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Welcome to our refreshed blog site!

When we retired in 2012, we documented and shared our adventures as we traveled and explored our beautiful country for eight years while living full-time in an RV we named Betsy. This was how our blog site was born. We then sold our beloved “house on wheels” and have taken root in a sticks-and-bricks home in Arizona. Since then, our travel goals have been focused on seeing what’s out there in the rest of this big world. We’re now exploring as many countries as we can while we still can!

Our RV Travels

By September of 2016 we had achieved our goal of exploring all 49 states (Betsy can’t do Hawaii!).  In Canada we wandered through 8 provinces and 1 territory (Yukon), and in Mexico we headed across Sonora twice for extended beach parties.  We’ve traveled through 6 time zones and crossed the borders between the U.S, Canada and Mexico 30 times.  That was one heck of an adventure!

Our Interactive RV Map…
Click on the above image to see all of our 2012-2019 RV travels in uMap.  The pins in the resulting display can be selected to access Steve’s campground reviews and other information.

Below are links to our travels by individual year:
Aqua       – 2012 West coast
Brown     – 2012 Alaska
Blue        – 2013 East coast
Purple    – 2013 Canadian Maritimes
Green     – 2014 route
Red         – 2015 route
Orange   – 2016 route
Pink        – 2017 route
Black      – 2018 route
Lime      –  2019 route

Our world travel map so far…

Most Recent Travel Tales

Here are a few snippets of our adventures.

  • Our Alaska adventure parting thoughts and stats

    Our Alaska adventure parting thoughts and stats

    Above is Our Alaska Adventure Route, the red pins on our way in and the purple ones on our way out. Exploring Alaska on our first year of full-timing was considered ambitious and brave by some of our friends.  But we’re so glad we did it!  The experience taught us…

  • Do NOT Travel To ALASKA, if…

    Do NOT Travel To ALASKA, if…

    DO NOT TRAVEL TO ALASKA, if… 1)   You don’t like dealing with unpredictable weather. 2)   You hate it when your GPS signal sometimes gets lost because you’re so far north. 3)   You don’t like people who work at a more leisurely pace than you’re used to.…

  • Leaving Alaska thru the Inside Passage – Alaska Marine Highway

    Leaving Alaska thru the Inside Passage – Alaska Marine Highway

    When we were planning our Alaska adventure early this year we learned that the classic itinerary from the Western states is to drive the Alaska Highway one-way and take the Alaska Marine Highway the other way, or vice versa or backtrack the same way again.  Also, the mantra for…

  • Unparalleled Uniqueness – Bryce Canyon National Park

    Unparalleled Uniqueness – Bryce Canyon National Park

    Moving to Ruby’s Inn RV Park from Cannonville was probably the shortest campground move we’ve ever made, a mere 13 miles to get us right outside Bryce Canyon National Park for a week. A little heads-up here: this post is loaded with vibrant images of rocks galore! Prior to the move we…

  • This Place Rocks!   Capitol Reef National Park – UT

    This Place Rocks! Capitol Reef National Park – UT

    Leaving Moab, we headed west and were soon enough on Hwy 24, a designated scenic byway.  Steve tried to focus on driving while craning his neck as we passed stunning views. Enormous exotic rock formations in shades of gray and maroon loomed out of the landscape all around us, as we cruised…

  • The hiking frenzy continues – Zion National Park, UT

    The hiking frenzy continues – Zion National Park, UT

    In a way it was a good thing our planned hike at Kolob Canyons the day before fizzled, for it allowed us an extra day of rest before tackling another bunch of hikes.  Having completed all the classic and strenuous treks we were interested in (click here and here to see them), we…

  • Final Days in Antarctica: Our Epic Trip of a Lifetime

    Final Days in Antarctica: Our Epic Trip of a Lifetime

    This last post of my 7-post series details the final stretch of our trip. If you’ve just joined us, be sure to check out the beginning of our adventure here. For this finale, buckle up and grab your favorite beverage — it’s going to be a cold and wild…

  • We Made it to Antarctica!

    We Made it to Antarctica!

    After two days at sea we sailed into Fort Point, Greenwich Island, our first stop actually in Antarctica: We were thrilled to make our first Antarctic landfall at Fort Point: Fort Point got its name from its jagged basalt spires that stand out in the landscape. This formation is…

  • A Massive Iceberg and Weather Balloons at Sea

    A Massive Iceberg and Weather Balloons at Sea

    It takes about two days to reach the Antarctic Peninsula from South Georgia Island by sea. While cruising, we came across the largest iceberg in the world, and our Captain lingered for a couple of hours as we viewed it close-up. Later, we watched a weather balloon launch and…

  • Jewels of Jordan

    Jewels of Jordan

    Day 52-56, Sept 8-13, 2022 This was the final leg of our 56-day itinerary with back-to-back cruises. It ended in Jordan, which was a post-cruise extension of our Pharaohs and Pyramids River Cruise. After a week on the Nile River, we boarded a plane from Luxor back to Cairo…

  • Templed-out, but still wowed – Upper Egypt

    Templed-out, but still wowed – Upper Egypt

    Days 46-50, Sept 3-7, 2022 This is the 5th of 6 blog posts covering our Pharaohs and Pyramids River Cruise. If you missed our previous posts, feel free to review them here. During our seven days cruising the Nile River, we visited 9 temples. And yes, we were templed-out…

  • Life On And Along the Nile River- Upper Egypt

    Life On And Along the Nile River- Upper Egypt

    Days 46 -50; Sept 3-7, 2022 For this post I decided to take a break from talking about temples, tombs, pharaohs and queens. Instead I’ll share scenery of life on the river, along the river and on board the ship as we cruised upper Egypt for five days. We…

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