Jerome, AZ
Located along a steep hillside full of hairpin turns and shocking drop-offs, this old ghost town has life in it yet. Once called the “Wickedest Town in the West,” Jerome was a budding city of brothels...
View ArticleKelly, NM – Ghost town
I was directed, by a pamphlet I picked up at the VLA, that there was a small ghoest town just 3.5 miles off route back to the Interstate and I wasn’t going to pass up such an easy target to sight-see...
View ArticleLake Valley Townsite
The mining town of Lake Valley was founded in 1878 after silver was discovered. Almost overnight, the small frontier town blossomed into a major settlement with a population of 4,000 people. Today,...
View ArticleCharleston, AZ ghost town
Charleston in 1885 Charleston is a ghost town just north-east of Sierra Vista. It was occupied from the late-1870s through the late-1880s, and was located in what was then known as the Arizona...
View ArticleBrunckow’s Cabin
A short drive and hike from the boondocking location is an old prospector cabin ruins. Not much remains but holes in the ground and two small walls of what would have been a tiny cabin a few miles...
View ArticleGleeson, AZ – Ghost Town
The area was initially settled as a mining camp called Turquoise after the mineral which had been mined by Native Americans in the area. The Turquoise post office was established on October 22, 1890,...
View ArticleA week in the Tombstone desert
I have spent this past week boondocking not far out of Tombstone, Arizona. Even though I have been in this area multiple times in recent years, it has become something of a tradition to pop in here for...
View ArticleFort Bowie National Historic Site
A few years back I visited the Chiricahua National Monument for a hike while staying at a RV park in Wilcox, AZ. Also planned that day was to visit Fort Bowie just up the mountain but the 8 miles of...
View ArticleGarnet Ghost Town
Not far outside of Missoula is an old ghost town which came to our attention thanks to an article a few months back regarding work-camping the ghost town during the winters. What an adventure that...
View ArticleGoing to Homer
After leaving the Kenai area, the plan was to spend a week somewhere between there at Homer where we would again spend a week. We had a few options, the first being Ninilchick where we stopped in to...
View ArticleJoshua Tree, Pioneertown, and Pappy & Harriets
It was the perfect plan I tell you. We were going to spend one more week in the van upon arriving back in the USA. A week in Joshua Tree National Park, and surrounding area, before moving back into the...
View ArticleMalakoff Diggins State Park
We are back in gold country to visit Kerri’s parents for a week before heading over the Sierra’s. In our last visit here we did not get out all that much. What little exploring I did (I say I as Kerri...
View ArticleBodie State Historic Park
Just over two years ago, I started following Kerri on Instagram (at the behest of two friends… I swear, I wasn’t stalking or anything) and soon afterwards commented on an image she posted of Bodie...
View ArticleThe most original Ghost Town in Colorado
A short drive up the mountain Beuna Vista, Colorado, past a horrific looking commercial host spring resort, is the town of St Elmo, the “most original ghost town in Colorado” (their words, not mine),...
View ArticleSomewhere between Marble and Crystal
We set out from Crested Butte on Saturday afternoon, with backpacks and supplies ready, navigated over Kebler Pass (our 3rd time already), all to visit a location less than 20 miles away from camp, as...
View ArticleRocky Mountain National Park West
With only a single [non-work] day being camped near the West side of the National Park, I had to get Kerri in to see some of the sights, but it was going to be a bit of a crunch. The West side of the...
View ArticleTwo ghosts and a Goliath
With a day of exploring scheduled Kerri and I set out find a few items on the map. As luck would have it, we needed only travel on a single road to get them all in. The first of which is the ghost town...
View ArticleTerlingua Texas
Texas…. The last time I was here it was not all that to me. It has been a while (just over 4 years) and I’ve changed a lot since then, but I still wasn’t looking forward to Texas again. Maybe it was...
View ArticleNatchez Trace Parkway – part 1
I have been looking forward to this part of the country for a long time. And the timing was perfect, after a tough final week in Louisiana for me. A slight back-track and a hop to the North put us...
View ArticleNatchez Trace Parkway – part 2
With the Rocky Springs Campground being only a single night stay, we had nearly 200 miles of driving before we made it to our destination to spend the work week. The Jeff Busby Campground sits at...
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