Checking In…
No one ever complains in business about over-communication. Ok, we might complain about including too many people on an email, but most of us learn how to weed through those emails pretty quickly. Problems almost…
Christmas in Quartzsite
Have you ever experienced a December where it didn’t feel like Christmas was everywhere you turned? I vaguely remember, when I was very young, that Christmas arrived on the day after Thanksgiving. It seemed that…
The Desert Bar
Just before we arrived in Quartzsite, I researched things to do in the area. Near the top of a very short list was a trip to the Nellie E Saloon aka The Desert Bar. Located…
Foodie Withdrawal
Being surrounded by people of many ethnicities was part of my experience in growing up in metro Detroit. I never realized how ethnically diverse my hometown was until we began this adventure. Not only did…
Chicken & Vegetable Stirfry
When we are craving Chinese, I make a chicken and vegetable stirfry. I pull out the inexpensive wok I have that looks like this one, set my Instant Pot up to cook some plain white…
Chicken & Vegetable Tikka Masala (-ish)
Since we’re not always in cities where we have many ethnic restaurant choices, I’ve adopted a couple “go-to” Asian-flavored dishes that I make for us when we are missing the variety that we had before. …
The RV Dog House
Skipper, our mini Australian Labradoodle, turned one the month before we started living and traveling full time in our motorhome. Probably the second most asked question about how we are doing in our new nomadic…
Spending Time in Joshua Tree National Park
We started seeing Joshua Trees as we drove south from Richfield, Utah to Las Vegas, NV. A bit of a misnomer, Google taught me that Joshua trees are part of the Yucca family. They grow…
Top Ten Things from Our Time in Greater Palm Desert
We spent a total of four weeks in the Greater Palm Desert area. Even with our laid-back weekend for combatting travel fatigue, another weekend combatting the stomach flu, and time spent having repairs done to…