Escape Artists
We left the world of boondockers and desert dwellers behind today to re-enter Starbucks chain-gang territory in San Diego, California. It is a mere two hundred miles, and a few hours in Betty, but the Bureau of Land Management and
Yuma Proving Grounds is remote by DC standards, but here in Arizona, 30 miles is down the street, With the main town out of Como reach, we popped our two loads of washed laundry in the dryer and took off
In the 2007 remake, Russell Crowe is a badass captured outlaw and Christian Bale is a small time rancher who agrees to escort Crowe on the 3:10 train to Yuma for trial. In the 2019 version, Eric is a badass
When Carl’s delivered same day Betty service and the FamCamp at Davis Monthan was full, Eric went full on google, in search of hookup that would still let us visit the Desert Museum and Saguaro National Park as planned. Picacho
A motorhome is a box that you live in, stuffed full of appliances and bolted onto a truck chassis. In Betty’s case, the chassis is a Ford F-53 truck frame with a ten-cylinder 6.8L gas engine up front. This combo has
No Sutro or Ludwig or Crema today. Just pure, unfiltered Sonoran Desert. Temperatures are crisp here and while we’re not experiencing the east coast freeze, we are dipping into nipping, layered and bundled for outdoor exploration. It didn’t get above
Once Eric ran out of windows to glaze and ceiling paint, it was time to go. We did our best to keep busy from November 20 – January 8th, and the holidays were a wonderful time to reunite with friends
It was only appropriate that our last full day in repositioning Betty involve a very long bike ride, thrifting and art in our adopted west coast home of Tucson. We spent the morning prepping for an early Sunday departure to
When plans get foiled, sometimes a better plan emerges and the scramble is part of the fun in a new puzzle to be solved. We’re supposed to be in Phoenix now, camping then storing at Luke AFB with a non-stop
At 2,601 miles, we just completed the last stretch of the repositioning roadtrip, from Leasburg Dam State Park in Radium Springs, NM to Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Agave Gulch Fam Camp in Tucson, AZ. It’s been a helluva ride