John and Pam
Reviews
Klamath Falls Fairgrounds
Klamath Falls, OR
"A great place for a short visit to Crater Lake with FHU's"
Fish House Inn & RV Park
Dayville, OR
"The perfect place to stay to visit two parts of John Day Fossil Beds NM"
Carlsbad RV Park & Campground
Carlsbad, NM
"A convenient park for visiting Carlsbad Caverns with FHUs"
Blog Posts
Hueco Tanks, TX
El Paso, TX On Monday we left Carlsbad, NM and headed back to the southwest on US 62, the same route we used a few days earlier to get to Carlsbad. The road provides some great views as you pas...
Oh, the Places They Go!
York, PA Each year while on the east coast we head north for a visit with Pam’s mother, Fran, who lives in Clayton, NY along the beautiful St. Lawrence River. During our current extended stay in...
A Quiet Stay Near Iowa City
Iowa City, IA When we arrived at Sugar Bottom Recreation Area, a Corp of Engineers park just north of Iowa City, we had a reservation for four days. About 60% of the sites here are reservable w...
Amana Colonies – Iowa
Iowa City, IA We’ve made our way south into central Iowa where we are staying at a nice COE (Army Corp of Engineer) park called Sugar Bottom Recreation Area. Fellow bloggers John and Sharon (On...
Still Here Enjoying Tucson
Tucson, AZ We are still here in Tucson enjoying the warm (at times hot) days and cool nights. In between the completion of some basic maintenance items on the motorhome, we have been enjoying so...
Two Hikes: El Camino Del Cerro and Tortolita Mountains
Tucson, AZ The nimble hiker has been busy planning hikes during our last week here in Tucson. So Monday and Tuesday were a bit busy as we completed two from her list. The first was a six mile...
Enjoying Borrego Springs
Borrego Springs, CA Earlier this week we made the short (85 miles) trip from Desert Hot Springs to the little town of Borrego Springs, located in the center of the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park...
Manzanar War National Historical Center
Lone Pine, CA Just a few miles north of Lone Pine is a significant historical site, Manzanar War Relocation Center. While most important historical sites highlight events in American history th...
Hiking the Mt. Whitney Trail
Lone Pine, CA There are two trails that begin at the Whitney Portal, 8,000 feet up in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. We did one of the trails last week with Eric and Laurel. This morning we head...
Arches in the Alabama Hills
Lone Pine, CA The Alabama Hills are a range of hills and rock formations near the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada Mountains just west of Lone Pine. The rounded contours of the hills contrast...
Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest
Bishop, CA On Sunday we made the short trip from Lee Vining to Bishop, CA, a distance of about sixty-three miles and are set up in Highlands RV Park for a week. Rte. 395 looking west with Highla...
A Bit of Golf and Rock Scrambling
Bishop, CA On Tuesday we took a break from playing tourist. John and Dave enjoyed a round of golf at Bishop Golf Course, a nice eighteen hole layout just south of town surrounded by the mountai...
Hiking to Parker Lake and Some Hot Water
Lee Vining, CA On Wednesday morning we drove south of our RV park here in Lee Vining to explore the June Lake Scenic Loop, a loop road about 15 miles long that passes by a number of beautiful l...
Arriving at Mono Lake, CA
Lee Vining, CA We stayed in Carson City for an extra day to let some rainy weather pass. When Monday dawned with clear skies, we headed south on US-395 into the Eas...
Arriving at Mono Lake, CA
Lee Vining, CA We stayed in Carson City for an extra day to let some rainy weather pass. When Monday dawned with clear skies, we headed south on US-395 into the Eas...
Checking out Carson City, Virginia City, and Reno
Carson City, NV One day during our stay here in Carson City we took a drive to check out some local scenes. First stop was a visit to the state capitol in downtown Carson City. The building wa...
Hiking Near Carson City
Carson City, NV Between motorhome repairs and rainy days (desperately needed here) we did manage to get in two short hikes in the area, one near South Lake Tahoe and the other just outside Carso...
Last Days in Park City
Park City, UT Friends Steve and Joan (FOSJ) have been spending the last few months working with a company that surveys roads for the Bureau of Land Management. They are currently in Nephi, UT,...
Hiking and Biking in Park City
Park City, UT After a couple of rainy, cold days the skies over Park City cleared and the temperatures warmed into the low 70s (with no humidity!). That means only one thing to the nimble hiker...
Welcome to Park City
Park City, UT Our next stop on our westward trek was to the Park City area in the Wasatch Mountains just west of Salt Lake City. We were able to get a nice site in nearby Jordanelle State Park....
Dinosaur National Monument - Vernal, UT
Manila, UT We have wanted to visit Dinosaur National Monument for awhile now, but it never seems to be on any of our travel routes. Since it is within reasonable driving distance, we decided to...
Sheep Creek Canyon - Flaming Gorge NRA
Manila, UT The Uintah County Travel and Tourism Organization publishes a series of day trip brochures for the county. Each brochure provides information for points along the trip with each poin...
Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area
Manila, UT After our visit to Laramie we headed west on I-80, driving across rolling hills while fighting stiff headwinds. At Green River we turned south on WY-530 for 40 miles to the Lucerne C...
A Short Visit to Eastern Nebraska - Lincoln and Omaha
Greenwood, NE (between Lincoln and Omaha) After our stay along the Mississippi River south of Davenport, we drove over 300 miles across Iowa into Nebraska. We crossed the Missouri River south of...
The Quad Cities
Davenport, IA After a long drive from Indianapolis, we finally crossed the Mississippi into Iowa, our first time in the state with the motorhome. We drove south about seventeen miles along the w...
Back on the Road - A Stop in Louisville
Louisville, KY OK, again it has been a while since our last post during a visit to the Thousand Islands in Northern New York. Since then we returned to our former home town of York, PA to compl...
Oklahoma to Atlanta
Atlanta, GA In our last blog we were just finishing our visit to Oklahoma. We left there and continued our journey east in I-40. Since, like many people, we don’t like to drive long distances,...
A Visit to Oklahoma City
Shawnee, OK We left Wichita, KS on Saturday and headed south for a visit to Oklahoma City, OK. After driving south on I-35 into the city, we turned east on I-40 and continued to Shawnee (birthp...
A Brief Visit to Wichita, KA
Newton, KS (north of Wichita) We dropping our daughter, Jessica, off at the Denver Airport on Wednesday morning for her return flight to Baltimore, returned to the motorhome, finished packing u...
Seeing the Sights in the Denver Area
Sheridan, CO (near Denver) While in the Denver area we have taken the opportunity to do some sight-seeing. Twice we joined fellow RVers on visits to local attractions. Both couples (Sue and Da...
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