Madly getting ready to leave, although we still don't know when that will be. We're expecting that we'll be starting out sometime next week.

This was another fantastic trip, in spite of the troubles we had along the way (the leveler issue is still not resolved). But the good parts far outweigh the bad. Traveling by RV is, in my opinion, one of the best ways to see this great country of ours. Spending a week and a half with all four of our “kids” can’t be beat.And I hope you all have enjoyed reading this silly chronicle of our adventures. We’ve both enjoyed reading your comment...

The tour bus arrived a little before 10:30 am to pick us up for the wine-tasting tour. (The bus was a shuttle-bus size, not a Greyhound.) Our driver/guide was Fritz, the same guy we had at the end of the New England Color trip. Fritz is a nice guy, about our age, and knows just about everything about wine. It made the tour even more interesting.We left the RV park for downtown Paso to pick up the lunches, then to a hotel to pick up the other couple who would be ...

Tue, Jun 11, 2013 STATS Departure: Needles, California Arrival: Paso Robles, California Miles: 376 miles Travel Time: 9 hoursWe targeted 7:00 am to be out so that we could get ahead of the heat. We missed 7:00—left at 7:03. It was already fairly warm. I don't know what the temperature was, but as I was disconnecting the water this morning, a kid from three sites down came up to me and started roasting a marshmallow over the top of my head. As we got far...

Mon, Jun 10, 2013 STATS Departure: Flagstaff, Arizona Arrival: Needles, California Miles: 206 miles Travel Time: 5 hoursWhen we left Flagstaff this morning, we had a plan with options. We could stop in Kingman, or we could stop in Needles, or we could go to Barstow, which would be about 350 miles. That was our initial decision: to make it to Barstow. By the time we made it past Kingman, I was getting rather stir-crazy, so I suggested we stay in Needles.We found a...