Spent the morning slowly making my way up to the top of Picacho Mountain. Though I did stop a few times to catch my breath, it was not a very hard hike up to the 4956 foot height of the tallest point on the mountain. The orange line marks what I call Rocky Foyer, it is the furthe … | Continue reading
Monday, March 4 This morning, I drove into Las Cruces, NM to run a couple of errands. Once finished with those, I drove to the eastern edge of town and found a spot near a colorfully decorated water tank for a picture of the Organ Mountains. I've stayed quite close to the base of … | Continue reading
I left Texas behind yesterday. One weird thing that I didn't realize before, I crossed into the Mountain Time Zone about an hour or so before I crossed the border into New Mexico! Weird. I returned to a camping spot near BLM land to the west of Las Cruces, NM. Here's a link to th … | Continue reading
For quite a while now, there'd been something preventing the flow of Air Conditioning through the dashboard vents. AC would only flow from the defrost vents at the base of the windshield! We put up with it since things were eventually cool enough during driving periods but now th … | Continue reading
Martha flew home today out of the Midland airport. She'll be rejoining me in April I think. We visited a historical landmark before going to the airport, the home of George H. W. Bush and his family when they lived in Midland, TX. This was actually the second of three homes they … | Continue reading
Yesterday, February 25 was a day spent on repairing a broken spare tire carrier on the VRRV. Shortly after arrival at Long Branch, TX, I discovered that the metal bracket supporting the spare tire on the VRRV had cracked! We were very fortunate in that it held together enough for … | Continue reading
We left Long Branch, TX this morning and headed west, bypassing the Dallas/Ft Worth Metro areas to the south and setting up camp at a Corps of Engineers campground on Lake Whitney, TX. Before we got to the campground however, we made a stop in Hillsboro, TX to check out the Roads … | Continue reading
Yesterday, February 22, we drove from the Toledo Bend Reservoir to Long Branch, TX to visit a college friend of mine. She's got a bit of land and there was room next to the big storage barndominium/shed for Uma, including 15 Amp power hookup! Today, February 23, we went to the ne … | Continue reading
Martha and I drove the hour or so from our campsite to Natchez, LA by the Cane River where the Oakland Plantation is located. The plantation is part of the Cane River Creole National Historical Park. Established in 1821, its history is of course involved with the enslavement of p … | Continue reading
We left the Galveston Bay State Park around 8:25 AM and would be crossing into Louisiana at 12:44 PM.Today's sunrise:Seeking to avoid the overcrowded traffic conditions of Interstate 45, we took CCjon's advice and boarded the Bolivar-Galveston Ferry to get onto the Bolivar Penins … | Continue reading
We left the Galveston Bay State Park around 8:25 AM and would be crossing into Louisiana at 12:44 PM. Today's sunrise: Seeking to avoid the overcrowded traffic conditions of Interstate 45, we took CCjon's advice and boarded the Bolivar-Galveston Ferry to get onto the Bolivar Peni … | Continue reading
We've been dry camping at the Galveston Bay State Park since yesterday. The sites have decent space between them, not like the full hookup sites nearby which seem to be stacked next to each other. The beach area is OK, and it was windy while we were there so not exactly enjoyable … | Continue reading
Yesterday, we drove the VRRV to the outskirts of Houston, TX and set up camp at a HipCamp location near Cypress, TX. HipCamp is kind of like the airBnB for campers. Small privately owned locations, with just a one to a few sites. Anyways, we got in to the one that's a small famil … | Continue reading
Martha and I checked out the Upper McKinney Falls in the morning: I liked the way the tree roots developed... photo by Martha We then headed into South Austin to check out a store called Uncommon Objects, which, in keeping with the Austin city motto of "Keep it Weird", offered a … | Continue reading
Sunday was spent finalizing the repairs on the VRRV's awning, now I can use the slot in the roller to add on a shade curtain as needed: Here's a photo of the four of us at The Alamo on Monday: Tuesday was a mild tourist day, a visit to the Dzuit Meat Market in Castroville, TX the … | Continue reading
Martha and I spent most of the morning touring the museum and former Yuma Territorial Prison. Unlike some of the other prisons we've toured, this one had been restored to pretty good shape; though not as complete as when it was an operational prison.Archival photo of the prison, … | Continue reading