Ex-Full-Time RVer

Back in May, I posted a short article  on how casinos are using fees to increase the cost of visiting/vacationing here. Examples are resort ...

The  Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park  is a remote ghost town in the mountains of central Nevada that features a turn-of-the-20th-century minin...

My  Z-Edge Z3 Dash Cam  finally died. I suspect the heat in Las Vegas this summer was a contributing factor. Rather than replacing it with a...

The Good  -  One of the advantages of having the R-Pod is being able to get in smaller sites at some of the federal and state campgrounds. I...

North of Beatty, NV is a defunct brothel with the wreck of a twin engine airplane beside it... In what must have seemed like a goo...

Several years ago, I developed the wet form of macular degeneration in my right eye. It tends to be hereditary and I believe I got it from ...

Yesterday afternoon, while checking the Munzee map, I saw that Jim & Ellen, friends from the Arizonian RV Park, had captured a munzee v...

My mail forwarding service in South Dakota sends me my mail once a week with a tracking number. Normally, I receive it within 2-3 days with ...

Keith, Jayne and I rode down to Nelson Ghost Town to look at the old vehicles and memorabilia. I found a couple of items that I missed on m...

One of the most scenic and unique places I have visited is the  Valley of Fire State Park northeast of Las Vegas. There are an endless vari...

One of the nice things about RVing is the people you meet. Keith & Jayne, friends from the Arizonian RV Park, are in town visiting for a...

A friend recently asked me if he should take Social Security at age 62 or 67. To answer the question, I put together a speadsheet that allow...

High winds with gusts up to 70 mph swept through Las Vegas last night creating a major dust storm and leaving thousands without power. It wa...

When I was a kid (yeah, we're talking ancient history), there were no digital video games. There were board games like Monopoly and outd...

I am not a gambler so I had not given much thought to those casino  player cards that allow you to earn points for comps. What I did not re...

The International Car Forest of the Last Church  just south of Goldfield, Nevada is an eclectic collection of old vehicles most of which are...

The Tonopah Historic Mining Park  is a huge mining complex in Tonopah, Nevada. If you enjoy mining history and do not mind a little walking,...

Belmont is a ghost town in Nye County, Nevada along former State Route 82. It was established in 1866 following a silver strike. Today, it ...

I knew U.S. Route 50 in Nevada had the reputation as " The Loneliest Road in America " but I am discovering there are a lot more l...

This ad appeared on flyers and in newspapers in 1859 across the country... WANTED YOUNG SKINNY WIRY FELLOWS Not over eighteen. Must b...

South of Ely about 20 miles is the Ward Charcoal Ovens State Historical Park which contains six charcoal ovens that were used from 1876 thr...

To escape the heat in Las Vegas, I have traveled to Ely, Nevada where at an elevation of 6,437 feet, it is ~20 degrees cooler. This evening ...

You have probably driven over them numerous times. I am talking about those bright blue reflectors embedded in the middle of roads... ...

A watchdog group, Citizens Against Government Waste , on Wednesday released its annual  Congressional Pig Book  of what it considers the mos...

I have returned to Las Vegas after having "field tested" my new R-Pod in Mesquite and Kanab. I am pleased to report that with only...