All Set Up For Boondocking In The Beautiful Mountains! Friday 05/13/22 - Tuesday 07/17/22 Flagstaff, AZ @ Coconino National Forest, boondocking Off we go boondocking in Coconino National Forest, off service road 171 pull off 812. Boondocking is a term meaning "camping out in the boonies". It also is called dispersement camping. It refers to... Continue Reading →
Recipes, National Forest, Flat Tires, Winslow, And A Quilt.
"Wrap Ukraine With Quilts" I almost cried! When I shop for fabric for quilts 99% of the time I don't have a quilt in mind. I just pick the fabric because I like it. 🙂 When I had the blocks all made and sewn together for this quilt top, I didn’t know what I would... Continue Reading →
Travel Day to Flagstaff, AZ.
All Ready For Travel Day. Saturday 04/30/22 Travel Day. Today we go to Flagstaff, AZ. We got ready to go and pulled out of Needles, CA at 9:00 am. I followed Kevin in the car. We didn’t need fuel but decided to stop at Kingman to top off. Kevin wanted to use his new Fuel Discount... Continue Reading →
Grand Canyon Rail & Hotel Package, Part 2.
Grand Canyon, South Rim Saturday 04/16/22 GRAND CANYON RAILWAY & HOTEL At 9:00 AM there was a Wild West Shoot-Out that our train ticket said to watch. It looked cute and lot of fun for kids. After that, everyone was allowed to board the train. Fred Harvey Luxury Coach Let me tell you, our train... Continue Reading →
Grand Canyon Rail & Hotel Package, Part 1.
Williams, AZ GRAND CANYON RAILWAY & HOTEL Kevin's work is off on Good Friday so we had planned accordingly. 🙂 We left home (HOWE, our Home On WhEels) in Needles, CA around 8:00 and drove to Kingman to pick up our mail and a stamp. Before we were Full-Time, I had had a stamp made... Continue Reading →
Route 66: Things We Never Knew.
Honoring US Military Along Route 66, Needles, CA. Kevin and I never paid much attention to old Route 66. We knew of it, of course, but didn't know much about it. That is, until we stayed in Needles, CA. Desert View RV, our first stop as Full-Time RVers, is literally on the side along Route... Continue Reading →
How Do You Make Quilts While Out & About?
Kevin Holding Up Carpenter's Wheel Quilt In a campground, boondocking (no hook-ups, out in the "boonies"), outside, in a 24 ft travel trailer or 36 ft 5th wheel, from next to lakes, mountains, and deserts...you can make a quilt anywhere. 🙂 Current Sewing Area In Our 2022 Alliance Avenue 32 RSL In our new HOWE... Continue Reading →
Things We Changed & Our Favorite Thing. Plus, Kevin’s Firm Restriction!
Boondocking - Camping With No Hook-Ups Out In The "Boonies". If you have been reading along (Thank you!!!), you know that we camped almost 200 days September 2020-January 2022. We have always loved to travel whether by car, airplane, ship, or trailer. We wanted to travel more. So in February 2022 we sold our house,... Continue Reading →
NASCAR A Loud Race? Not For Me, I Am Deaf.
NASCAR at Las Vegas March 6, 2022 NASCAR stands for National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing. Panoramic View Sunday 03/06/22 NASCAR race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway! We had watched some RVers on Youtube and saw that they camped AT the race. That looks like a lot of fun. A few weeks ago, we... Continue Reading →
He Wants A Desk…Need Bigger Home-On-Wheels? YEP!
Brand new 2022 Alliance Avenue, 32 RLS, 3 Slides, 35 ft 3 in Long, Wide-Belly 101 in Sunday 03/06/22 Kevin wants a desk! There isn't space in HOWE (our name for our travel trailer - Home On WhEels) to have a desk so he works from the dining room table. Since we are now traveling... Continue Reading →