Jane and Leyman invite Storm and me to join their Monday group for a Jeep adventure on Gamez Road.  Leyman tells us that the ride won’t be too difficult, but Jane promises a successful hunt for Mexican Poppies.  At first I am leery.  While I have faith in their leadership, I hope that “hunting for […]

Our plans for a month of adventure in Arizona, Utah and Nevada with Jim are unexpectedly interrupted. Once parked in Gold Canyon, Jim’s BRAND NEW motor home (purchased specifically for this trip) suffers a series of catastrophically debilitating malfunctions.  The afternoon before we are to leave, master repairmen (defined as guys standing around the RV […]

To be fair to Jim Brown, I admit that when we first arrive in Gold Canyon he introduces us to a couple of very tame and scenic journeys in the area.  We did not know at the time he was lulling us into complacency about the upcoming rattlesnake hunt.  On our first local expedition with […]

I should have expected that Jim Brown plans to up our adventure level when we meet him in Gold Canyon.  Up until now, I counted an off road trail ride a success if no-one had to be rolled back over onto their wheels and each vehicle returned to camp under its own power or at […]

Benson, Arizona, where we parked for the month of February is almost entirely an RV town.  Mid-western snowbirds follow a well-defined migration path down to this area from Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and other points north.  But come April everyone heads north toward melting snow before the desert starts scorching them here.  Had normal warm […]

As I mentioned in an earlier post, Pima Air & Space Museum is a must see for us while near Tucson.  We wind up making two visits to see everything on display here.  One day is our indoor, cold, rainy visit and the second is our outdoor, warm, sunny visit. Although Storm and I have […]