After our delightful and restful mini-vacation in Truth or Consequences, we moved back into our bus. Thoroughly cleansed after our summer renovation chaos, we considered it a restart to our adventures. One of the personal conclusions we came to during our reevaluation, was that we had overcommitted ourselves professionally. We had spent much of the […]
New Mexico
Cochiti Lake, Tent Rocks & Taking Care of Ourselves
When we last left you, we were parked along Cochiti Lake, and had pretty much not left our campsite except for an errand run into Albuquerque. Blissfully catching up on sleep, rest, projects and finally just being at home. We ended up extending for the full 14-days we were allowed. First come first serve sites […]
Commencing Operation Decompression
The Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta. We came, we saw, we conquered. It’s been our major pin in the calendar for quite a while. After routing our spring to get from the desert Southwest to Elkhart, an amazing summer in Alaska, returning to the chaos of the bus renovations not being done, spending a month onsite pushing to get […]
The Road to Albuquerque
While our pace of getting from Elkhart to Alburquerque was not as relaxed as we would have ideally liked, we made the best of it and worked in a couple of longer stays in scenic locations to get some catch-up time. We generally followed Route 66 the entire way from St. Louis. When we last updated […]
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 […]
Video Edition: Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Cherie had visited Carlsbad Caverns in the mid-80s with her family on a road trip, and Chris had never been. We considered it a must stop on this journey across the country. It was even more impressive than Cherie had remembered. Direct link for the video [geo_mashup_map]
Video Edition: White Sands National Monument
On our way into Carlsbad Caverns, we opted to route through White Sands National Monument in southeast New Mexico, expecting it to be a quick stop. We thought at first.. how interesting can sand dunes be? Afterall, I lived on the coast of Florida for 13 years – I’ve seen my share of sand. We […]
Video Edition: Three Rivers Petroglyph Site
Heading south through New Mexico on our way to White Sands National Monument, we made a slight detour to check out the Three Rivers Petroglyph Site. It made for a much appreciated hiking break, viewing of cool petroglyphs and great scenery. There is also camping available at the site – including two pull through RV […]
Video Edition: Santa Fe Hyde Park Drive
On our brief visit in Santa Fe, New Mexico we meet up with our friend John ‘BugEye’, and he took us for a scenic drive up Hyde Park Drive to explore Ski Santa Fe, hiking trails and more in the area. Direct Video Link [geo_mashup_map]
Video Edition: Old Route 66 Gravel Road
Much of our time in Arizona and New Mexico was spent following Historic Route 66, where you could occasionally see both the newer I-40 and slight remnants of the Old Route 66 off to the side. Somewhere outside of Albuquerque we were following signs to stay on Historic Route 66, and quickly found ourselves on […]
