Category: Places

D Day

April 4, 2017

I know I’ve said a lot of things about Disney over the years.  A lot.  Sometimes I run my mouth.  I know it.  When I started to travel outside the U.S. I realized how important it is to experience the unsanitized version of a culture.  For a long time, Disney seemed to me like the…

JTNP Again

March 30, 2017

We burned rubber out of Quartzsite.  Kidding.  Just kidding.  The tires are too good right now to do something so mean to them. I wasn’t blow away by Joshua Tree the last time, so I hadn’t planned to spend time there again.  However, there’s easy boondocking in the area and it’s a national park… one…

Miles on Tires

March 10, 2017

Me to Scott, “What do you think about the tires?  I haven’t checked the pressure lately.”  Scott, “Should be fine.  Don’t worry about it.”  Me to Mom, “What do you think about the tires?  Scott checks the pressure and I don’t know….”  Mom, “They look fine but we should be able to find a truck…

Extreme Flexibility

March 2, 2017

Here’s my question….  You’re on a roadtrip.  You’ve done the first 2/3’s of it.  You’re rounding 3rd base, heading back to home.  That’s a good thing because you have to be back at the start point for a VVIP  high school graduation.  You’re thinking… hit a few more highlights and take it easy… coast on…

Regrouping

February 24, 2017

After the day before (Day 1), we took the next day to regroup, fix the RV and relax.  There was a lot of iPad watching and I’m totally fine with that.  It was also stormy all day, so outside was not an attractive option for anyone (including the dog).  …And we sprung 3 new leaks….