Tango and I have been at Death Valley (Sunset Campground) for 3 weeks. For two of those weeks, we hung out with the single RVers group, Escapees Solos. The gathering is planned every year to coincide with the 49ers Encampment, a music and history festival. We are pulling out today but first, like every other…
Goodbye, Great Basin National Park! What an adventure. I did not want to retrace my steps coming in, over the narrow passes, so I headed east, towards I-15. After a week of driving on back roads, I was attracted to a relatively quick passage down an Interstate. I never thought I would say that since…
My visit to Great Basin National Park was one long lesson about going outside my comfort zone. First, the road was super challenging just to get to there. Seriously, the Park is extremely remote, and I had to drive all day on back roads and then cross several steep mountains via winding, narrow passes. I…
I left Sequim, WA without my computer power cord. I have no idea where it is at this point. I cleaned out the RV and van looking for it and can only guess that I left it in the library. No computer cord meant no writing! I could keep up with most things, like email…
While camp hosting this summer, I have learned to appreciate campground sounds. Previously, the sounds hovered on the outskirts of my subconscious mind. However, I have taught myself to consciously listen. The daily sound cycle starts with a noticeable silence. After people pull out around noon and before the new folks arrive after 2:30 PM,…
What a great week so far! I started out Monday morning with every intention of doing my taxes. Then, that naughty, adventurous voice in my head said, “Why do taxes when you could walk the Poetry Trails in the Olympic National Park?” My responsible self always gives in to the adventurer, for better or worse.…
I have thought about planting a small container garden a few times since RVing fulltime. This year, I decided to go for it. The growing season here is 240 days, which means you can start early and go late, which is quite a motivation. When I say small, I really do mean small. After a…
What does someone do when they are tired of snow and terrible weather, yet the forecast calls for more? How do you cope when your car and van are buried and there is no hope of getting them out or having safe streets for at least several more days? What do you do when you…
“It never snows in Sequim. At most, maybe 2 inches.” I heard that several times after I decided to hunker down here for the winter. I hoped that would be the case, but I never took people’s weather declarations too seriously. When it “never rains” somewhere, I end up in the worst rain on record.…
Google Maps gave me different mileage figures every time I checked in the month before I moved from Spokane to Sequim. One time it said 267 miles. Another time, 310, and so on. Now that I have completed the trip, I can tell you that the total mileage is 412!! I have noticed this before…