Stories from the road
All that remained was to cross the entire State of Texas. I stopped in Fredericksburg to breakup the drive and also to celebrate and have a couple days to reflect before it was all over. A nice pull-through site (though not very level) for my final campsite of the trip. Read more…
This is a part of the trip that was never supposed to happen. The original plan was to leave the camper in Tucson and return to Pheonix to stay with a friend and then have just a day or two to regroup in Tucson and then on to White Sands. Read more…
Left Wolfie in Flagstaff and headed out for an overnight trip through Navajo Nation land. I had an early morning tour scheduled in Monument Valley and figured I’d make the most of the journey out there by configuring a full day road trip around Arizona. The first stop was a Read more…
There are those moments when flipping through photos that you see a place and just have to see it in person. One of those places for me were the Antelope slot canyons near Page, Arizona. Upper and Lower Antelope Canyon are located within the Navajo Nation (the largest land area Read more…
After a day spent at the Barstow / Calico KOA in the Mojave Desert, I was officially sick of the heat and decided it was time to take a break from Wolfie. I made the logical decision to head to the hottest place on Earth, Las Vegas, and they were Read more…
Before jumping into the beauty along the Oregon and Washington border, I should first cover how I got there. I left a wonderful stay at Glacier National Park to travel through mountain passes and spectacular countryside with a stop in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. I enjoyed walking around town, climbing Tubbs Read more…
I was so excited to have family join me on the adventure and really excited to explore the sites of South Dakota across the Black Hills and the Badlands. Step one was getting there. Towing a travel trailer is a slow endeavor so I left Lincoln a day ahead of Read more…
I spent so many months planning and thinking about the trip and I was now at a stretch of days that I wasn’t looking forward to. I had just spent a wonderful long stretch in Upper Peninsula Michigan and now needed to hitch up and travel almost 900 miles over Read more…
I admit to being highly influenced by tv commercials and I have always remembered those Pure Michigan commercials about Mackinac Island. Staying in the Upper Peninsula, I took the ferry to the island for a relaxing day on the island. It is like stepping back in time, as you explore Read more…
One of the challenges that I faced was wanting to see as much as I could while also spending enough time in each place to really get to know it. I planned for a full eight days in the U.P. as an opportunity to relax, catch-up on life (aka laundry, Read more…
A huge consideration for the route mapped out for the trip was that I wanted to visit the few remaining states that I had never been to. Entering Michigan was not only new for Wolfie but new for me too. This was one of the last campsites that I booked Read more…
Wolfie had stayed in place while I traveled around, so after a long break from hauling a camper it was time to hitch up and head to the Finger Lakes. I had visited the area three times prior and was excited to see that it was the perfect location to Read more…