Navigating Grand Canyon National Park
Visiting Grand Canyon National Park on the South Rim required a lot more planning than I had originally expected, but this is why I planned…
Trail & Hitch vs The Fading Furnace
We were staying in Williams, Arizona, just 1 hour outside of the Grand Canyon South Rim and this is the moment when our Airstream furnace…
On Second Thought, Forget The Alamo
Why did we choose to forget the Alamo? Well, it all began with a desire to see The Alamo while we were near San Antonio,…
Arizona Elections: A Traveler’s Discovery
As we have been traveling around we happened to be in both Arizona and Nevada while they were holding their presidential primaries. I'm something of…
Saguaro National Park East
In our second trip to Saguaro National Park, we headed out to the Rincon Mountains to see what the East half of the park had…
Casa Grande, Arizona
Casa Grande Arizona is home to the Casa Grande RV Resort and thus was home to us for about three weeks time. We've been waiting…
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Our trip to Organ Pipe National Monument took over 2 hours to reach, and along the way we noticed several border patrol stops. Which makes…
Visiting Boquillas, Mexico
While at Big Bend National Park I made some noises about wanting to cross over into Mexico at least once just. I also wanted a…
Saguaro National Park West
We took a trip to Saguaro National Park late in the morning and the temperature was already reaching a high of 86°F. This is unusually…
Hitch vs High Anxiety
Generally, I am a chill dude, not prone to worry or anxiety. In the fight or flight spectrum, I tend strongly towards fighting. Not so…
We Locked Ourselves in Our Airstream
Every RV has its own "special qualities" that you get to know better and better as you travel with it. Everyone can imagine that an…
Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Within the northern boundaries of the Chihuahuan Desert of western Texas resides an underrated gem of the National Park System: Guadalupe Mountains National Park. Do…
Carefree Afternoon Tea for White Day
For our White Day celebration, we headed to the small town of Carefree, Arizona. Carefree's official town motto is "The Best Small Town in Arizona,"…
Hoover Dam
We took a half-day trip to Hoover Dam, an American engineering icon built by thousands of workers and cost over a hundred lives in the Great…
Carlsbad Caverns: Left Hand Tunnel
Crisis in the Caves, 1979 On a hot July day in 1979, four men entered the elevator leading down into the Big Room of Carlsbad…
Grand Canyon West
I'd first like to preface that Grand Canyon West is not a part of the Grand Canyon National Park. It's a private amusement park owned…
Las Vegas: Life in the Fast Lane
During our time in Death Valley our good friend Dennis decided to come down from the Camino Island in Washington to check out the Super…
Nevada: Odds and Ends
To explore Death Valley we stationed ourselves in Parhump, Nevada for two weeks. While most of our attention was focused on the park itself, I…
Spectacular Views of Death Valley National Park
Our first stop in Death Valley was a spot called Dante's View. What makes it such a good starting place is that it overlooks a…
Death Valley Sand and Pupfish!
If you're much of a Star Wars fan like we are, you may remember the scene in New Hope where C3P0 and R2D2 are arguing on…
Colors of Death Valley National Park
One of my favorite spots in Death Valley is Zabriskie Point. From this vantage point, we were surrounded by an unearthly desert landscape filled with wild erosion lines and the…
Driving in Death Valley National Park
Our trip to Death Valley was precipitated by a tip from our friend Dennis about the super bloom just getting under way. He was planning…
Death Valley: Would you like salt with that?
Our first day exploring death valley was a low point of our American journey; -282 feet below sea level to be exact; as low as…
Super bloom, Super Awesome in Death Valley!
Trail and I were enjoying southern Arizona and planning to continue making our way deeper into the state when I got a Facebook message from…
Ash Meadows National Wildlife Reserve
Ash Meadows National Wildlife Reserve is located in Nevada not far from the much larger Death Valley and quite close to our current base of…
Buckskin Mountain & Mesquite Bay
Buckskin Mountain State Park is a state park located along the Colorado River near Parker, AZ. It's mostly a camping site with space for both…
London Bridge at Lake Havasu
About a two hours drive from where we were staying is the 1830’s London Bridge at Lake Havasu City. The Arizona bridge is actually a…
Cibola National Wildlife Refuge in Cibola, AZ
Cibola refuge (GPS 33.363653,-114.66931) is one of the last major stopovers of the Pacific Flyway for migratory birds. It's located in the floodplain of the…
Carlsbad Caverns: Slaughter Canyon Cave
Tom's Missing Goats Tom Tucker went searching for a group of missing goats back in on hot July day in 1937. Eventually, he found his…
Revisiting Joshua Tree National Park
The amazing views of Joshua Tree National Park griped us so well on our first trip, that returning for a longer stay seemed natural. One…
The Salton Sea
When we first drove up to the Salton Sea State Recreation Area, the sky was clear and the weather unusually warm for this time of…
Exploring My History
One of the fun things you can do while traveling the country is make connections with your ancestry by visiting places connected to your families past.…
Carlsbad Caverns: Lower Cave
Carlsbad Caverns National Park offers a series of Ranger Guided tours that take you through caves off the beaten path. Some are called "Wild Cave"…
Slow Motion: Lingering in Southern California
Since Christmas we've been moored at my long time friend Tom's home in beautiful southern California. Tom is a kind soul and invited us to…
Carlsbad Caverns: The Big Room
Young Jim White's Adventure Imagine it's 1898, and you are a young boy of 16 years old. Your father sent you out with your trusty…
Temescal Sulpher Springs & Glen Ivy Hot Springs Spa
Many years before European settlers, the First Peoples of Southern California bathed in the natural sulfur hot springs of the Temescal Valley for spiritual rites.…
Mission San Juan Capistrano
Mission San Juan Capistrano was first founded by Father Lasuen and on October 30, 1775, a group of padres and soldiers moved in. Their stay…
Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve
Along the coast of Southern California, and within the community of La Jolla, San Diego, is two thousand acres of coastal state park called Torrey…
Natural Entrance Trail in Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Ancient Inland Sea Like many natural geological formations of Southwest America, Carlsbad Cavern's story starts over 280 million years ago, during a time known as…
Walking the Hollywood Strip
Anne is not too fond of urban adventures and much prefers to be out in nature, that's why she is Trail after all. I on the…
Cabrillo National Monument
We decided to hit the beach while in San Diego and Trail (Anne) picked out a spot that happened to be at Cabrillo National Monument…
Joshua Tree National Park
Joshua Tree National Park is absolutely the kind of place I was hoping to visit when we decided to set sail on America's interstates. Foremost of…
La Brea Tar Pits
La Brea, in the words of Admiral Ackbar, “It's a trap!” For thousands of years animals, lured by fresh water or an easy meal have…
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
Now that the holiday crowds and storm clouds have passed us by we have started venturing out from our southern California base camp to explore…
White Sands National Monument
Millions of Years in the Making White Sands National Monument is the culmination of a process that started over 250 million years ago when the…
Wild Winds in the Smoky Mountains
Big Wind in the Smoky Mountains During our stay in the Smokey Mountains, we were caught up in a rather nasty wind storm that blew through…
