Today was a “stay in one campsite all day” day – we spent it exploring the Alamogordo area. We arrived at White Sands National Park a bit before it opened at 9AM, after Scott bought a lifetime park entry card for Seniors for $80 (an annual one was $20 – Scott is hoping he lives…

Today was a bit unusual, as Tom had THREE one-hour calls for VideoRay, and both Scott and Tom had our bi-weekly Big Brothers meeting with our Littles.  All the meetings were on Teams – the Littles were given laptops and headphones to talk to us. Tom’s first meeting was at 8AM Mountain time, so we…

Today we crossed the halfway point in our journey – we have been on the road for 11 days, and we have 9 more to go since we plan to spend our last night in San Diego in a hotel after dropping the RV in a storage location somewhere in San Diego. At this point…

Today started with a company Teams meeting at our KOA campground in Kerrville, TX.  We then filled our propane, diesel, and gas at their reasonably priced pumps. We had been concerned about heating Khan for a few days.  Despite the fact that it was T-shirt weather in Kerrville late in the afternoon on Monday, overnight…

Long day today – particularly for Scott, who was standing on his aching knees for hours… We departed Riverbend RV Park around 9AM and headed west.  Our first stop was the National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg, TX. Along the way to Fredericksburg, we passed through what seemed to be the Napa Valley…

We woke up to a gloomy day at Riverbend after serious rain overnight.  After breakfast we asked the campground folks about renting kayaks – very reasonable at $20/day/kayak, and when the nice lady (Andrea) came to unlock them she brought us chocolate chip cookies! After kayaking and lunch, we each contributed to the trip.  Tom…

We had a nice, quiet, and restful night at SES, and awoke and hit the road early (for retired guys) around 8:30AM for Austin, TX, with stops along the way to see sights that Tom had researched. We realized immediately that Texans are serious about roads and driving fast (most designed with Bentley Systems software,…

A good day – great weather and a fun and interesting museum in Beaumont TX, on the way to Houston. But first, as we were leaving Louisiana… You know you are in Louisiana when you notice a certain laissez-faire when it comes to enforcing laws on the highway.  On Interstate 10 we noticed several 3-car…

As we woke up around 7AM, Scott got in the jeep in his bathing suit and robe, with his towel, driving to the pool and looking forward to a hot tub soak.  He found the pool thoroughly locked and was quite disappointed.  He proceeded to use the deserted bath house for a shower, which was…

We started the morning in Shephard State Park with almost-hot-enough showers in their small bathhouse, then breakfast and a 8.63 mile ride on park paths and surrounding roads.  We then headed out along scenic route 90 along the gulf coast. The Gulf Coast can be a pleasant drive along the shoreline, and then it can…

Another busy day. We departed our fine Boondockers location bright and early on our way to Shephard’s State Park in Gautier, MS. Along the way we passed the Gulf version of the “Whaling Wall” in Destin, FL, which have since we found out was just one of many Whaling Walls. Both Scott and Tom needed…

Today was filled with adventure and discovery.  We left our campground around 9AM headed for the Panama City area.  Rather than go the fast way, we took the extensive advice of Northern Florida/Alabama travel expert John Hubbard, who told us to take the coast road 98 and stop in Apalachicola around lunch.  Along the way,…