One of my favorite places to be in the springtime is the hill country of Texas. Thanks to the efforts of Lady Bird Johnson, wildflowers paint the roadsides. First starting with the Texas state flower, the bluebonnet. Also known as the Lupinus texensis or Texas lupine, the flower is generally a deep and vibrant indigo […]
Our Travels
Texas is BIG – 660 Miles through West Texas
I grew up in Texas, Austin to be precise. We’ve driven through the state many times over the years. But yet, it always amazes me just how big Texas is. Charting any trip through the state is a daunting task. So many miles, so many routes you can take, and even after all our years […]
Winter 2015 Boondocking Location Round-Up
When we were first approaching our very first winter season in the desert southwest, we had big plans of hitting lots of awesome boondocking sites. There were so many incredible sounding locations on our radar, and we were anxious to check them all out. Looking back to create this round-up, I have to admit – […]
Leaving the Southwest
We’ve been meandering around the desert southwest since November, enjoying a fabulous and temperate winter with lots of boondocking. Our very first season spent in the area.. aside from our ungodly hot summer in 2011 after we found our bus in Yuma. The Escapade earlier this month served as our bookend event to mark our […]
Our Second Escapade – Tucson, AZ
Our stop at Picacho Peak State Park was an intentionally planned rendezvous with our friends Travis & Mel to do some last minute strategizing on the launch of Xscapers before Escapade. It was lovely getting some extended in person time with them, after nearly a year of video and phone chats. We then meandered over to the […]
Happy First Birthday, RVillage! Celebrating in Arizona City, Picacho Peak and Escapade
It seems like it was just a year ago that we literally pressed the ‘launch’ button on unleashing RVillage to the world. Oh wait.. it WAS just a year ago this week! It’s been a crazy year since, and now RVillage has over 17,000 members who are connecting with each other and making new friends […]
Off to the Escapade! (Tucson, AZ – March 8-13)
Tomorrow morning we’ll pull into the Pima County Fairgrounds, starting our adventures at the Escapee’s 55th Annual Escapade in Tucson. Whew. It’s been some very hectic weeks for us leading up to this to prepare. So much had to get done, including getting the re-write of The Mobile Internet Handbook for 2015 completed in time to have print […]
By the Wrath of Killer Bunnies – Ajo’s Name Shall Be Erased from Your Vocabulary
There’s always a risk that when a blogger shares about an amazing location, that so many folks will put it on their must-see list and what once made it a magical place – will go away. We’ve seen it happen, RVers following the trails left behind by those before them.. and then wham, the next time that […]
Back to Yuma: Zephyr Comes Full Circle
Flashback… It was June 2011, the first time we visited Yuma, AZ. We were on our bus hunt, looking for our next home on wheels. A nondescript Craigslist ad had lead our Amtrak train adventure to this desolate Arizona town to look at what we thought was an unlikely contender. But we decided to endure […]
Re-Charging near Cibola National Wildlife Refuge
Oh goodness, it’s amazing how quickly two weeks can pass us by like the blink of an eye. At our last travelogue, we were wrapping up our first ever visit to Quartzsite. Instead of waiting in line at one of the dump stations in town after our boondocking stay off Plomosa Road and paying nearly […]
