One of the many reasons we picked SKP Saguaro Co-Op RV Park as our nomadic port to store Zephyr and return to in winters – is the location in Benson, AZ is convenient to so much to explore. It’s about an hour from Tucson. In the past we’ve explored nearby Kartchner Caverns, Patagonia State Park, […]
Vintage Bus (June 2011 - present)
SKP Saguaro Co-Op RV Park in Benson, AZ – Why We Became Leaseholders
We just wrapped up our 2023/2024 winter season at our co-op lot in Benson, Arizona at SKP Saguaro. We became lifetime leaseholders at this Escapees park back in 2018, intending it to be our winter nomadic port. Since we got our lot, Benson is now where our vintage bus Zephyr lives. Usually in the free […]
Our Fitness Journey – Goal: Geeks Avoiding Being Called Couch Potatoes
Over the past many months, we’ve gotten so many compliments on how we’re looking these days. If that includes you, thank you so much! Yes indeed, we’ve both lost a good deal of weight since our highs at the start of the pandemic. It’s been a slow gradual process over the past three years, and […]
Wrapping Up the Van Trip: Oregon to Arizona and Back to Zephyr!
After we said our ‘until next times’ to dear friends at EclipseFest23, it was time turn the wheels towards Arizona and wrap up this segment of our van travels. Although we do wish we had a few more weeks to play with, as we have so many friends in Oregon we would have loved to […]
Retrospective: 2020 & 2021 – Setting a Foundation for the Future
I don’t have to describe the bigger challenges of the past couple of years. We’ve all gone through them. For us, it meant a more homebased life living aboard Y-Not in Sanford. Overall, despite the craziness of the world at large – we’ve been incredibly fortunate. All our years on the road gave us the […]
Retrospective: 2019 – Nomadic Balance
After so many lessons on the road over the years, I’d say 2019 was a year of tremendous balance. It wasn’t without obstacles. But we navigated them without overwhelm thanks to the skillsets we had built already. We focused on the important things. We evacuated, again, for another major hurricane – but it thankfully turned […]
Retrospective: 2017 – Gratitude & Humility
After 10 years on the road in various RVs, we decided to switch it up by getting a boat in 2017. While we had established ourselves as ‘experts’ in the RV space, we were now Strangers in a Strange Land.. err.. water. We were complete newbies having gone from an inflatable kayak to a 47′ […]
Retrospective: 2016 – Living on NST
A Nomad, much like a Wizard, arrives precisely when they are meant to. They are never late, nor are they early. 2016 was a pretty well darn balanced year for us, after the tumultuous year prior. We had successfully reset, and enjoyed a year of discovery by RV and multiple alternate adventures by cruise ship […]
Retrospective: 2015 – Retreat, Set Boundaries
For all the awesome that 2014 was in terms of productivity, adventure and community – we paid for it in spades in 2015. We came into the year on a high. We were creating things, things that mattered and were being well received. By spring time Xscapers was launched to the world, and our role […]
Retrospective: 2014 – It Takes a Village
You know in your head, how you can have two stories – and not realize they are deeply intertwined until you go to write them? When I was rough sketching this series out, 2014 was going to be about launching things – but I was struggling to find the lesson. The real lesson wouldn’t come […]
