Ex-Full-Time RVer

I am not much of a gambler but I do enjoy walking through the casinos. If you stay here long enough, I believe you will see just about anyth...

In my opinion, a significant number of Americans believe our government wastes a lot of taxpayer dollars. What I find interesting is that a ...

I am back in Las Vegas. It was a little warm this afternoon at 102 degrees but they tell me it is a dry heat (yeah, right). In as much as to...

It has been almost fifteen years since I drove the Pacific Coast Highway. I am happy to report it is still as magical as the first time, alb...

After three years on the road as a full-time RVer, I find myself looking at car commercials and trying to identify where they were filmed. I...

Bristlecone pines are some of the oldest living organisms on earth. Trees have been found whose rings indicate they have been around 3,000-...

Hey, I am a relatively nice guy. I hold the door open for tall, blond, Swedish bikini models. I brake for nuns and orphans. So, it's a l...

Mono Lake is known for its tufas. What is a "tufa" you ask. It is essentially common limestone. What is uncommon about this limest...

If you are ever in the Lee Vining, CA area, I would recommend taking the June Lake Loop (Highway 158). It is a scenic drive that features be...

Bodie State Historical Park  is one of those places I had never heard of but turned out to be a very interesting site to visit (serendipity)...

Yosemite is one of the most beautiful and unique places on the planet and in my opinion, should be on everyone's bucket list. However, ...

After several weeks of "civilization", I found a great national forest campground about 12 miles east of Yosemite via Tioga Pass. ...

On my way to Virginia City, I passed the entrance to the world famous  Bunny Ranch  (caution: "R" rated website). I was curious so...

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Hot August Nights , the largest classic car event in the country, starts this week in Reno and the park is beginning to fill up with "h...

Unfortunately, the wildfires in Oregon and Washington have made travel on the back roads so problematic that I have cancelled my plans to to...

Just to get a feel for the area, I drove the truck up Highway 52 to Ukiah and then Highway 51 back to Sumpter. All in all a nice drive throu...

Is a historic gold mining town  located in the Elkhorn Mountain Range that I have chosen as my base camp to explore the eastern portion of t...

Last Spring I had the good fortunate to pull into a RV site next to Bob "The Gray Fox" Micklick, an avid off-road enthusiast, who ...

Jim & Terri, owners of the South-Forty RV Park , had a catered barbecue dinner for the entire park. Great food with good people - not a ...

GPicSync is a free, open source software program that automatically inserts location from your gps track log into your digital photos metad...

Snow angel in June Investment property Gail's gold mine