Cheesy Roadside Fun!
Sometimes travel days are drawn out and down right miserable whereas other times, such as this time, our traveling day led to some fun unexpected adventures.
Continue reading…Category: Road Side Attractions
Old Tucson & Birthday Adventures
Old Tucson was a short but bumpy drive away from our BLM camping spot. It is a replica of an old western town which has been used and still is being used in numerous films, which the town proudly displays.
Continue reading…Roswell, NM
Upon arriving in Roswell we were bombarded by what you would expect, aliens! The most popular by far was a wooden carved alien painted various colors, green being the most common. The RV park we stayed at also had plastic alien statues in various poses and some with props. And, lucky for the visitors, they were for sale.
Continue reading…Alamogordo NM: New Mexico Museum of Space History and Pistachios
Alamogordo NM is the closest city to White Sands National Monument, so we made a few stops on our way out including to the excellent space museum there as well as to one of the pistachio farm stores.
Continue reading…Meow Wolf, Santa Fe
What on earth is Meow Wolf? And what kind of name is that anyway? Well, I’ll tell you the name sounds fitting after you have been to this strange world!
Continue reading…Crescent City, CA & Ocean World Aquarium
From the Redwoods National and State Parks we headed north to Crescent City where there was another ranger station where the girls could turn in their Jr Ranger booklets and take their pledge. While in the town we saw the Shoreline RV Campground. Since it was within a short walk to the visitor center and it was approaching dinner time, we decided to stay there for the night.
Continue reading…Alien Stop
We were passing by Area 51 which apparently is where aliens once landed so of course we had to stop by. Well, lucky for onlookers, we just so happened to pack the girls’ alien suits.
Continue reading…Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
We found some nice BLM land near Tucan to boondock on that was close to Tucan and the Arizona Desert Museum. Justin and I had visited this museum previously when we were just dating so we knew it was a good one. Justin’s mom happened to be visiting Tucson, so we planned to meet up with her for a day at the museum.
Continue reading…Out of Africa Wildlife Park
In the greater Phoenix area there are so many museums, zoos and other adventures to choose from. Since that could get really pricey, we decided to just pick one. A perk to choosing this wildlife park was that I got in for free since it was by birthday month! How nice! This lowered the cost significantly and made us feel better about choosing this adventure over others. We had a great time at this park, with a 17-foot Python that we could pet being the highlight!
Continue reading…Hole N’ The Rock
On the trip south from Moab to Hovenweep National Monument we came across the Hold N’ The Rock. What a fun (and long) pit stop!! We took a tour, explored the grounds, and visited the animals.
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