Category: 00_All Trips

  • Mission Status: Failed

    Mission Status:  Failed

    Today was the morning of our second day at Lake Isabella/Kern River KOA – as planned we drove to Death Valley for our next two-day stop, with a planned side trip to Saline Valley Warm Springs .  The reviews on this spring mentioned that the road was rough – you needed a 4WD, high clearance…

  • Hot Springs, Cloudy Memories

    Hot Springs, Cloudy Memories

    After breakfast, we left for our first adventure of the day – the Remington Hot Springs.  While this website indicates the top pool was 106, Scott’s calibrated hot tub temperature gauge said maybe 99-100.  The path seemed longer than 300 feet, and Scott’s knees complained that it was steep.  But the soak went well, the…

  • All Systems Go

    All Systems Go

    Our trip actually started yesterday – Thursday the 9th.  Scott flew into San Diego on Wednesday the 8th from the Offshore Technology Conference, and stayed at hotel near the VideoRay office until Tom arrived the next day.  We had stored the RV since our last trip at a campground near the one we stayed at…

  • Level Unlocked – Made it to San Diego

    Level Unlocked – Made it to San Diego

    After an early meeting for Tom, we departed from Joshua Tree for our final campground this trip – Mission Bay RV Resort.  We still had not made a decision on where to store Khan for our next trip when Scott – reading the website – discovered that they had a storage plan at Mission Bay…

  • Boating Lake Havasu

    Boating Lake Havasu

    Today was a rare day – we spent two nights in the same place – Lake Havasu City. Scott preferred this campground because it a) has a hot tub, and b) you can get in it at a reasonable hour. The campground guide said it opens at 7AM, and it was open at 7:20AM when…

  • Reunited!

    Reunited!

    We awoke at Meteor Crater RV park a bit later than normal, but still in time to make the Meteor Crater visitor’s center shortly after it’s 8AM opening.  Pricey compared to National Parks at $25/person after our senior and staying-at-their-RV-park discounts, but still well done.  We got a guided tour with a very short walk…

  • Looking at OLD, Very Old, Things.

    Looking at OLD, Very Old, Things.

    We had a fun day with several “audible” changes as time got away from us. Yesterday, we decided to eat pie for breakfast in one of the two Pie restaurants in Pie Town, but as with most days we were up with the sun, and decided to “hit the road” rather than wait until they…

  • Why is the Jeep Trying to Pass Us?

    Why is the Jeep Trying to Pass Us?

    Today was interesting, exciting, and brought back some scary memories. We did not take enough time in Alamogordo to take in all the scenery, so Tom suggested that we drive around the mountains into a tunnel that was labeled as scenic.  This turned out to be a really good idea.  We drove through the tunnel,…

  • White Sand, Red Sand

    White Sand, Red Sand

    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…

  • Wide Open Spaces, and Aliens

    Wide Open Spaces, and Aliens

    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…

  • Q & A Day and Now in New Mexico

    Q & A Day and Now in New Mexico

    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…

  • A Workout on the Flat Planes

    A Workout on the Flat Planes

    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…