Galveston, TX
Our first stay in Galveston We had really gotten spoiled on our drive through Texas. The majority of it had been on highways and back roads but that changed [...]
San Antonio explains West Texas
Remember the Alamo! How did we prepare for our visit to San Antonio? Well, by watching Pee Wee Herman’s Big Adventure, of course! But there was more than the [...]
The long, long drive
Texas just keeps going.... We wrapped up our stay in Big Bend by doing something we hadn’t done yet on the trip…we backtracked. And we did it for brisket. [...]
Big Bend, the second chapter
Big Texas Skies at Big Bend After our bad campground in an interesting little town, we headed to a primitive site inside the park. We had reservations for a [...]
Guadalupe Mountain National Park
Guadalupe Mountains National Park We left Las Cruces, NM and shortly thereafter we entered west Texas. Earlier in our trip we had driven across the big open spaces of [...]
Saguaro National Park: a Tale of Two Deserts
Shelley comes to visit! We were all excited about Tucson because we’d get to visit Saguaro National Park, but even more because we would get to share how awesome [...]
Organ Pipe National Monument
Organ Pipe National Monument As I’ve mentioned before, arriving to our campsite after dark isn’t one of my favorite ways to get settled. But after our afternoon in Mexico [...]
Desert Life
Life is Rich in the Desert From San Diego, we started into what I'd consider the "southwest" leg of the trip. We'll be spending about 8 weeks traveling through [...]
An Oasis in the Desert
An Oasis in the Desert The drive from Las Vegas to Joshua Tree is about three hours, and two hours and 45 minutes of that is through the middle [...]
Life in Death Valley
Death Valley is Very Much Alive We headed to Death Valley from the Alabama Hills with mixed expectations. Wyatt expected it to be great because he'd heard it was [...]