Category: Campgrounds

Near Quartzsite, AZ – Thursday February 25, 2016

Another day on the road.

Our goal today was a boondocking area just north of Quartzsite, Az.  However, we didn’t make it.  About an hour into today’s drive we got a rock into the driver’s side window.  The star in the window is the size of a quarter.
Stopped in Palm Spring/Cathedral City to get the window fixed.  The first place we looked for was no longer at their internet address.  I think a lot of the window fix places don’t have a physical location any longer they all work out of mobile vans.  The second place has a physical location but I could not get the motorhome close to their building.  When towing the car I cannot backup so I don’t drive into a parking lot I don’t see a way out of without having to back out.
We drove around the block several times before I could find a place to park.  Ended up in a strip mall lot a block away.  They came over in their mobile truck and fixed the window.  They did a really nice job however this took us three hours
We ended up at a rest stop just inside Arizona and 20 miles from the boondocking area we were looking for.   It was 6:10 and decided it wasn’t worth the hassle of trying to find a boondocking campsite in the dark.
Another rest spot campsite.

Eugene, OR – Monday February 22, 2016

We are starting our southern trip to Peoria, Arizona for Mariner’s Spring Training.
Here is our campsite picture for today. We are at a rest stop just north of Eugene Oregon.  It was almost 11:00 before we left home and got here at 5:30. 
Little rain in Washington and clear sunny skies all day in Oregon.  Not much else going on just driving in the sun.  Will continue south to Red Buff or so tomorrow. 

Boron, CA – Friday November 20, 2015

We are at a rest stop on Hwy 58 100 miles east of Bakersfield.  We got here at 2:30 p.m. and unfortunately to move on we would end up in the area north of Bakersfield on I-5 looking for a place to spend the night.  I think the rest stops are pretty busy in that area.

This rest stop has a great place where we can have the bedroom slide out tonight and not have someone knock it off, should be a good night.

Here are our travels for the day.

Where we are, think I saw a B-1 bomber flying in as we were getting close of Edwards.

It was 79 degrees when we got here.  I was reading Facebook and here is a picture a Tim Yerdon (Navy friend) from Sioux Falls, South Dakota posted this morning,

At least day was warm and sunny, it was a good day.

We do need to get on the stick snow is coming to the Siskiyous Monday or Tuesday.

 

Caballo Lake SP, NM – Sunday November 1, 2015


In camp all day currently watching the Seahawks game.  This will be our last day in New Mexico for a while, we are currently planning on attending the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta next October. We will be leaving early tomorrow morning for Phoenix and Lost Dutchman SP, it will be an 8 to 9 hour day on the road.
During the last 14 months and our three trips south we have spent 65 nights in New Mexico.  We will spend the next two and a half weeks in Arizona and then home for Thanksgiving.

Caballo Lake SP, NM – Wednesday October 28, 2015

Hatch, NM (20 miles south of here) is the U.S. capital of red and green chili peppers.

Here are some chili fields and how they grow.

I also found a good use for my tool box.

Hold my box of wine in place.
Yes, it’s not the greatest in the world however it should keep better then bottled wine does in the warm motorhome.  I don’t have enough room in the refrigerator, like some people I know.