March seems to be a birth month of amazing projects in the RVing community. Today we wanted to take a moment and honor two of them we were blessed to be involved with. Happy First Birthday, Xscapers! A year ago today, we were in Tucson, AZ hanging out with the Escapee’s staff – all nervously […]
Eastward Bound: A Visit to Davis Mountains State Park
Last we checked in, we had just left Arizona to start our eastward trek to Florida. We’ve done this cross country repositioning many times over the years, and are always looking for new-to-us routes across the great state of Texas. One place we’ve never been is Big Bend, and we really had it in our […]
Now Available: The Mobile Internet Handbook – 2016 US RVers Edition
Whew.. after several weeks of non-stop writing as we’ve been making miles across the southwest… we’re excited to announce that the completely updated 2016 Edition of our book, The Mobile Internet Handbook, is now available in PDF, Kindle & iBooks and print formats! What’s New? Well… Almost EVERYTHING! We set off intending to just do […]
Last Stops in Arizona: Tucson, Benson & Willcox
It never fails to surprise me. We reach the end of another season, with more places left on our ‘must see list’ than we actually had time to visit. And of course this winter is no different. We thought we’d be able to fill in more blanks this winter boondocking around the southwest. And maybe […]
Earning Our ‘Abundant Boondocking’ Merit Badge: Bus Renovation Report
We’ve been having fun this winter putting our summer renovations to the test to see how much they impact our boondocking ability. We’ve had a few requests to share about some of our renovations from a boondocking perspective. Since we’ve now done several extended dry camping stops since the summer, it seems like a good […]
Boondocking Nirvana at Saddle Mountain BLM – Tonopah, AZ
We are blessed to have so many magical experiences in our lives on the road. It seems it’s one right after another sometimes. Amazing people, glorious views, wondrous experiences and great connectivity. It’s why we’re quickly sneaking up on 10 years on the road soon (10 Years?!?!) and still see no end in sight for us. […]
You Can Climb Mountains
I don’t have a fear of heights. I have a fear of tumbling down to my doom. Ask me to join you for a hike to the top of anything resembling a mountain, and I’m likely to politely decline. It’s not the up part that scares me, it’s the coming down part. We’re currently parked […]
Nearly 5 Years of Flat Towing a MINI Cooper Behind our Motorhome
When we first started off full timing, we used a Jeep (and then eventually a truck) to pull small travel trailers. When we were settled into a camping spot the house was unhitched, and the tow vehicle became our local transportation. That lasted about four year. And then we got a motorhome, or more precisely, […]
How We Added 5 Feet to Our RV – Without Adding Slides
In our continuing catch-up of last summer’s bus renovations, today I wanted to share about something that took us by surprise. Now to start, we didn’t secretly stretch our RV by 5′ during the renovations. But we did end up with 5 addition feet of usable living space. And that my friends, is HUGE. We’re often […]
Another Xscapers Convergence for the History Books: Quartzsite, Arizona 2016
For many years, the Escapees RV Club has had a presence at the big Quartzsite winter event that brings hundreds of thousands of RVers to one huge spit of desert. We attended the Quartzsite fun for the very first time last winter, and were blown away by the variety of places to camp, things to […]
