March: Tuscon, AZ
Our time in Tucson will be limited to just 4 weeks...so we will have to work quickly. If you have any suggestions, we'd love to hear them!
Read MorePioneertown, CA
Founded in the 1940's by two actors, Pioneertown, CA is a town built around a western movie set.
Read MoreSanta Monica Mountains — Pt Magu
Our experience at Point Magu provides a perfect example of the tradeoffs of our new lifestyle — if you want to share in a public good, you have to shift your expectations a bit and learn to live and let live.
Read MoreSamuelson's Rock
John Samuelson was a Swedish immigrant who lived in the Quail Springs area of what is now Joshua Tree National Park. He had some very firm ideas about nature, god and income inequality, which he etched into rocks around his homestead in 1927.
Read More2016 Itinerary
Our budget generally makes slightly off-season visits to slightly less popular places the way to go. Last July, I don't think we would have predicted staying in any of the places we've ended up putting on our itinerary. Yet, we are really excited by every place that's on the list.
Read MoreOur favorite images...so far
When we go out with cameras in hand, we generally take 150-300 pictures at a go. We have easily taken 4,000 pictures since we left Seattle. Yowza! Here are some of our favorites to date.
Read MoreJan-Feb: Joshua Tree, CA
With highs in the 60's (F) and practically no chance of rain, we are looking forward to spending a lot of time outside exploring the desert, and the magnificent weirdness - natural and manmade - that it offers.
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