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  • From Horses to Gila Monsters, Two-Wheels, 4-Wheels, No Wheels – Anything Goes in the AZ Desert!

    Watch Mitch’s video of Arizona’s diverse desert landscape, wildlife, and recreation!

  • Phoenix Area Campgrounds Part 4, Cave Creek Regional Park

    Because of a girl’s weekend in Michigan with my college besties, I only stayed at Cave Creek Regional Park for one day. Therefore, Mitch should write this post. But he prefers photography. So this short interview is all I got:

  • Phoenix Area Campground Reviews Part 2 – Usery Mountain Regional Park

    You know you’re getting close to Usery Mountain Regional Park when you see the enormous white Phoenix directional sign painted on the side of the mountain. Then when you hear continual gun-fire, make a right and you’re there.

  • Phoenix Area Campgrounds Part 1 – McDowell Mountain Regional Park

    For years, when we traveled out west, we completely avoided the Phoenix area. Sprawl, traffic, crowds, pollution – not our idea of great camping opportunities. But then we heard from other RVers about a county park near Scottsdale called McDowell Mountain. Nearly impossible to get into but well worth the effort, everyone said. It is…

  • The Border, Boondocking, Prison, & Prairies

    The pasty, red-haired border agent hefted himself into our truck camper while a German shepherd sniffed our tires. The agent paused in our doorway to ask if we had any produce and if we’d collected any shells, then ambled back to our almost-bare refrigerator. After about 30 seconds he was out again, and, with sweat…

  • To La Paz for El Carnaval!

    For me, the term “El Carnaval” conjures up scenes of a huge street party – hips swaying to latin beats, beads flying, shirts lifting, drinks flowing. But I’ve never been to Rio or to Mardi Gras or any Fat Tuesday celebration. So, although Mitch and I usually avoid crowds like the Plague because Mitch believes…

  • Going out for Pizza

    The word around town was that we had to try the pizza in El Triunfo. We’d passed through El Truinfo on the way from La Paz to Los Barrilles and it looked like many of the other towns along the highway – a cute church, many hollowed-out buildings, a couple of topes (speed bumps). But…