Adventures
Melissa & Mark’s Missouri Farm
We took the short one-hour drive from Bennett Springs State Park to Melissa & Mark’s Missouri farm, stopping for some groceries at Walmart along the way. Having only seen the farm in pictures, the excitement was building as we took the final dirt roads that led to their 120 acre homestead. We were greeted by…
Read MoreColorado Springs, Colorado
We woke up at 6am and were on the road by 7am. Karen took the reigns for the first four hours of the dark and gloomy drive. However, the clouds broke and the rest of the drive was decent, all the way to Colorado Springs. We stayed at a brand new KOA campground in…
Read MoreCasper, Wyoming
Day three of our journey was a “no alarm” day. We woke up to sunshine that quickly warmed the temps from the low 40’s to mid-50’s by 9am. We drove over beautiful rolling hills in eastern Montana and northern Wyoming. It was the first time Karen and I had been to Wyoming. The elevation in…
Read MorePalm Springs KOA, Again!
Our wonderful stay with Ellen and Bernie came to an end and we headed for Palm Springs, again! The KOA we stayed at had a pool and three hot tubs fed by underground hot springs. The pool was 88 degrees and the hot tubs were 98, 100 and 104. The sign said that the water…
Read MoreFort Casey, December 2022
There was still 4 or 5 inches of snow on the ground when we left our home on December 5th, headed to Fort Casey for the third time. We had 7 inches on Tuesday, November 29th, then 3 more inches on Friday, December 2nd. Not much had melted since we had sub-freezing temperatures most of…
Read MoreT-Fest, 2022
Don and Ann invited us to join them once again at their annual T-Fest (Tequila Fest) event at Nine Mile, WA. It’s a family reunion of sorts. Karen dropped me off at Moses Lake, where I joined Don and Jim to play golf at Moses Pointe. Always a fun course to play. And it happened…
Read MoreMesa, Arizona
On Thursday, February 10th, we made the relatively short drive from Joshua Tree, CA to Mesa, AZ, where Bernie and Ellen graciously hosted us for two weeks. We were met with fantastic weather, 80s+, and not a cloud in the sky. In fact, we didn’t see a single cloud in the sky for the first…
Read MoreJoshua Tree, Indian Cove Campground, CA
We arrived in Joshua tree as the sun was going down, but had plenty of time to set up our campsite before dark. Surprisingly, our tent attachment fit, but we had to park our truck parallel to the road instead of in the campsite. It worked fine. After we got set up and had a…
Read MoreVista Ranch, Merced, CA
We left Riverwalk RV Park and headed towards our Harvest Host stop for the night on our way to Joshua Tree, Vista Ranch in Merced, CA. We drove through fog and the giant redwoods for several hours. We also drove through Ukiah, which reminded me of the Doobie Brothers song. So, of course we had…
Read MoreRiverwalk RV Park, Fortuna, CA
After our wonderful drive down the Oregon and California coast on 101, Riverwalk RV Park in Fortuna, CA was a pleasant surprise. The weather was sunny and 60 degrees when we arrived. We arrived at 4pm and were quickly able to set up, have dinner and take a hot shower. The park was immaculately kept…
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