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 […]
Travelogues
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 […]
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 […]
The Social Side of Quartzsite
Now this… socializing.. was the big draw to Quartzsite for us. There are very few places where this many fellow RVers congregate in one vicinity. Actually, I’m not sure there are any bigger convergences, at least none we’ve attended. And we just had to see it for ourselves! The closest we can come to describing it […]
Shopping at the Big Tent – Quartzsite, AZ
Ah.. the Big Tent. What some might say is the Center Camp of Quartzsite, the big draw of bringing together vendors and buyers. The main official selling area is held inside.. you guessed it.. a big tent. Moved to the south side of the city some years ago to provide more parking options (not that […]
Desert Boondocking off Plomosa Road – Quartzsite, AZ
We were sitting at the corner of the Borrego Salton Sea Way and Highway 86 after dumping our tanks at the Arco station there (free!), completing our awesome and overly-social Anza Borrego boondocking experience. The world was ours to discover, on our own schedule – we could go anywhere we wanted to. We literally pulled […]
Sunsets – One of the Threads that Weaves our Nomadic Fabric
There. I said it. I love sunsets. As the earth spins around its axis, the sun disappears from site. Magical lighting awakens the senses that lead us into nightfall. The skies dance with color, every moment the clouds paint a new scene on the aerial canvas before us. In a nomadic lifestyle, sunsets are both our constant […]
On Our Own Again.. Naturally
Since the end of August, we’ve been caravanning with our dear friends Nina & Paul. Never would we have imagined how comfortable and amazing 4 months spent traveling with anyone else could be. Especially two couples who are highly independent and like to do their own thing. Perhaps it’s precisely because each of us has […]
