We were making our way to Vegas when we stumbled across a flyer for the Clark County Fair. We had just passed the town a few minutes earlier, so we doubled back, and were happy to have come across this on its last day. We love ourselves a good county fair. … Read More
Bum Friends
With bad weather on the way we decided to tuck in to a campground in Kanab, UT for a night. An hour after getting there a Bum friend we hadn’t seen since a lunch in Portland many years ago drove up. We talked and made plans for the next day. … Read More
Lone Rock Beach
Prepare yourself for a whole bunch of pictures of a lone rock. We knew it was supposed to be windy, but when we got out to Lone Rock Beach, just a few miles outside of Page, on the banks of Lake Powell, we found ourselves in the midst of a … Read More
Valley of the Gods
Valley of the Gods is on BLM land, meaning we can simply drive on out here into this amazingly beautiful country and park ourselves wherever we’d like. There’s a lot of reasons to love the RV life, but being able to have your front door open out onto this is … Read More
Goosenecks State Park
From Page we headed east 150 miles or so, after hearing about the Holy Grail of boondocking spots. Two of them actually. First up was Goosenecks, which isn’t technically boondocking any longer since they now charge ten bucks a night—but the location is amazing, and is well worth the price … Read More
Antelope Canyon
As per our usual style, we just rolled on up to the parking lot and expected to get off the bus and walk right in for a tour of famous Antelope Canyon. That’s apparently not how it happens around here. There were long lines, and the tours were booked up for … Read More
Horseshoe Bend
Six-thousand years of erosion—give or take—and you get what has to be one of the most beautiful views in the world. What a wondrous planet. Horseshoe Bend is amazing, and made even better by whoever is in charge of the place not limiting it by throwing up fences and sidewalks. It’s … Read More
Flagstaff
Sunset Crater National Park was right up the road a bit from Flagstaff. Nice place to walk around, and of course, to earn more Junior Ranger badges. I need to go through the kids’ cameras and put together another post. They’ve been taking a lot of pictures lately. Fairy houses. … Read More
Grand Falls
Grand Falls is about 30 minutes out of Flagstaff on Indian land. There are no road signs at all along the dirt roads out there, and no railings along the canyon wall when you get there. And it’s taller than Niagara Falls. Awesome. It’s been dry and cold, so there … Read More
Parks and Recreation
Dead Horse Ranch State Park, Red Rock State Park, and Montezuma Castle National Monument. And there must be at least another dozen places within thirty miles that we didn’t get out and explore. You’ve got to love the Junior Ranger program. Instead of just wandering aimlessly around a park for … Read More
Camping Sedona
Just a few miles south of Sedona is a dirt road that goes on for miles with little camping nooks all over it. We drove in about five miles down the washboard road and found a nice spot with killer views of the red rocks the area is famous for. … Read More
Bouncing Around AZ
We’ve been bouncing around for a few days. All the state parks and national parks are full up, most of the private campgrounds too, which leaves us searching for boondocking sites. It’s fine, but we then find ourselves every couple of days searching around again for a new spot. We can’t … Read More