Here, There & Everywhere

01-21-24 to 01-23-24 As we move towards California, we took a two night stop at yet another escapee park in Congress AZ. These are not your normal stops the public sees. Its Membership only. We joined ESCAPEE for a set residential address for our travels. Now we are targeting their RV Resorts, which are usually co-ops. We have… Read more

01-18-24 Saguaro Natl Park is right in Tucson. The image of the typical saguaro is far from typical. Each one is different! It’s hard to imagine how tall they are until you stand next to one. Saguaro only grows at a certain altitude in combination with the proper climate and soil. They can live for hundreds of years. We… Read more

01-14-24 to 01-21-24 We stayed at a nice RV park “Desert Trails” just outside of Tucson. We try to base our stops near a City resource. We’re here to see the Cactus Forests in the surrounding area. The terrain in this part of Arizona is a bit more eroded and exposed. Still mostly desert. While the rest of… Read more

01-13-24 to 01-14-24 We fled Carlsbad after being scoured by dust storms during a period of relative calm. Tucson was further than our window for driving, but we stumbled across a place we already had ties to. In order to travel freely, you have to have a non PO Box based address. ESCAPEES is the Service we use… Read more

01-09-24 This was a Ranger led tour. Near the beginning of the tour he turned out all the lights and we were led by candlelight, down a long winding path, to a large chamber. Then they extinguished the candles. We sat in pitch blackness for several minutes. It made the Kings Palace much more spectacular when… Read more

01-06-24 to 01-13-24 The stay in Carlsbad was a wind experiment gone wrong. The Caverns however were everything you imagine and more. Rooms of it. The photos don’t do it justice. There is actually an Elevator that descends 750 ft. We decided to do the walk via the Natural entrance, The very bright images we took on a second trip, we… Read more