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Our Retirement Adventure



Rocky Mountain National Park
Elk, Bears, Moose, Oh My... Exploring the wilderness often brings us face to face with some of nature's most magnificent creatures....
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Jan 31 min read
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Hot Air Balloon Fiesta!
One of our favorite adventures was the Albuquerque Hot Air Balloon Festival, AKA Fiesta! This should be on everyone's bucket list, you...
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Jan 31 min read
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Glacier National Park
So much to see and do here at Glacier National Park. It’s a beautiful big park. If you’re looking for glacier's you might want to bring...
1jdbuss
Jul 28, 20242 min read
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A Kinetic Art Race, also known as a Kinetic Sculpture Race, is a contest of human-powered amphibious all-terrain works of art.
We were having a nice dinner at Moonlight Grill, which is located just outside of Arcata CA, located on the Pacific Ocean, it was sunset,...
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Jun 28, 20242 min read
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Harvest Hosts... good deal or not?
We joined Harvest Hosts a few years back, I think it was a year before we purchased our Tiffin Bus, and I could argue for or against if...
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May 8, 20242 min read
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The Father of National Parks...
A bill creating the first national park, Yellowstone, was signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant in 1872. But Yosemite Valley was...
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May 6, 20242 min read
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WOW - Now that is a BIG tree!
General Sherman, not the human, is a giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron) tree located at an elevation of 6,919 ft in the Giant Forest of...
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May 6, 20242 min read
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Date Shake and sooo much more!
While in Indio and Palm Springs one of the items on my bucket list was to have a date shake from Shields Date Palm Garden. The shake was...
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Apr 15, 20241 min read
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Jurassic Park?
There are a lot of dinosaur parks around the world, but the United States has the most by far. Below at the bottom of this post is a...
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Apr 15, 20241 min read
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Bombay Beach at The Salton Sea
This modern lake called the Salton Sea, was formed from an inflow of water from the Colorado River in 1905. Beginning in 1900, an...
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Apr 15, 20242 min read
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Joshua Tree
Another great National Park visit. We were expecting to see a lot of Joshua Trees, but it was the trails and beautiful rock formations...
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Apr 15, 20241 min read
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The Yuma Criminals
There is a new sheriff in town manning the Yuma Teritarial Prision... Don't mess with Hitman Hearn or he will drop a snake into your...
1jdbuss
Mar 27, 20241 min read
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Travel with us to the Center of the World!
I know what you're thinking, but before you judge you need to read the kids book "The Good Dragon at the Center of the World" to know why...
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Mar 27, 20241 min read
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Pontoon Boat Fun.
Joy and I rented a pontoon boat just outside of Parker AZ one day to just enjoy a nice day on the Colorado River, we rented a boat in...
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Mar 26, 20241 min read
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There is silver in them their hills!
I have to admit Joy and I were a little apprehensive about visiting an abandoned silver mine. We came across this site just outside of...
1jdbuss
Mar 26, 20242 min read
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The beauty of the desert... and it's in your backyard!
If a picture is worth a thousand words... well here's a video that tells a better story than I can... See for yourself. I worked for over...
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Mar 26, 20241 min read
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The Long Way Home…
Of all the sites we have been to and the fun we have had already; the long drive back to our coach after visiting the Grand Canyon is...
1jdbuss
Mar 9, 20241 min read
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Greg Skywalker!
There above the Grand Canyon I put my faith in a 3" thick pain of glass as I lay my back looking up to the sky. It is an amazing view of...
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Mar 4, 20242 min read
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Is that wood or rock?
Maybe it's both. The Petrified Forest was a nice drive and very scenic. You don't need to do a lot of walking to see lots and lots of...
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Feb 12, 20241 min read
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Yep 4 States at the same time!
On Monday the 5th of February we started our first road trip, as we headed toward Four Corners. The Four Corners is a region of the...
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Feb 7, 20242 min read
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