Quite a few months before leaving for our road trip, I decided I wanted to color my hair PINK. David had come across an “inspiration” photo and showed it to me, and it had me determined to transform my hair. After all, there likely won’t be another time in my life I can freely ROCK pink...
BoondockingThe practice of camping at a free location, usually off-the-grid, with zero or limited facilities. Toppings Lake We had our very first boondocking experience in August at Grand Teton National Park. We pulled up to our spot on the most clear, beautiful day, and we had a...
We stayed in Salt Lake City for a week anticipating some warranty work to be done on the BasecampX at Airstream of Utah, and when we dropped it off, we found out it would need to stay at the shop a few days. That meant we would have some more time in Utah, and we would be trading the...
If you’ve heard of or visited the small box canyon town in the San Juan mountains of southwestern Colorado, you know Ouray is known for quite a few things. It’s considered the “Switzerland of America” because of the high mountains rising on three and a half sides of the town, it’s the...
On our third night on the road, we stayed in Arkansas at Lake Dardanelle State Park and we decided it was time to use our own shower. David turned the hot water heater on and the water didn’t get hot, but heat started coming out of the vents in our Basecamp X. It was hot in Arkansas so...
2020 has been anything but “another normal year“ for all of us. Whether you have been directly affected by COVID-19 with the loss of a job, suddenly becoming tasked with working from home and homeschooling your kids, if you or someone you know personally has had the virus, cancelled...
Let’s face the facts. No matter how much money you have it doesn’t make sense to spend money you don’t need to. Heck, even Warren Buffet negotiates the price down when he purchases a new vehicle. This brings me to one of my current focuses. Saving money. I am currently...
David surprised me with two days at Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve. It was my first experience at a national park (except The Great Smoky Mountains National Park which is basically in our backyard at home – before home was on the road). We left Angel Fire, New Mexico...
Every person living on the road has a few items that they absolutely love having with them. They might even feel as if they could not live without these items. I am going to share my top 10 items that I am super glad to have with me. We have been living on the road for exactly forty days...
