This page contains pictures and information about camping trips and other travel within the US. It also includes visits that family members and others made to our area and home. It is arranged chronologically starting with the most recent trip/visit. Scroll down to see all the entries. One of my lifetime goals has been to visit all the national parks in the US. When Donna & I travel, we also go out of our way to visit national monuments, seashores, memorials, battlefields, preserves, parkways, recreation areas, rivers, scenic trails, lakeshores and national historic sites. So, you may wonder ‐ why have I chosen this as a goal? The answer is simple – as a citizen of this great country, I, like you, am one of the many owners of these national treasures. As such, I consider it a priority to go visit what I own and enjoy the scenic wonders, the incredible memorials, and the cherished wilderness that so many have fought and died to give us this privilege. Having said that, I dedicate this section of my website to my parents, my kids and grandkids; and the rest of my family, especially my wife, who have honored and participated in my traveling addiction over the last several decades.
I recently joined the Habitat for Humanity El Paso affiliate. This trip was to the Lone Star Summit in San Marcos, TX. I traveled with Dave Driscoll (Board President, and Geronimo Garcia, HFHEP Executive Director.) The conference was very informative and I came back with some ideas to help our affiliate. We traveled and stayed in my camper during the conference.
We took our new camper and traveled to the Atlanta Rotary Convention & RVF Rally. Keith & Lindsey and their kids visited us at the Stone Mountain RV Campground. From there we headed to Shawnee National Forest to meet Kevin & Steph and their kids, who then traveled with us to St. Louis. We visited several national monuments along the way, including Poverty Point, LA, Waco Mammoth, St. Louis Arch, Grant NHS and many others. It was a combination Rotary and family trip, which turned out well and we look forward to travel with everyone again.
We drove to Dennison, TX to attend the wedding of Donna’s niece (Rachael Penn). On the way we stopped at Monahans Hills State Park. This was the first campground we stayed at, after buying the new truck and camper. We went fishing on Lake Texohma one day while we were in Dennison.
We took the camper and headed west to Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument where we stayed for 3 nights. We enjoyed hiking and listening to the ranger talks at night. From there we drove to the RVF Rally in San Diego at the Chula Vista RV Resort. We had a great time with our fellow RVF friends.
We took the camper and headed west to Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument where we stayed for 3 nights. We enjoyed hiking and listening to the ranger talks at night. From there we drove to the RVF Rally in San Diego at the Chula Vista RV Resort. We had a great time with our fellow RVF friends.
Charlie & Barb joined us on this trip. On the way we visited cousins in Cincinnati as well as kids and grand-kids in York, Lebanon, Reading and Harrisburg, PA, then more kids and grand-kids in Mableton, GA. We camped in various campgrounds along the way where Charlie had an opportunity to fish, and we had time to do some sightseeing. We had a fun trip and it was great to see family again.
We traveled with our camper to the ghost town of Goldpoint, NV to join our fellow RVF’ers for a fun 3-day rally, then onto Yosemite National Park for two nights, camping at Toulumne Meadows Campground. After that we headed west to Chowchilla, CA to join another group of RVF’ers for a 3-day rally in that area. We visited several ghost towns and abandoned mines when in Nevada and had the opportunity to see how almonds and pistachios are harvested and packaged during our visit to Chowchilla.
We traveled with our camper to Platte City, MO to join the Rotary RVF group for the annual rally. On the way we dropped Donna’s parents off at her sister’s house in Denison, TX. While camping at the rally, we enjoyed visiting several museums in Kansas City, MO, including the national World War I Museum, Hallmark Museum, Arabia Steamboat Museum, Union Station and Crown Plaza, and the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & Museum. It was an interesting and educational trip. Good time with fellow Rotarians at the rally.
We drove to St. George, Utah to attend the Pacific Zone RVF rally. On the way we camped in Page, AZ and visited Antelope Canyon, Horseshoe Bend and the entire Glen Canyon National Recreation area. Beautiful! Upon arriving in St. George we camped at Temple View RV park and toured Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks, traveling from that location daily. We also visited some local sites in and around St. George, including the Trailmaster’s (Jack Randolf’s home). The weather was perfect the entire trip and we had a wonderful time visiting the spectacular sites in this area.
Donna & I took both our parents on this incredible Christmas boat tour. The dark river, usually illuminated by only the stars and moon, reflects what has become one of New Mexico’s grandest holiday light shows “Christmas on the Pecos.” Bundled up against the winter chill, we stared in fascination as our boat glided through a fairyland of twinkling lights created by more than 100 Pecos River homeowners and corporate sponsors who spend hours creatively decorating backyards and boat docks with millions of lights.
