized

After visiting Mt. Saint Helens in the mountains, Ocean Shores on the coast and Port Orchard on the Sound (see Part One of ‘Summertime in Washington’) we continued on to see Olympic National Park over two weeks in August. One week along the Northern Strait and one on the Western…

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Summertime in WA – Part 1 Mt Saint Helens

October 2, 2019 January 17, 2021Downsizing, National Parks, Reviews, Travel

Summertime is a great time to see the Pacific Northwest where we feel at home in the abundant greenery. It contrasts so dramatically against the recently-visited desert scenery of Namibia and our typical winters spent in the desert Southwest. This route in July and August started out as a plan…

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Boondocking, Vermilion Cliffs and North Rim Grand Canyon National Park

June 19, 2019 June 19, 2019National Parks, Travel, Uncategorized

When you think of The Grand Canyon, you probably think of the super-busy South Rim Visitor’s Center with wide Canyon overlooks and plenty of services available. This would be our first visit to the North Rim Grand Canyon that typically only 10 percent of the visitors venture out to see.…

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White Sands National Monument New Mexico

June 2, 2019 June 4, 2019National Parks, Reviews, Travel, Uncategorized

This unusual National Monument was first planned as a destination on our route coming out of Tempe, Arizona in January on the way to Carlsbad Caverns and onward to Florida. Sadly, at that time, White Sands National Monument was closed during the government shutdown over Mr. Trump’s border-wall funding. It…

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Roswell – Lakes and Aliens

May 24, 2019 May 25, 2019National Parks, Travel, Uncategorized

Bottomless Lakes State Park Bottomless Lakes State Park is a beautiful place just 14 miles outside of Roswell, New Mexico. The blue-green lakes are sinkholes ranging from 17 to 90 feet deep. Fed by springs, the lakes overflow to wetlands areas that had just finished providing respite for migrating birds…

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Everglades and Biscayne National Parks

April 21, 2019 April 22, 2019National Parks, Reviews, Travel, Uncategorized

A consolation for leaving the Keys behind April 8th is knowing we are coming back next year. As usual, moving is bittersweet. I am sad to leave one place and happy to experience the next place. This time it’s The Everglades a beautifully diverse place with lots of wildlife.

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