Tag: RV
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Backroads Across America: Painting the Sky
The sun set on our Arizona adventures and we moved on to El Paso, Texas. El Paso is not our favorite place, but it is conveniently placed between Bowie and Carlsbad. Plus, we found an RV park where, if folks opened their windows, we could shake hands with our neighbors without stepping out of our…
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Backroads Across America: Up, up with Stairs and Stars
Hit the road and you never know what you will see. At Butterfield RV Resort in Benson, AZ, the clear desert sky allowed a brilliant view of stars, planets and moons through its observatory. That’s right, a real observatory at an RV park! Eight of us took turns at the telescope as a knowledgeable guide…
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Backroads Across America: Stayin’ Alive in Tombstone
We unhitched the trailer, hitched up our pants and drove our Taco(ma) to Tombstone, Arizona today for a rip-roarin’ time. Once home to 10,000 silver miners, 110 saloons, 14 gambling halls, as well as numerous dance halls and brothels, Tombstone attracts about 450,000 city slickers each year. We were determined to fit in like locals…
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Backroads Across America: Contrasts Galore
Several weeks and a “few” miles apart, we present views of the great outdoors on the slopes of Mt. Ashland, Oregon and overlooking Sedona, Arizona.
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Backroads Across America: Route 66 calls
Wind, mountains and speeding truckers could not keep us from logging 1,000 miles during the first three days of our RV adventure across America. We took a walk in Kingman, AZ today and made coffee to spur us toward Williams, where our wee trailer seemed dwarfed in the Good Sam campground. Our neighbors in a…
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Backroads Across America: RVing in Las Vegas
Yep, we are RVing on the Las Vegas Strip near this clown! (I didn’t mean it that way.) After two long days on the windy roads, we needed a walk down the Strip to the Venetian, where we had wine and a meal that would have made a Tuscan chef proud. So much for…
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