Lake Mead’s Historic Railroad Trail
My hike on the Historic Railroad Trail at Lake Mead National Recreation Area was a completely different experience from our scary but beautiful hike in Owl Canyon the week before. Brian, Skipper, and I rode…
Hiking Lake Mead’s Owl Canyon
Having been enjoying hiking in the desert, I decided to take Skipper, our mini-labradoodle, for a hike in Lake Mead National Recreation Area’s Owl Canyon one afternoon last week. We parked in the lot with…
Best Dam Tour Ever!
Our visit to Lake Mead would have been incomplete without a trip and tour to see the Hoover Dam. Constructed in the early 1930s as a means of taming the mighty Colorado River, this dam…
Where in the World???
Working for a wine importer over fifteen years afforded me many luxuries that I otherwise wouldn’t have had. Of course, there was the wine itself and regularly dining in elite and expensive restaurants. Additionally, I…
Getting My Fix of Middle Eastern Foods
Aside from friends and family, the thing that I miss most about living in Metro Detroit is Middle Eastern food. As the largest population of middle-easterners outside of the Middle East, most local Detroit area…
2020 Travel: Where We Plan to Go This Year
Wondering where we are heading this year? We are just finishing up the reservations for the rest of 2020. Of course, there's a chance that our plans will change and we will decide to stay…
2019 Travel Recap: Where Did We Go?
In a nutshell, during our eight months of fulltime living in 2019, we stayed in twenty-one different locations (not including an overnight at my sister’s and one night in a hotel while our rig was…
How Do You Picture the Desert?
A nephew’s wedding in Phoenix in mid-January and Brian’s cousin’s wedding in Las Vegas in mid-February provided the events around which we planned our travels for the winter. Being in the desert for the winter…
Usery Mountain Regional Park
Usery Mountain Regional Park came up in our search for a campground in the Phoenix/Mesa/Gilbert area. With 73 individual “developed” campsites accommodating RVs up to 45-feet in length, it was possible for us. Ultimately, we…
Sentinel Peak RV Park
Sentinel RV Park (http://sentinelpeakrv.com/) in downtown Tucson proved to be a great place for us to spend the week of Christmas 2019. With only twenty-three sites, this is the smallest park in which we’ve stayed. …