Ex-Full-Time RVer

After three years, 6700 miles and countless smiles, I traded my RZR 800 in for a 2015 RZR 900 XC which comes standard with power steering, F...

Most of our group have been through Box Canyon numerous times never realizing there are four geocaches hidden along the route. Once again, o...

I joined a select team of expert trackers, guides and explorers for my first geocaching ride (if you are not familiar with geocaching, click...

As you may have guessed from my blog, photography is a big part of my retirement lifestyle. Although my Nikon D80 digital SLR has been a gre...

Today, I took a leisurely drive in the desert via the Florence-Kelvin Highway which as the name implies links the towns of Florence and Kel...

This is not how you want to start out the new year when in southern Arizona for the winter... Where's global warming when you want i...

Judy took her first big ride in her RZR 570 and talk about a fast learner; by the end of the day she was going places a mountain goat would ...

Every Christmas some of the park residents decorate their off-road vehicles and parade through the park. To paraphrase Cyndi Lauper "se...

My friend, Mack, sent me some photos of a rattlesnake den here in the southwest... Fortunately, this time of the year they are in ...

I downloaded a track from Everytrail to my gps that allowed me to loop Pinal Peak south of Globe, AZ. Once again, it was not a hard trail bu...

These were good trails to familiarize myself with the new Jeep. They are not particularly hard but have enough variety that I got to try all...

One of the things I enjoy about the western states is the abundance of wide open public land, something that is almost non-existent east of ...

The summer rains made these trails much rougher than last year. It was a true "rock crawling" day. Hardcore riders The So...

Tortilla Flat is still a great place to visit for lunch or dinner and the chimichangas are as good as those from past years. Here's a co...

In my opinion, if you can take only one ride out of the Arizonian, it should be to Box Canyon. The variety of terrain combined with interest...

Mack & Joleen, who I rode with in Moab, are spending a week at the Arizonian before heading over to Quartzsite for the winter. Part of t...

I am still discovering unique features on my Nikon CoolPix S9700 camera. The most recent is the ability to take a 360 degree panoramic photo...

I am back at the Arizonian RV Park east of Gold Canyon, AZ where I will spend the winter. This is my fourth season here so it has become som...

If I did not know better, I might think I am getting old. Last night, when I took my sock off, I discovered a blister the size of Rhode Isla...

Today, we drove out of the city to visit Red Rock Canyon and the Valley of Fire. These parks are a photographer's nirvana as they have r...