2024 – Winter
Home Again
We left our home on September 16th and returned on December 27th, after 3 and 1/2 months on the road. We had some great adventures, but it felt great to be home. We spent $764.50 in gas from home to Apache Junction, AZ, $339.02 to drive from Apache Junction to Dixon, MO, $332.16 to drive…
Read MoreNewport, OR
On Thursday, December 26th, we drove the 320 miles, up the coast, through the Redwoods, from Fortuna, CA to Newport, OR. The first half of the drive was decent, intermittent fog but no rain. We were surprised to see two large herds of elk along the way. The second half of the drive was heavy…
Read MoreFortuna, CA
Looking ahead at the weather, we decided to spend Christmas Day driving from Lodi, CA to Fortuna, CA, located on the coast, just off of Highway 101. We bunked down at Riverwalk RV Park, a place we had stayed twice before. Just to the north of us, between Crescent City and Newport, OR, they were…
Read MoreLodi, CA
On Christmas Eve we drove from Anaheim to Lodi, CA, some 380 miles. We arrived in time to relax a little before getting ready for mass at St. Anne’s Catholic Church, 15 minutes away. It was a huge church with a very long center aisle, and not surprisingly, the church was full to capacity. The…
Read MoreAnaheim, CA
We arrived in Anaheim on Friday, December 20th and quickly got set up at our Orangeland RV Resort campsite. The site was tight, but we made it work. And the location was excellent. Ashley, Tim, Patrick and Emma were staying at the Best Western, about 15 minutes away and right across the street from Disneyland’s…
Read MoreChiriaco Summit, CA
On December 19th, after two straight months of living at the Superstition Sunrise RV park, we bid our farewell to our newfound friends and neighbors and headed towards Anaheim. Ashley and Tim invited us to join them and the grandkids at Disneyland from December 20th to 24th. Chiriaco Summit, CA, near Indio, was a great…
Read MoreTown & Country RV – Roswell, NM
We drove from Deming, NM to Roswell, NM, which we expected to be a boring flat drive with nothing but desert in between. Who knew there was a 7,500 foot mountain pass between the two? We got snowed on at the top, but fortunately it didn’t accumulate on the highway, only on the surrounding terrain. …
Read MoreFort Casey – February 2024
We spent four days at Fort Casey, Feb 25 – 29, 2024. There were 16 of us in all including Ed & Betty, their family and friends and Kirk and Lynda. The story of the weekend was the “heavy weather”. Sunday the wind was blowing so hard they had to shut down ferry. Monday was…
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