Exploring the Southwest: A Journey Through El Paso and Las Cruces, New Mexico
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This next leg of our journey will take us across the bottom of New Mexico. We will be visiting El Paso (to have our RV leak repaired) and...


- Sep 12
- 6 min
Willy Wonka National Park! ..and a water leak!
===================================================== After leaving the very windy Brantley Lake State Park, our route led westward to...
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- Aug 9
- 7 min
Nothing is Ever As It Seems..
My friend Ed, who lives in The Villages near Ocala, Florida, sent me this article recently. It's from their home-town newspaper: My head...
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- Jul 11
- 8 min
Aliens: Above and Below!
In February, 2019 we added New Mexico to our travel map
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- Jun 20
- 9 min
IN SEARCH OF..
A new tire.. After a breathtaking visit to Big Bend NP, our focus now turned to more of the mundane: replacing our blown RV tire. I...
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- May 6
- 10 min
BIG BEND NP: "Oh, WOW!" and a "Oh, NO!!"
Big Bend National Park: "WOW.. WOW.. WOW! " Big Bend is magical, haunting, captivating, vast, desolate, beautiful, broken, fascinating,...
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- Mar 1
- 4 min
Stopped at (well, near) the Border!
In my last post I wrote about our stop at the charming and scenic town of Fredericksburg, Texas. After spending a week there, we...
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- Jan 17
- 8 min
Deep in the Heart of Texas!
On Sunday, January 21, 2019 we hitched our wagon and headed north to visit the small town of Fredericksburg. It was a pleasant one-hour...
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- Nov 2, 2022
- 7 min
San Antonio: Texas in a Nutshell!
There are about 17 cities across the USA that tout themselves as the "River City", and we were about to visit one of those. After a very...
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- Aug 29, 2022
- 9 min
Beware of Carnies at Bastrop and Panhandlers in Austin!
After five days at Corpus Christi, we loaded up the RV and headed inland. Our next stop was to be Bastrop, Texas, just outside the...
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- Aug 5, 2022
- 5 min
On Our Way (slowly)Toward Big Bend
After a break for the holidays (2019), we eagerly anticipated hitting the road again. The next leg of our journey across Texas is going...
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- Jul 6, 2022
- 9 min
"Galveston, oh Galveston"...
It's the town Glenn Campbell sang about in his subtle yet haunting song about a soldier pining for his girl back home in Texas.....
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- May 9, 2022
- 10 min
On our way to Galveston, Texas
From Waco we continue our southward trek toward the city of Galveston, we hope to spend a few weeks there and enjoy time at the beach. It...
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- Feb 25, 2022
- 9 min
Waco, Texas: As I remembered it..
Fortunately, the city was nothing like what I expected. After leaving Dallas, we headed south to our next campground at I-35 RV Park and...
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- Jan 23, 2022
- 5 min
Everything You've Ever Heard About Texas..
(......... wait for it ........) IS TRUE!! Yep, that's right, it's ALL true... Everything is BIGGER.. FASTER: CRAZIER: OFF BEAT.. And,...
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- Nov 16, 2021
- 8 min
OKC:"Voted One of America's *Least* Glamorous Cities!"
Next stop Oklahoma City! A short two hour drive from our last campground in Tulsa. If you've ever wondered what the state of Oklahoma...
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- Oct 11, 2021
- 7 min
Peaking Behind the Curtain: Tulsa Part 2
After one year on the road (we were here in October, 2018), one of the most impactful aspects of our travels has been the opportunity to...
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- Aug 19, 2021
- 6 min
Every Stop has a Story
So, where to next? It's a question that we ask often. And it is pondered carefully. One part of us excitedly looks at the roadmap laid...
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- Jul 10, 2021
- 8 min
Branson, Missouri (a lot like Vegas, just with more Jesus and less gambling)
I don't remember who brought up the idea but somehow as we looked at a road map of Missouri, this iconic family destination was added to...
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- May 29, 2021
- 9 min
Gateway to the West (and my 100th post!)
And I've only chronicled about a third of our journey! We've seen and done so many fun and exciting things that it's hard to find the...
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