March 12, 2016
This was just a quick day trip, okay a long day trip, but a day trip nonetheless. Six of us woke up early and headed north on Hwy. 395 to see the superbloom in Death Valley. Because of three rain storms last October, flowers were predicted to be blooming in greater number and we wanted […]
May 22, 2015
This one will be the one we all remember. Already being referred to as Snoverland Expo, this year’s event featured snow, rain, a little hail, and mud — lots of mud. Due to a work trip, I drove my rig to Flagstaff a week early and parked at the Flagstaff airport. I returned Friday and […]
March 22, 2015
Each year the guys and gals at www.americanadventurist.com set up a desert clean up somewhere in the desert of southern California. This year was the fifth annual Desert Rendezvous near the Fish Creek Wilderness Area south of Salton Sea. Part of the fun is not knowing the exact location, just receiving the coordinates of the […]
September 14, 2014
Our last camping trip started with a stop to XPCamper in Grass Valley for a few minor upgrades. My camper was the second production camper built. There were a few minor refinements after the first few campers and there were some options the previous owner didn’t have installed. This short post documents three items I […]
August 25, 2014
We needed to make a pilgrimage to XPMecca in Grass Valley, CA so we made a four-day weekend of it. We drove eight hours north and parked in the XPCampground, aka Marc’s parking lot. Not the most scenic “campground” but we’ve stayed in worse places. We tooled around gold country in a rental while the […]
July 27, 2014
Our final stop in Costa Rica was in a little town on the Caribbean coast, Tortuguero. Our stay wasn’t in the actual town itself but rather at a lodge nearby. The area is surrounded by natural canals with the only man made canals being the actual “driveways” up to the resorts. This remote camp required over […]
July 26, 2014
From Monteverde we took a mini bus to Lake Arenal and crossed the lake to get to Arenal Volcano. We never saw more than the base of the volcano due to clouds but it was an amazing and active part of our trip. We went on a night float down a river to look for […]
July 13, 2014
We spent all day at this nature park in the cloud forest above Monteverde. It’s host to a variety of activities, including zip lines, walking bridges, butterfly gardens, and hummingbird gardens. Ziplining through the cloud forest was especially amazing. we had a little rain but it wasn’t bad and didn’t detract from our day. ZIPLINING […]
July 12, 2014
Most of our trips involve adventures of our own making but this year we celebrated our 25th Wedding Anniversary and decided to take the trip of a lifetime, Costa Rica. We booked all land travel and tourism through Anywhere Costa Rica. Entirely through their website, you indicate what types of things you’d like to do […]
March 29, 2014
All of our vehicles have had names so there was little doubt this one would too, but it had to earn its name. At some point on our first trip, one of the wimpy Dodge anti-sway bar (aka sway bar for some reason) end links broke. We had heard a loud pop but weren’t sure […]
March 23, 2014
We attended the 4th annual Socal Desert Rendezvous this weekend. Its more of a campout for 100 or so friends along the Bradshaw Trail so its hardly and expedition but a lot of fun. Its still a bit odd driving the XP Camper due to all the questions I get asked. This trip was no […]
December 31, 2013
DAY 1 This is the beginning of our adventures in our new rig, a 2005 Dodge Ram 2500 with a 2012 XPCamper. Our first trip was to Death Valley where we camp regularly nearly every winter, but this time we decided to explore some canyons we’d never seen. We came in from the south, through […]