Melanie and I spent almost two weeks in Kofa National Wildlife Refuge in southwest Arizona. The funny thing is we saw less wildlife in the refuge than we have seen anywhere. The main species the preserve is trying to protect are bighorn sheep and pronghorn antelope. It was hunting season for the sheep so they […]
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Doug and Melanie at Sears Point, AZ
Hey everyone! Last year we published pictures of a site in Arizona called Painted Rocks where we saw hundreds of petroglyphs. Sears Point is a little-known location about 150 miles west of Painted Rocks where there are about 2,000 panels of rock art containing around 10,000 petroglyphs. They are located on two miles of basalt […]
Doug and Melanie Tour the Southwest
From Shelly: Here are Doug and Melanie’s notes and incredible photos from their recent trip through Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. This is a fun and beautiful summary! Monahans Sandhills State Park, Texas The sand hills are not huge here, but they are interesting. Melanie left her mark that I am sure will last forever […]
Doug and Melanie in New Mexico
Hi all. We spent two short weeks at Big Bend National Park on the Mexican border. It is a beautiful, rugged part of the country where even dried mud can be art. The scenery is stunning. It varies from river scenes along the Rio Grande, to desert landscapes to mountains and magnificent night skies. But […]
Nudist Camping: What Is That?
Hello Everyone, This is Doug and Melanie, the former Airstreamers. We are on the road again. Last year, we discovered a small hot spring resort in New Mexico (and I use the term, “resort,” very loosely). We enjoyed it so much we returned this year and stayed two weeks. The place is Faywood Hot Springs. […]
A Tale of Two Trailers
Hello all, Doug and Melanie here. In a previous post, we mentioned we were selling our Airstream and buying an off-road trailer. (As Shelly said, we love getting into wild places to hike and explore and enjoy nature, and an off-road trailer will let us do that more.) Well, the transition is complete: the Airstream is […]
Manitou Appe
At our last campsite at Hecla, I met Svea (she’s on the right; Lauren the park interpreter is on the left), who helped lead my guided tour through the woods of Hecla Island. While Lauren told me about the mammals native to Hecla, Svea mentioned a few spiritual beliefs of her indigenous people, the Anishinabe, […]
Marcus & Shana Tackle, “Go Big or Go Tiny Home?”
Hello, everyone! If you are like us, then you know the summer months can be a serious pain in the traveling world. We have a 45-foot fifth wheel trailer, and parking it anywhere is a difficult task even for the most experienced of us all. When the pandemic hit, families everywhere ran out and purchased […]
Wanna Buy Our Friends’ Airstream?
Or just interested in an insider’s view of the world of buying and selling pre-owned Airstreams? Doug and Melanie, our friends (and fellow bloggers here when they’re not so busy) are selling theirs and have given me permission to post about it. Here we go with the deets! Why They’re Selling These die-hard adventurers set […]
Shana & Marcus Take on Foodie Land
At our camping spot here on the Del Mar Fairgrounds in California, we can see the ocean to our west, and directly south there’s a lagoon that rises and falls with the tide. We’ve fished off the banks with hopes of casting in just the right spot to pull a halibut off the lagoon bed. […]
