It was two months ago (April 7) that Sash and I left our apartment in San Diego for the RV life. Of course, the way my brain works, is that I don’t feel the magnitude of what I’m doing until well after the fact. I’ve been told by professionals that I have “Dissociative Identity...
Sweetwater Summit Regional Park is run by the County of San Diego, and offers what is probably the best kept secret among RVers in San Diego. Located next to Sweetwater Reservoir in the community of Bonita, it’s one of the most well-managed, and most scenic campgrounds operated by a local government. On top of...
May 16, 2017: It’s no secret among RVers in San Diego that the local indian casinos allow them to overnight park for free. Viejas Casino in Alpine, CA maintains a policy of letting RVers park for 72 hours. Technically, they don’t welcome RVers to overnight there. Instead, they give you a 72 hour notice...
May 11, 2017: The only thing better than free, is being able to dump your s**t for free. Mission Bay Visitor’s Center is the gateway for recreational activities at Mission Bay, San Diego. Many RVers camp there. Turns out, the public can access the dump station for free. It’s just sitting out there, waiting for...
May 11, 2017: Finding a good RV repair shop is not easy. But when you find one, you create a good relationship with them. Rick’s RV Center was referred to us by Orlandi Trailers, the dealer we bought our toy hauler from. Bart Waymire, who manages the service center at Rick’s RV Center, used...
May 8, 2017: We were told that the WalMart in Marana, AZ (this one at 8280 N Cortaro Rd) allows free parking for RVers. Well, that’s what we were told. Turns out that the City of Marana has an ordinance against sleeping overnight in vehicles in parking lots. Sash had called the WalMart manager...
May 8, 2017: Driving along I-10 through eastern Arizona is to be deluged with road sign after road sign advertising, “The Thing?” What is “The Thing?” It’s a basically some kind of mummy. It’s not a real body, but something made up to look like a real mummy… “The roadside area was the creation...
May 6, 2017: At the time, we found Alamogordo / White Sands KOA to be the cheapest KOA in New Mexico. That wasn’t the only reason we went there however; it also happened to be in the direction we were headed. Considering how impressed we were with the Kansas City East / Oak Grove...
May 5, 2017: After saying our goodbyes to Gabriele and Ken in Bristow, OK, Sash and I continued pushing west, taking us into the Texas Panhandle. We learned that the Texas Travel Information Center in Amarillo allowed free overnight parking for trucks and RVs, and that it got a lot of good reviews. So,...
May 5, 2017: After an overnight stay at the WalMart in Bristow, OK (which by the way is an awesome WalMart to overnight at, despite the many trucks that stay there), Sash and I headed into town to meetup with Gabriele and Ken, two friends of ours. Gabriele and Ken were in town for...