Mazatlan is probably viewed by most people as a resort town, a tourist destination and a cruise ship stopover. But we managed to experience Mazatlan very differently. We arrived on a busy Sunday and quickly located a boondocking location using iOverlander. This location was about 8 miles from hotel row, down an obscure dirt … More A different look at Mazatlan (electrifying)
A long week in Rocky Point, (Puerto Penasco) Mexico culminated in a beautiful new look for the camper and truck! We posted a need for an artist on the local Facebook page. Many responses came in, but only one followed through. We met Israel and showed him a few designs and discussed ideas. He really … More No more “vanilla” camper! Look at this artwork…..
The Northstar Arrow 8.5 cabover camper is now securely bolted to the aluminum frame and chassis of the GMC 2500HD. Welds are in place. Water and propane tanks are full. I guess it is time to load up the dogs and humans and take it for a test trip! We headed out to the nearby … More First camping trip- test run!
The aluminum frame has now been fully assembled. It is bolted to the chassis of the truck with some sort of fancy spacers in between each point of contact. The frame on the truck looks fantastic and it is ready to hold the camper. So we line everything up, and back up carefully. We … More On the frame!
As the cat is outta’ the bag, we will continue with the camper story. A purchase agreement has been reached and the camper is awaiting us in Grants Pass, Oregon. We are in Clarkdale, Arizona! Time for a road tip in the new truck. We left on a sunny day and drove across dry, dusty … More Picking up the camper
In October 2015 our travel plans changed drastically. We were stopped in our tracks. When my mother passed away unexpectedly, we inherited a burden that we never anticipated. If you haven’t had this conversation with your parents or your kids—DO IT NOW!! Managing the property, the belongings, the accounts and the hassles has been interesting, … More The cat is outta’ the bag!
The weather in Clarkdale, Arizona started to turn cold, and we wanted none of that. We needed to turn in our Temporal Importacion Permit on the van before its expiration date. And our friends were in Baja, so we decided to dash down to hang out. It was a great little respite for a couple … More A run to Baja for sun and sand
As we passed through Oregon again we made a few stops along the way. Our target was the Huckleberry Jam music festival in Idaho with Michael Franti as headliner. This would be our 6th Franti show! Yep, we are big fans. The real bonus would be that we could attend with our friends from Boise. … More A bit of Oregon and some hassles in Idaho!
The Olympic Peninsula in Washington is much more than the Olympic National Park. We explored just a few places of beauty and surprise. But this is an area worthy of much more time! We covered a lot of miles on the coastlines of Washington state! Our first night was along the banks of a small river, … More A quick trip around the Olympic Peninsula
Arriving onto Vancouver Island at Comox Harbor was a little confusing. Not because it was poorly signed, or dark, or misleading. But simply because Vancouver Island had been such an overwhelming target for us that we didn’t even know which way to turn. We wanted to see as much as possible in the limited time … More Vancouver Island 2016