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Sink Your Teeth Into This…

Posted on April 17, 2017 by gizmogoeswest

We moved up the East Coast to Virginia one week ago today.  We drove the 800 miles from Florida in two days, with a plan to settle in for 2-weeks in Virginia while the Maine weather warmed up.  This was our … Continue reading →

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Want to go to Florida?

Posted on April 7, 2017 by gizmogoeswest

On March 20th we were camping at Falling Waters State Park in Florida and experiencing some of the best weather we had had all year.  It had been a wet and somewhat cool winter in Southern California.  Wet enough to … Continue reading →

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City of Rocks State Park

Posted on March 4, 2017 by gizmogoeswest

We have traveled for about 12 months total in the last 1.5 years and I am learning more and more what kind of camping I like.  John and I loved tent camping, in fact we still do, but I couldn’t tent camp for … Continue reading →

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Pacific Crest Trail- in search of the Southern Terminus

Posted on January 29, 2017 by gizmogoeswest

We had an chilly start to the day with a thick coat of frost on the car.  This led us to take our time getting ready to head out for the day.  Once the sun came out the temperature jumped … Continue reading →

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Cabrillo National Monument & Dog Beach

Posted on January 26, 2017 by gizmogoeswest

We arrived in the San Diego area on Tuesday after 5 days of rain.  There is quite a bit of flooding and damage from these storms. There is a dip just before our campground that has about 3-4 inches of … Continue reading →

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Cheesecake in the Micro/Convection

Posted on January 5, 2017 by gizmogoeswest

Last week we had 2 rainy days back to back over the New Years holiday.  What better to do on a rainy day than cook?  I had some cream cheese in the refrigerator and decided it was time to make … Continue reading →

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Grotto Overlook-2nd Times a Charm

Posted on December 28, 2016 by gizmogoeswest

We woke to clearing skies on Christmas morning so we decided it was a great time to take a hike.  The surrounding mountains had been encased in clouds for 2-days while snow piled up on them.  We wanted to take … Continue reading →

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Big Utah Canyon in California

Posted on December 11, 2016 by gizmogoeswest

Today we decided to take a break from Pickleball and get a hike in.  It is a bit more of a challenge to find a “dog friendly” hike here in Palm Springs than it was in Las Vegas or Cottonwood.  … Continue reading →

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Vulture Peak

Posted on December 5, 2016 by gizmogoeswest

On Sunday we were ready for an adventure.  We had been cooped up in the RV for a little over a day because of strong winds in the area.  We did some searching on the internet and decided on Vulture … Continue reading →

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Last Man Out

Posted on December 1, 2016 by gizmogoeswest

We absolutely loved our time in Verde Valley RV Park.  We had a great site, we played pickleball daily and we were only 30 minutes from Sedona.  We had one problem… the weather decided to not cooperate and we were … Continue reading →

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