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See Park Geology Video See Park Videos What a wonderful overnight stay here in the desert in Southern California. We approached from the south. With a call to recreation.gov we had learned that several sites at Cottonwood Cottonwood Campground in Joshua Tree National...
See Park Video Our stay in this place in the Eastern Sierra was incredible. We left on place on Movie Drive reluctantly but we have made promises and it's time to roll on, although we did take a few minutes to visit again with David, Agneta, and Garbo before...
Although we'd had intentions of arising before dawn to see the stars and to watch the great golden orb creep above the horizon. The comforts of our T@B bed won out. We awakened to fluffy white clouds in a gorgeous blue sky and drove into Lone Pine to savor a Sunday...
It’s been a great day for just chilling out. We took a short walk this morning to meet the owners of a nearby T@B 400. David & Agneta have been boondocking here in the Alabama Hills BLM since Tuesday. Mid-afternoon found us enjoying burgers at Mt Whitney...
Brilliant stars shining through our Stargazer window, just above our bed awakened us this morning just after 5:30 AM and propelled us out of bed, into warm clothes, and out the door of our T@B into an amazing nightscape here in the Alabama Hills of California. The...
It's our Dispersed Camping Debut! It’s next step in our growth in off grid camping skills. We're in the Alabama Hills BLM east of Lone Pine, California. It's our first Bureau of Land Management (BLM Lands) experience. According to at least one T@B owner who’s done a...
See Park Video This morning Lou wanted to just enjoy a leisurely breakfast and visit with us snug in our T@B rather than hurry to pack up and head out to hike the Kings Creek Falls Trail before her drive home this afternoon. We’ve all enjoyed this rendezvous and...
See Ranger Hike Talk Video See Ranger Talk Video In no particular hurry this morning we enjoyed coffee, conversation, breakfast, and listening to the park road audio tour while we ran the generator. Then we ventured out. We began our adventures at Chaos Crags. At each...
There's no Verizon signal in Manzanita Lake Campground so first order of business this morning, right after our caffeinated beverages and breakfast was a drive out of the park and into Old Station, California, a dozen miles to the east. There we gassed up the truck...
Over the course of the last few months we've had a few conversations with Karen's sister, Lou, about rendezvousing with her but had not been able to pin down a definite time and place until we talked this past weekend and agreed to meet at Manzanita Lake Campground in...
Planning a trip? Dreaming of travel? Perhaps some of our adventures could inspire yours! Over the last several years we’ve had the distinct pleasure of many cross country journeys traveling though the Lower 48 in tents and our various teardrop campers as well as an amazing Alaska adventure that did not involve a camper.
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It was at Bletchley Park that the Allied Codebreakers deciphered German military messages during the Second World War. A free guided tour gave us a good overview of the campus and the activities that occurred here from 1938 to 1945.
A lovely way to spend a Sunday in Hampstead. We visited the historic Fenton House to view lots of lovely collectibles, to listen to and learn about harpsicords, and to tour and linger in the garden before heading off to the historic Spaniard’s Inn for a most delectable Sunday Roast.
A visit to the London Transport Museum in Covent Garden gave us insight into the evolution and role of public transportation in the creation of London as a great metropolitan area.