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After the Thomas Fire

After the Thomas Fire

One of the effects of travel for us is an emotional connectedness to the places we have visited. When we learned on the news this past winter about the Thomas Fire in California's Ventura County we immediately began fearing for the people and places we knew and had...

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Francisco’s Fruits

Francisco’s Fruits

Today we had an errand to run. We visited the UPS store in Santa Paula, California to fill out our absentee ballots in the presence of a notary public and put them in the mail. Then we treated ourselves to a drive through the Santa Clara Valley to Francisco's Fruits...

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Rolling On

Rolling On

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...

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Sunday at Alabama Hills

Sunday at Alabama Hills

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...

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Mobius Arch

Mobius Arch

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...

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Early Morning Stars

Early Morning Stars

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...

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Museum of Western Film History

Museum of Western Film History

If we’re planning on hanging out on Movie Road, we ought to learn a little about the Hollywood productions filmed in this part of California. Lone Pine is home to The Museum of Western Film History where we learned about the hundred year history of movie making in...

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Alabama Hills

Alabama Hills

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...

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Overnight in Bishop

Overnight in Bishop

Since we're staying in a prime location in downtown Bishop, California, at J Diamond Mobile Ranch Camp, we opted to take the opportunity to have our tow vehicle inspected by a mechanic. The local Ford dealer was backed up at least a week but our campground Hosts...

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Natural Hot Springs

Natural Hot Springs

Breakfast at the Cemetery Cafe at the campground in Virginia City NV gave us a chance to visit with Carol, the new owner and her nephew, and to learn a little more about life year round in Virginia City, Nevada. Once we rolled out we set our sights on a campground...

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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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Pausing in Iron River

Pausing in Iron River

Today's a long travel day in our book, from Island View Lodge to Bemidji KOA Journey. Apple Maps tells us it's a 287 mile journey almost exclusively along US-2 and that it should take us 5 hours 18 minutes. Then of course there's a need for stops along the way not to...

Welcome to the Lake

Welcome to the Lake

This is It! Proclaims a sign at the end of Fisher Lake Road, as you arrive at Island View Lodge near Mercer, Wisconsin. We first arrived here for a Harvest Hosts overnight last August and immediately fell in love with the feel of this place. Before we departed we...