Thursday, April 25, 2024 Yay! No traveling today. After breakfast, we headed to Petroglyph National Monument. This national monument is spread among several separate land parcels on the edge of Albuquerque. We started at the Visitor Center where we watched a video in an outdoor pavillon. We also picked up […]
Wednesday, April 24, 2024 By the time I make Albuquerque … I’ll be exhausted. Today has been another long travel day. We were on the road for about seven hours and covered 430 miles. We exited Oklahoma, crossed Texas’ top hat, and traveled through New Mexico to Albuquerque. The good
Tuesday, April 23, 2024 Oooooklahoma, where the wind comes sweepin’ down the plains. Yes, it’s true; we were buffeted by high wind gusts throughout most of today’s 260-mile journey. The winds set off our RV’s wheel speed sensor warning and disengaged the cruise control (and ABS). Fortunately, after we stopped
Monday, April 22, 2024 Today, we hit the road before 9:00 am and travelled for about seven hours completing the longest leg of our westward journey yet, about 450 miles. We continued along I-40 traversing the western third of Tennessee, the width of Arkansas, and our first 25 miles into
Sunday, April 21, 2024 Throughout last night, yesterday’s overcast skies finally delivered rain. After breakfast, we disconnectd in a muddy drizzle then drove to a nearby station for diesel and to hitch-up the toad. Next, we recommenced our westward trek along I-40 for another 350 miles. After we stopped for
Saturday, April 20, 2024 After the usual pre-departure scramble, we loaded Zorro into his cat carrier, hitched up the car to our motorhome, and around 11:00 am, headed west. The trip went smoothly and we only stopped once at a rest stop for lunch in in our motorhome parked among
Friday, April 19, 2024 We’ve been scurrying aorund for awhile now preparing for our next adventure. Tomorrow, we’ll be rolling out in our motorhome for a two-month journey to the U.S. West. Despite, having traveled to all seven continents, neither Rambling Jane nor Rambling John have visited our country’s most
Monday, March 25, 2024 Well, after two months of domesticity, we succumbed to the road’s siren call and decided to pursue an early spring retreat. We chose to return to one of our favorite nearby campgrounds at Goose Creek State Park. This park is a little over a two-hour drive from
February 13, 2024 Viking Polaris Happy Mardis Gras! It’s hard to believe that it’s been almost a month since we’ve returned from our epic trip to Antarctica, Argentina, and Chile. It’s taken awhile to adjust back to normal living after being pampered on our Viking excursion. But, of course we’re
Saturday, January 13, 2024 This morning, we had a nice breakfast in an outdoor patio area of the Singular Hotel. We were on our own until 2 pm when Viking had scheduled a bus tour around Santiago for us, to be followed by a transfer to the airport. So, after
Friday, January 12, 2024 Today was our travel day to Santiago. Because the bus wasn’t leaving until 11:30 am, we were able to sleep in and have a leisurely breakfast in the hotel restaurant. After breakfast, we decided to venture upstairs to see what was on the floor above the
Thursday, January 11, 2024 Today was our tour of National Parque Torres del Paine (Blue Towers National Park). After a hurried breakfast, we joined the Viking assemblage at the front of the hotel where we were issued bagged lunches. Rather than the usual tour bus, for this journey, we boarded
Wednesday, January 10, 2024 We got up early today, ate a buffet breakfast in the hotel restaurant, hauled our bags to the lobby to be loaded, and then boarded our bus in time for a 7 am departure for Puerto Natales, Chile. Sol, our excursion guide, kept us in line
Tuesday, January 9, 2024 Today, we visited Parque Nacional Los Glaciares (Glaciers National Park). After a buffet-style breakfast in the Xelena Hotel restaurant, we boarded another bus and, as we traveled through scenic Patagonia, our local guide, Sylvia, discussed the geology and culture of the surrounding area. She employed her
Monday, January 8, 2024 This morning we got up early, dressed and headed for an early breakfast. After returning to the room and packing our take-on bags, we mournful left stateroom 4055 for the final time. We walked toward the bow and I went on deck to take some final