Powerful thunderstorms intermittently pounded Tucson throughout the day yesterday and last night. At Catalina State Park, we had our satellite dish set up as usual - with the tripod legs pounded into the ground and weighted down with gallon jugs of water. The precautions were insufficient to withstand the gusty wind conditions and the satellite dish - which provides us with both TV and … [Read more...]
Campground Showers: One Experience I’d Prefer Not to Repeat
Supposedly sixty degrees fahrenheit at 4:15PM when I headed to the campground shower facility to take a shower. I was NOT looking forward to the experience. We head south for the winter to AVOID cold... and a cold shower is the antithesis of comfortable and happy. I get into the shower room, turn up the volume to what is supposed to be hot and let it run while I disrobe. Test the … [Read more...]
Terrible Customer Service at Butte KOA
I booked a 30 amp electric / water site at the KOA in Butte Montana the day prior to our planned stay. On arrival, the check-in process was very slow. The KOA agent at the desk apologized repeatedly for the delay, which she said was caused by a trainee mixing up our reservation with that of another Gardner. I smiled pleasantly and said "no problem", while thinking "Quit blaming the trainee … [Read more...]
7822 Miles
We traveled 4,065 miles southbound and 3,757 miles northbound for a total of 7,822 miles last winter. Our main stops are shown in the list below. I've linked to posts that I wrote enroute and there will likely be a few more coming as I 'digest' all that we saw and did on the trip. Penticton, B.C., Canada Spokane, Washington Missoula, Montana (pictures) Billings, Montana … [Read more...]
Barely Beat Winter Storm Brutus
So, the objective was to cross the Rockies southbound before a big winter snow storm hit --- and in that, we succeeded. But we dogged it through Montana and Wyoming, taking 2 night stops in Missoula, Billings and Cheyenne in order to spend a day touring each of those cities. Likewise, we wanted to spend some time in Denver. That's where the problem started. We booked 2 nights in a … [Read more...]
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