Tag: local wineries

We Have So Much!

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We are all  Shelter in Place and feeling a bit of the road calling.  I am like many of you and have to store our rig away from our home.  It still doesn’t stop us from thinking about the travels ahead.  Reading the blogs online showing how creative so many people are.  It can be a place we can to to visit and do some preparations for the roads we shall travel.  Watch the blogs and see what you can learn that may enhance your travels.

I am not blessed with the brilliance.  I see in the creative posts of other travelers.  It puts a smile on my face to see the colors, modifications and creative use of the inside of the Airstream.

Now I have time to complete my first small travel book for the roads less talked about.  I am newly living in Southern Nevada and thought there was not a lot to do or see here but the Vegas strip.  I was so wrong.

The Death Valley National Park is very large and and spans many landscapes.  We all hear about the lower part of the park but that is just the beginning.  As an example, Pahrump is a small jewel siting  near one of the entrances to Death Valley.  There are also very nice RV parks in the area, one fairly new.  Wineries in the area too.

Let’s look at the places we can see when this is over and people we can meet.  Safe travels and good adventures.

Rain Rain Happy Day !

How wonderful to actually be hearing RAIN again. The warm weather is beautiful but the rain is what we need. It also makes we want to travel. Yep, weird huh. While everyone is on the road during the good weather the cooler, more unpredictable weather and fewer options for open campgrounds etc make it more exciting.

I must say without the weather challenges, less utilized camp grounds and quieter landscapes we would be bored. No fun, goofy memories. I love reading the many blogs that feature Airstreams and decor. It makes me think, what is our style of travel. We know we love to cook, then Airstream comes out with limited edition gourmet cook version of our dream size coach. Ohhhh bad! The challenge is to make more with less space and re-think the decor, comforts we slowly find we either need or don’t. Oh boy more fun! In two weeks we are traveling far away (90 minutes) to the Pinnacles National Park. Shall we see California Condors, large wing bats, winter flowers, secret vistas that take your breathe away or just the beauty of sitting and drinking in pure wonder given to us from Mother Nature! No not just wine and olive oil that is abundant in this area! That means a trip to Santa Pietra for olive oil, and one of the local wineries we have yet to discover.

I have already thought of our menu, our travel times, reserved our space and have plans to coordinate with my brother and his wife on Saturday of the 3-day adventure. The challenge is, I need to re-think what our creature comforts are and how can we go from ” what we started with” to “okay what do we do now?” That says a lot of laughs and more fun.

Reading “J5MM” blog I am immediately wowed and a little intimadated. She is so vibrant and brings new views of what we can do in our little silver rolling statement! Where do my needs and adventurous energies lead us to?

Ohhhhhhh what shall we do? Dream and go! I am determined to go from where we started our statement to we are venturing out to find our FUN and adventure NOW! Yes Rain makes us start thinking of places to go and things to see. Especially near our home turf! See, the silver wink beckons. We are anxious to get on the road!

Two sites I have found that are inspiring are J5MM and Social Vignerons are two new fun, informative sites that make me think of luxurious, simply fun, tasty adventures on the road! Let’s get traveling.