White Sands National Park, New Mexico

June 7, 2022 While my ankle is still sore and swollen, I still want to get out and see things. I really wanted to see the White Sands National Park. Bruce drove the truck to the Visitor Center and parked. It was about a 30 minute drive from the RV park to the Visitor Center. […]

The Heart of the Desert

June 7, 2022 I thought you might enjoy seeing the view from the kitchen on the utilities side taken Sunday evening. Sunday night, as Bruce was taking Nox for a walk, he called back into the RV to let me know there was a beautiful sunset. I sat on the steps of the RV and […]

Traveling from Santa Rosa, NM to Alamogordo, NM

June 5, 2022 Nox was happy to get put into the truck while Bruce got the RV ready to go this morning. Just after 10:00 AM, we headed out of the Santa Rosa Campground and RV park. We went west along the Will Rodgers Drive aka Route 66. We traveled along the Historic Route 66 […]

On the Way to Santa Rosa, NM for a Night

June 4, 2022 We left Dakota Ridge RV Resort in Golden, Colorado this morning at 10:14 AM. We looped around onto C-470 from Colfax Avenue and headed south to I-25. Surprisingly, traffic wasn’t too bad. Very often traffic is very bad between Denver, Castle Rock, and Colorado Springs. I got a couple of nice pictures […]

A Couple of Parks in Hays, KS

May 25, 2022 While we were in Hays, KS, last week, I planned to go to the Fort Hays State Historical Site. We got there too late and the buildings were closed. The name Frontier Historical Park sounded interesting and it was across the highway from the Fort Hays State Historical Site. I saw it […]

Parked and Set Up in Golden, CO

May 21, 2022 We have made it safely to Golden, CO and have the RV set up. We passed the famous “Welcome to Colorful Colorado” sign. People often park near the sign and take pictures. As we were coming up to Limon, CO, there was snow on the ground. Just a little ways past Limon, […]

Back on the Road to Golden, CO

May 21, 2022 I am posting from the truck as we head towards Golden, CO. We headed out of the Creek Side RV Resort at 9:40 am. We got on I-70 and it a short way down the interstate, it was raining and the temperature was 40 degrees F. We stopped at a rest stop […]

Checking Out Ellis, KS – Part 2

May 21, 2022 See https://retirementrvdream.com/2022/05/20/checking-out-ellis-ks-part-1/ for earlier in the day. We walked along a gravel road that is next to the scaled down train tracks. We saw the old brick buildings that had been part of the railroad roundhouse. We noticed a park and as we walked around, we realized it was a town RV […]

Checking Out Ellis, KS – Part 1

May 20, 2022 Yesterday (May 19), my friend contacted me and we made plans to meet up. She also made some suggestions of places to see and some restaurants to try. I wanted to see the train museum in Ellis, KS. I love trains. It runs in the family as my great-grandfather was a train […]

Creek Side RV Park in Hays, KS

May 19, 2022 We made it in last night to the campground. It was just after 8:00 pm. As we turned onto the campground exit, we had a beautiful view of the sunset view on the bridge over I-70. The work camper came to the office and got us checked in. She gave us a […]