MKFebruary 2025 On our trip from Palm Springs to Prescott, AZ we stopped at Lake Havasu City to see the London Bridge. We enjoyed lunch under the bridge in the small English town replica with shops and cafes. The London Bridge was sold to Robert P. McCulloch, a real estate developer, because it was no longer…
February 2025 Palm Springs was as far west as we made it on this trip and our mark of the halfway point of our total trip. We happily camped at the Palm Springs/Joshua Tree KOA, a top-notch KOA with 3 hot tubs (hot spring fed), a heated pool, mini golf and an extra-large dog park. It…
February 2025 The Salton Sea was created in 1905 when water from the Colorado River spilled out of a poorly constructed California Development Company irrigation system and into a basin in the desert. The spillage continued for 2 years before repairs were completed creating California’s largest lake; 15 miles wide by 35 miles long. The Salton…
February 2025 Lake Tamarisk RV Park in Desert Center California is a small cooperative built around a man-made lake. We learned while meeting people in the heated pool and hot tub that they had a Canada vs U.S tournament on the golf course surrounding the park while we were there – Canada won. It was clean…
February 2025 Tucson found us camping at the Diamond J RV park, it was a nice place to stay while we explored the Tucson area. On the first morning of our stay Owen ventured a little too close to a nasty cactus – the Jumping Cholla. He escaped with a face and paw full of needles. …
February 2025 Mexican Canyon Train Trestle is one of the last standing large trestles along the railroad route from Alamogordo (near White Sands National Park) to Cloudcroft, New Mexico. Steam engines made the climb the up 4327 vertical feet between the 2 towns from 1899 to 1947. The Lake Valley Historic Townsite is about 30 minutes…
February 2025 In SouthEastern New Mexico is Carlsbad Cavern National Park, a series of natural limestone caves formed over 250 million years ago. We first took an elevator down 750 feet into the earth! Freaky! The “Big Room” was very impressive in size measuring about 4000 ft long and 225 ft high! We took a ranger-guided…