How We Chow
Posted by Daria Those of you who know us personally know that food is never far from our thoughts. We eat most of our meals in the RV but like to eat out, too, especially when there’s “roadfood” available. We have been devoted fans and buyers of Jane and Michael Stern’s Roadfood books for [...]
Process of a Post
Posted by Sierra I bet you probably read a post and think, “How do they do that?” or “How did that clever Sierra ever come up with that clever phrase?” Ha ha, I’m quite the joker. Anyway, let’s be realistic. You’re all probably wondering about the process of writing a blog post. Well, I give [...]
Mardi Gras in N’awlins
Posted by Sierra As the marching bands pass by, people scream at floats, waving their hands for beads. The crowd cheers and gasps as a teenage girl twirls a flaming baton high up in the air and catches it. They jump up when they see the “throwers” on the floats are about to toss something [...]
Please, mister, throw me some beads
Sierra pleads for beads Friday during the Excalibur Mardi Gras parade in Metairie (just west of New Orleans). This was the first of two parades, back to back, in Metairie, and Sierra brought home plenty of beads. In part, as you can see from the second photo, she’s much better at catching them than she [...]
A Rain Slicker Fell on My Head
Posted by Sierra Life is different when you’re on the road. That’s just something you accept. When we recently got back in the RV after spending a week at home, there were a few factors we had to get used to, such as: * The “injuring ourselves every day” factor. Types of injury include stubbing [...]
One Week Off
Posted by Daria We just got back on the road after spending a week visiting our home in Corrales. It really did seem like a visit, because when someone else is living in your house—in this case Ryan, 31, son/stepson/half brother—it’s not quite the same. Our stuff had to make way for his stuff. And [...]
Cadillac Ranch, Amarillo, Texas
Posted by Stan How many times have we driven by the Cadillac Ranch west of Amarillo, Texas, without stopping? Today we stopped. Nobody had this one on their list. And the early morning temperature was below freezing. But we parked and hurried out to the curious monument. Perhaps that’s the point of our adventure. [...]
Lost in Paris, Texas
Posted by Stan We weren’t exactly lost. But we did spend 45 minutes today driving all over the not-so-big town of Paris, Texas, looking for this mini-Eiffel Tower with a cowboy hat on top. Why? Every member of our traveling team got to pick a certain number of essential stops — 20 in North America, [...]