2019 SouthWest: Hwy 60 to Scottsdale

We had a quick stop over at Roper Lake SP, to break up the drive to Scottsdale. Roper is a nice little park, with good facilities, some hiking trails, and apparently, good fishing. We  hiked one of the trails after set up, and it was a great way to shake off the white line...

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2019 SouthWest: the amazing White Sands

It was a nice drive along Hwy 70 from Roswell to Alamogordo. The road winds it’s way up the east side of the Sacramento Mountains, through the Hondo Valley, then descends into Tularosa. From there it is only a short distance to Oliver Lee Memorial Park. ...

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2019 SouthWest: Roswell and the little green men

We headed to Roswell. Why you ask, because of the UFO’s and aliens of course. Being on a tour through New Mexico and not going to Roswell would be akin to visiting Paris and not going to the Louvre. Well, perhaps that is a bit of an extreme comparison. Dale, not fully understanding...

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Insulating Wall Liners

In extreme temps, we have found that the side walls and glass can transmit a fair amount of coolness, as the R value is minimal. There are ideas out there to combat this chill, products like Reflectex, that have been used as sun shields, but we were mostly hoping to improve...

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2019 SouthWest: Hwy 285...not the usual scenery

I don’t really rely much on either Google or a GPS, preferring a paper map with some extra details filled in via Google. As it was a short drive, I forged ahead just based on Google’s recommended route. We followed Hwy 17 north, through some pretty basic flat, one could say...

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2019 SouthWest: Marfa Texas

The next day was a field trip to Marfa, a little town south of Fort Davis, deep in the Chihuahuan high desert, this town is steeped in the arts and culture. One quirky art installation we just had to see was the famed Prada shoe store, way out along a highway in the middle of...

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2019 SouthWest: Mesas & Buttes

On the I-10 route between San Antonio and the Park, we could see the trees becoming smaller, the cacti plants starting to appear, and the landscape becoming more arid and desert-like. Within 5 hours, it became very classic SouthWest landscape, desert with no trees, butte plateau...

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2019 SouthWest: The Riverwalk and Mexican Market

Our final day of our stay in San Antonio was to head downtown in the late morning and walk the Riverwalk loop around the canal system. We were blown away as to how beautiful, organic, creative and whimsical the Riverwalk is. That a city would go to that much effort and so much...

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2019 SouthWest: Art & The Pearl

The San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA) was originally the site of the Lone Star Brewery, dating back to 1884. In 1977, the Mayor christened the new museum by smashing a bottle of beer against the facade. We are discovering that breweries are playing a large part in present day...

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2019 SouthWest: San Antonio - The Missions

We are staying at the Alamo KOA, partly due to wanting full services to de-winterize, and partly due to its convenient location to downtown. We were very fortunate to get in for 4 nights, considering we were arriving when the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo is town, one of...

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2019 SouthWest: Gruene Hall

Seeing a write-up about Gruene TX in our local paper struck us that it would be our kind type of place to check out. We are attracted to smaller places, that are quirky and historical, and Gruene ticked all those boxes.  Plus, it seemed to be a place that would capture...

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2019 SouthWest: drive, eat, sleep,...repeat

This is our first retirement extended road trip with our camper, to explore the South West,..a longtime dream of ours. We spent months researching sites to see and things to do, and in the last couple of weeks, we poured over weather radar forecasts to try to predict the best...

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