Category Archives: Boondocking

Travelin’ Man and Woman

Posted on August 17, 2017 by Ellen

When temperatures in Southern California soared past 100 degrees, we figured it was time to venture northward. The day we passed through Baker, California, the huge thermometer showed 108 degrees — and this was the coolest day in a ten-day … Continue reading →

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Heading South

Posted on May 14, 2016 by Ellen

If you’ve been following the long and strange 2015 journey of Bob and Ellen, you know we wound our way around the Western states, backtracking sometimes, avoiding hot temperatures and wildfire smoke when we could (dealing with it with a … Continue reading →

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All Smoky But No Fire…

Posted on March 9, 2014 by Ellen

…in the Big Smoky Valley of central Nevada, where the road stretched like a gray ribbon across the vast landscape: We’ve driven through this valley a few times and are always astounded by its simple beauty and emptiness. And we’re … Continue reading →

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Care to Caravan?

Posted on December 14, 2013 by Ellen

In all our RV travels around the US over five summers and four winters, we never saw an RV caravan until we made a journey north to Alaska. It seemed to be a popular way to travel for many RVers … Continue reading →

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Leaving Alaska

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Ellen

In mid-August the time felt right to head back. Wildfires threatened the edges of our return route, gray skies loomed overhead, and stretches of road work threw muddy streams of grime on our vehicles: Although a message sign warned us … Continue reading →

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Parks Parking

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Ellen

A local woman in Homer had told us to watch the fireweed: the plant blooms from the base up, and when the upper blossoms die and turn to seed, winter is a few weeks away. We found ourselves watching the … Continue reading →

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Sleeping Near a Glacier

Posted on September 28, 2013 by Ellen

No route on a map looks very interesting. There’s just no imagining what a place looks like when you stare at it on the map. A topographical map might give you an intellectual idea of whether you’d be going uphill … Continue reading →

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Traveling the Stewart-Cassiar Highway

Posted on August 18, 2013 by Ellen

We read so much about this highway’s condition we proceeded very cautiously as our tires met its surface. We’d go slow, take what came our way, fill up the tank every opportunity we had (because fuel stops are so far … Continue reading →

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On The Road Again

Posted on July 26, 2013 by Ellen

Show me an RVer who hasn’t started singing this old Willie Nelson favorite when they pull out onto the road, and I’ll show you a faker. It’s impossible for us not to break into song when the miles start to … Continue reading →

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More Discoveries

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Ellen

In 2012, we retraced a lot of familiar miles, but went down some new routes, too. And along the way we discovered even more than the roads. A mostly-gravelled road from North Fork, Idaho, to the tiny town of Shoup … Continue reading →

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