Our trip reached its apogee – the furthest distance from home – at White Tank Mountain. Now we turned around and started slowly heading back home, stopping first at one of our favorite places from last year’s Odyssey: Catalina State…
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On Finding Happiness: Phoenix and the White Tank Mountains
Leaving Roosevelt Lake and the Superstition Mountains, we descended back into the Valley of the Sun. That’s its tourist name; the real name is the Salt River Valley, which doesn’t sound quite as snappy, but is probably better for the…
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Old West Week: Roosevelt Lake and The Apache Trail
After McDowell Mountain our next stop was the Cholla Campground at Roosevelt Lake, a National Forest Service campground. I had heard about Roosevelt Lake last year and wanted to try it out. This was our first time at a Forest…
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Back to the Copper State: Davis Mountains, TX to McDowell Mountain, AZ
Leaving the Rio Grande, we headed north to a favorite from last year: Davis Mountains State Park. On the way we stopped in the town of Marfa at its top-ranked (according to Yelp) restaurant: Marfa Burrito. A Chipotle franchise, it…
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Border Patrol: the Gulf Coast and Rio Grande
When we were planning Odyssey 2.0, a friend who lives in Houston gave me a tip about Goose Island State Park. My original plan was to leave Houston and head south quickly to see our friends in Harlingen, but we…
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Big City Camping – a month in Houston
When we made our plans for this year’s Odyssey, we decided to try spending a month in one place – to minimize setup, breakdown and travel, to save some money, and just to experience what it’s like to stay put…
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Odyssey 2.0: Heading South for the Winter
We left home a few weeks ago, so it’s long past time to bring everyone up to date with how things have been going for Odyssey 2.0. We decided to hit the road the day after Thanksgiving. This timing seemed like…
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Our Planned Route: Winter 2016-2017
Our motto for Odyssey 1.0 was “we’re doing it!” RVing for four months was a new experience for us, and it felt somewhat risky at the time. Since we loved it so much, our unofficial motto for Odyssey 2.0 is “we’re…
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The Odysseeing Infographic
We’re deep into planning “Odyssee” #2 (yes, we’re doing it again!), but before we do the big reveal of our winter 2016-2017 plans, I wanted to take a step back and understand how we spent our time (and money) during…
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Benson, Bisbee and Birds – The San Pedro River Basin
On our way out west on Christmas Day we stopped briefly in the town of Benson, AZ to check out the Escapees Saguaro SKP Co-op. I had heard that it was a good RV park option in the Tucson area, and…
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